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Jharkhand: Free textbooks for students in government schools -Animesh Bisoee

-The Telegraph

The govt would be providing it to all its over 7 lakh students of Classes IX-XII for the first time since its over two-decade existence

Jamshedpur: Students in government schools and intermediate colleges of Jharkhand will not have to purchase textbooks.

The Jharkhand government would be providing free textbooks to all its over 7 lakh students of Classes IX-XII for the first time since it’s over two decades of existence. It is the only state in the country to provide free textbooks to all its students between Classes I and XII.

“We got the nod from the cabinet earlier this year for distribution of textbooks to girls of Classes IX and X and have already started distributing from this academic session. However, we have sent a proposal for the distribution of free textbooks to boys of Classes IX and X and all students of Classes XI and XII. We expect to get a nod from the cabinet anytime and will start distribution of the textbooks from the next academic session (2022-23),” said director secondary education, Jharkhand, Harsh Mangla.

Sources in a private leading educational consultancy firm having a network across all states claimed that Jharkhand would be the only state in the country doling out free textbooks to all its 45 lakh students between Class 1 and XII. 

Significantly, the Jharkhand cabinet in July this year gave a nod to the distribution of free textbooks in Classes IX and X of government schools for all categories of students.

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