Distribution of free textbooks in all government schools to begin from November., JKBOSE
STC NEWS DESK
SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 23 (STC): As part of the relief package for students studying in government schools and their parents, the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) is likely to start distributing books from November to provide free textbooks to students studying in government schools in Kashmir.
According to the reports, the distribution of free textbooks will start in all government schools in Kashmir from November. A JKBOSE official said that the board has received a large number of different titles of textbooks, while booksellers have also received textbooks, which have reached the board office in Kashmir. The official said that the distribution of government-provided textbooks will start in November.
In the first phase, these books will be handed over to the concerned educational zones, from where they will be taken to government schools for free distribution among the students. He clarified that all the students studying in government schools from class 1 to 8 will be provided with textbooks of the prescribed syllabus free of cost and they will not have to spend any money to get these books.
According to the official, the board has received several titles of textbooks and preparations are underway to deliver the books to the concerned educational zones. The educational zones will then make arrangements to distribute the books to the government schools.
The official clarified that the students studying in private schools will have to purchase textbooks from the booksellers of the concerned districts as per their requirement. For this purpose, the board has started supplying textbooks to booksellers in all districts of Kashmir province so that the required books can be available to the students.
He further said that students studying from ninth to twelfth grade will have to buy textbooks from the market, while the facility of free books will be provided to students from first to eighth grade in government schools.
(Straight Talk Communications)
