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GST hike on paper will raise textbook prices, threaten education and jobs

September 09, 2025 5:01 pm

Zero GST on paper used for notebooks and 18% if used for text books.

Maharashtra to remove blank pages from Balbharati textbooks

January 28, 2025 10:36 pm

The initiative of adding blank pages to the textbooks was announced in 2023 by the previous school education minister Deepak Kesarkar.

Meghalaya to include QR codes in school textbooks to help students

July 11, 2024 9:34 am

According to Education Secretary A Marak, this initiative will enhance students' time management skills and empower them with supplementary knowledge options.

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Classes 1 and 2 of Maharashtra state board schools to continue with old-pattern textbooks this academic year

May 16, 2024 6:53 pm

With reports about the new curriculum for the first two classes of the primary section of state board schools, parents were expecting to buy new-pattern textbooks for the two classes this year.

Additional demand from private schools caused delay in textbook supply: Karnataka

November 10, 2022 7:28 am

The Karnataka Textbook Society says 60% of textbooks meant for private schools were already supplied and that the rest would be supplied in a week.

Karnataka orders eight corrections in textbooks after revision draws flak

June 28, 2022 7:19 am

The Karnataka Textbook Society will distribute the corrected portions in in the form of a free booklet in all schools.

Bengaluru: Academics, authors demand scrapping of new textbooks

June 08, 2022 8:37 pm

Speakers like Niranjan Aaradhya, GS Siddaramiah, Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy and A Murgieppa also pointed out ‘distorted content’ in the revised textbooks during the conference.

Another writer revokes permission to use his work in textbooks, says more writers to follow suit

May 31, 2022 10:45 am

He has also claimed that more writers including Chandrashekar Talya might revoke their works from textbooks.

Two writers revoke permission to use their work in textbook; Ramachandrappa calls Nagesh’s claims a lie

May 26, 2022 10:00 am

Devanur Mahadeva accused BJP of interfering and manipulating education and history since the days of former union human resources development minister Murali Manohar Joshi.