This story is from September 19, 2021

37% of school students yet to receive textbooks in Chamarajanagar

Although the state government has expedited the process to distribute textbooks to students after the high court pulled it up questioning the delay, 37% of school students studying in both state-run and aided schools from Classes 1-10 are yet to receive textbooks in Chamarajanagar district.
37% of school students yet to receive textbooks in Chamarajanagar
MYSURU: Although the state government has expedited the process to distribute textbooks to students after the high court pulled it up questioning the delay, 37% of school students studying in both state-run and aided schools from Classes 1-10 are yet to receive textbooks in Chamarajanagar district.
The government had been distributing textbooks to the students free of cost. Of the total 6,28,519 students, only 63% have received the textbooks.

On the other hand, as many as 1,27,782 students are studying from Classes 1 to 10 in private schools.
Although the private school management has paid the money to authorised printing units to supply the textbooks, only 61% of private schools have received the textbooks so far.
Of the total 7,56,301 students in government, aided and unaided private schools, textbooks supplied have so far been supplied to 63.3% in Chamarajanagar district,V Shankar, senior official in the department of public instruction who is in-charge of textbooks distribution, said.
As offline classes have not resumed for for Class 1-5, instructions have been given to respective headmasters and teachers to visit the households and distribute textbooks.
Other than these, the district has also distributed 2.4 lakh books from its book bank. Once they receive the new printed textbooks, the department will collect these back from students.

Of the 973 primary schools in the district, 744 are state-run, 43 are aided and 140 are unaided schools and 36 are other residential schools. District has 266 high schools and of them, 86 are government, 55 aided, 62 private and 26 other high schools, said sources.
As the textbooks are being supplied from printing units of Bengaluru, Gadag and Ballari, the department of public instruction had prepared the route map so that they are directly supplied to education block headquarters of the district.
As per department information, distribution of textbooks has been completed in Kollegal block and most students in the region has received it, he said.
“The other education blocks like Chamarajanagar, Hanur, Yelandur and Gundlupet have to receive the pending textbooks from printing units. Once the supplies arrive from Bengaluru, Ballari and Gadag units, textbook distribution will be completed by September 25,” he told TOI.
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