Students will Get Color Textbook up to Grade 8:
From the upcoming academic session up to grade 8 students will be able to read the coloring book. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology have decided to print textbooks of different colors. Earlier, only up to grade 5 students were reading the color textbook. In classes 9 and 10, there will be a black and white book.
It has been decided to color the textbooks of Class 6, 7 and 8 as applicable from the academic session 2077, "said Deepak Sharma, a spokesman for the ministry.
The government has been providing free textbooks up to grade 10 that apply to community schools.
Similarly, a decision has been made to increase the cost price for textbook printing. For Class 1 textbook Baharan (four colors) printing, the rate is fixed at 60 paise and 55 paise for classes 2 to 8. Printing textbook for Classes 9 and 10 has been fixed at 36 paise. The government has been giving private printing till class 4 for textbook printing. Classes 5 through 10 are printed on Janak Shiksha Samagri Kendra under the government.
