No revised textbooks in Karnataka for next three months

Delay of submission of the textbook review committee’s report and tendering process are the main reasons that caused the delay in textbook printing and supply

Schools reopened across the State on Monday, but revised textbooks will not be available to students for the next three months.

Students and parents are going to various shops trying to find the new textbooks, but owing to a lack of supply, there are no new books.

Delay of submission of the textbook review committee’s report and tendering process are the main reasons that caused the delay in textbook printing and supply.

Sources in the Education Department said revised textbooks are being printed and it will take time till August to supply them. Until then, students will be dependent on the old books.

A complaint by the Karnataka Bramhana Mahasabha that some lessons of Classes VI and VIII are hurting sentiments of the Brahmin community had led to the State government forming a committee to revise all the textbooks from Classes I to X. 

The revision committee, which is headed by writer Rohith Chakrateertha, submitted its report to the government in March.

According to the report, Social Science textbooks of Classes VI to X in all mediums, Classes I to X Kannada first language (except Class III) textbooks, Kannada second language textbooks of Classes VI, VIII, and IX, and third language textbooks of all mediums of Classes VII, VIII, and IX were revised.