SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir’s Education Minister, Sakina Itoo, on Monday said that more than 75 percent of the free textbooks had already been provided to government schools.
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Itoo said, “More than 75 percent of textbooks have been lifted from the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) to the schools. In the case of the remaining textbooks, we will soon distribute them among the remaining institutions.”
Meanwhile, teachers from several government-run schools said that they had not yet received the free textbooks for their students.
One teacher from Srinagar said, “We have not received any textbooks from our concerned zonal offices.”
“As the schools are observing winter vacations, students are still waiting for their textbooks. It seems that the students in government-run schools who are waiting for free textbooks will not be able to complete their winter assignments due to the non-availability of textbooks,” he said.
Another teacher from north Kashmir’s Bandipora shared similar concerns, stating that students’ valuable time is being wasted.
“The schools in the majority of Bandipora are yet to receive their consignment of textbooks to be distributed among the students. Perhaps the concerned authorities have lifted the textbooks from JKBOSE, but the schools are yet to receive them,” he said.
Education Minister had said in the first week of January that students enrolled in government-run schools in Jammu and Kashmir would receive free textbooks by the end of the month. (KNO)