Free Textbooks to be Provided to Students Within Deadline in Upcoming Academic Session: Sai

Raipur, December 30

Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Deo Sai has instructed the education department officials to ensure the timely distribution of quality free textbooks to all students in the state in the upcoming academic session.

He stated that an online tracking app will be used to monitor the distribution process to ensure that students receive textbooks within the deadline.

The Chief Minister gave these instructions at the 89th executive meeting of the Chhattisgarh Textbook Corporation held today at Mahanadi Bhavan in the Secretariat. Similarly, he directed that the purchase of cover paper and inner paper for the printing of free textbooks and other tenders be done through the GEM portal.

The meeting was attended by the Chief Minister’s Principal Secretary Shri Subodh Kumar Singh, Secretary of the School Education Department Shri Siddharth Komal Singh Pardeshi, Secretaries to the Chief Minister Shri Mukesh Bansal and Shri Basavaraju S., and Managing Director of the Textbook Corporation Shri Sanjeev Kumar Jha.