Textbook printing for Kerala school reopening completed, says Director of General Education
The Director of General Education in Kerala announced that the printing of textbooks for the upcoming school year has been completed. Despite some allegations of delays, officials are confident that textbooks will be distributed to schools on time. The supply of paper has resumed, and the distribution process is reportedly on track.
- ▪Textbooks for the 2026-27 academic year have been printed in time for the June 1 school reopening.
- ▪The Kerala Books and Publications Society completed printing 2.8 crore textbooks, but some union members claim there are still textbooks left to print and bind.
- ▪The KBPS chairman stated that textbooks would reach school societies by May 26, and binding is progressing despite some delays.
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Textbooks required by students in time for school reopening in Kerala on June 1 have been printed, Director of General Education N.S.K. Umesh has said.Mr. Umesh was responding to fresh reports of delays in printing and binding of textbooks in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday. Delay in textbook printing triggers political row ahead of school reopeningThe Kerala Books and Publications Society (KBPS) had announced that it had completed printing of 2.8 crore first-volume textbooks required for the 2026-27 academic year for Classes I to X.However, the INTUC-affiliated workers’ union at the KBPS had alleged that printing of only 2.85 crore textbooks of the print order of 3.58 crore had been completed, and 71,54,476 textbooks remained to be printed.
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