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These youngsters just made audio textbooks for highschool and  +2 students in Kannada to help visually impaired students

Rakesh Tiwari, is the founding volunteer of Kannada Pustaka. He tells us about what went in converting the text into an audio format to facilitate academics for visually impaired children

Published on 5th June 2019
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Tamil Nadu government teachers to receive training on new syllabus, textbooks made more concise

The council has revamped the syllabus for all classes except 1,6,9 and 11 for the academic year 2019-20. The revision of syllabus for these four classes was made in the previous academic year.

Published on 28th May 2019
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Karnataka government hikes textbook price by 20 per cent, schools demand rollback

The hike, at 20 per cent will essentially mean that parents will shell out almost Rs 100 extra for a set of textbooks

Published on 14th May 2019
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School textbooks in Thiruvananthapuram to turn smart with QR codes from the coming academic year

A QR code is a type of two-dimensional barcode used for providing easy access to information through a smartphone or camera

Published on 13th March 2019
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The Parth Shah interview: If private players frame the curriculum, there will be less ideological bias, rewriting of textbooks

History may be written by the victors, but in India, textbooks are often rewritten by the ruling party. Private involvement in this process could curb that, says Centre For Civil Society's Parth Shah

Published on 19th February 2019
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Bengal Government to introduce special textbooks for school dropouts

The textbooks, which will be introduced in early 2019,  will contain the most important topics and sections of the subject in question

Published on 28th December 2018
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From now, school kids in Kerala to have lessons on drugs in their textbooks

A meeting of the curriculum steering committee was held recently and a meeting of various stakeholders is expected to be held on December 18 and 19

Published on 11th December 2018
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J&K government to regulate prices of textbooks, uniforms after complaints of exorbitant charges

The decision comes after questions were raised about sale of textbooks and uniforms at exorbitant rates by private schools.

Published on 9th November 2018
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Adios textbooks and slates: Primary schools in Kerala to undergo revamp

As part of its first step, the state government will start 1000 pre-primary schools in the state with adequate facilities and necessary infrastructure by coordinating with the available anganwadis 

Published on 20th October 2018
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Kolar government school teachers suspended for supplying textbooks to private institutions

Textbooks which were supposed to be distributed among children were illegally supplied to the private institutions and a huge stock was piled up in the godowns

Published on 1st September 2018
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Why Ricky Kej's Earth Songs are going to be in 1 million textbooks in 2019

Grammy award-winning musician Ricky Kej is out with My Earth Songs which instill in children a consciousness for the environment and all its beings, by being in their textbooks

Published on 19th August 2018
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Plus One students in both government and private schools in Tamil Nadu yet to receive textbooks

The Plus One syllabus is very heavy and would be difficult to complete in time as per the present timetable, with periodic tests

Published on 23rd June 2018
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Woman RPF from Mumbai makes her way into the textbooks for reuniting missing children with their families

She remembers when she had rescued three Tamil girls, who had claimed that they had been kidnapped and had managed to sneak out from the kidnappers' clutches

Published on 22nd June 2018
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This Mumbai woman railway cop is now featuring in the State Board's Marathi textbooks

32-year-old Rekha Mishra, a policewoman from the RPF Maharashtra, has helped 953 distressed children and is the new hero whom school children are going to learn about

Published on 13th June 2018
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Noted educator B Boregowda slams government over errors in class 1 textbooks in Mysuru

The educator said the government should overhaul the textbook system and introduce three textbooks instead of one for first standard Kannada

Published on 28th May 2018

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