Quick decision taken on technical problems faced in textbook distribution process
Raipur, 03 July 2025
Under the leadership of Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Dev Sai, effective steps are being taken continuously to provide textbooks to the students of Chhattisgarh on time. In this sequence, today the Chairman of Chhattisgarh Textbook Corporation, Shri Raja Pandey, while giving information, said that free textbooks are being distributed to all the students from class 1 to 10. This responsibility is being fulfilled with full seriousness by the Textbook Corporation.
Mr. Pandey informed that keeping in mind some irregularities that came to light in the last academic session, two barcodes have been put on each book this year. One for the identification of the printer and the other for the identification of the destination school of the book.
This year a total of 2 crore 41 lakh books were printed, which were delivered to all the depots by 17-18 June 2025. Class 9th and 10th books of government schools have been delivered to the schools and the work of barcode scanning in schools has also been completed 90 percent. Similarly, the distribution of books is also being done rapidly in Atmanand schools and 60 percent of the books have been delivered, the remaining will be delivered in a few days.
This time, books are being provided to private schools from the depot only after scanning the barcode, whereas earlier this process was done through the District Education Officers. However, in the last three days, problems arose due to lack of space in the depot and lack of technical efficiency in the scanning process.
When Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Dev Sai was apprised of this and told that a large number of private schools including more than 1100 Saraswati Shiksha Mandirs are to receive books, then the Chief Minister took a quick decision and directed that all private schools should receive books from the district-wise depot as per their requirement and complete the barcode scanning in their schools within 7 days.
Appreciating this decision of the Chief Minister, Chairman Mr. Pandey said that this shows his sensitivity and readiness towards education. This step will ensure that all children can start their studies on time and no student is left behind due to lack of books. This initiative of the Chhattisgarh government once again proves that under the leadership of Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Dev Sai, the state is working dedicatedly and vigilantly in the field of education.
