The state Education department on Thursday started distributing over 3.22 crore textbooks in nine mediums and 19 languages for around 62 lakh students. Sources in the education department said that the number of students enrolled would be known at the beginning of the new academic session in April, but as of now they have printed the same number of books as in last year.
Education ministerRanoj Peguinaugurated the ceremonial dispatch of free textbooks for the academic session 2022-23 at theAssamState Textbook Production and Publication Corporation (ASTPPC) Ltd godown atBonda on Thursday. The minister, in the presence of education adviser to the ,Nanigopal Mahanta, flagged off several vehicles carrying these free textbooks to various districts. Altogether 3,22,58,564 textbooks will be delivered across 34 districts and 149 education blocks in Assam.