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'Criminal conspiracy’ behind errors in Odisha textbooks, senior bureaucrat arrested

July 15, 2026 2:24 am

Crime Branch sources said more officials from SCERT are under the scanner, and teachers engaged in the preparation of textbooks would also be questioned.

Sir Isaac Newton is described as the “greatest pilot” in the Class 8 science book,

Isaac Newton the pilot: Odisha suspends key officials for school text book errors

June 26, 2026 7:05 pm

The action follows a probe that found gross negligence in the preparation of new school textbooks after 1,678 factual, grammatical and spelling errors were detected across 55 books for Classes 1 to 8.

GST hike on paper will raise textbook prices, threaten education and jobs

September 09, 2025 5:01 pm

Zero GST on paper used for notebooks and 18% if used for text books.

Maharashtra to remove blank pages from Balbharati textbooks

January 28, 2025 10:36 pm

The initiative of adding blank pages to the textbooks was announced in 2023 by the previous school education minister Deepak Kesarkar.

Meghalaya to include QR codes in school textbooks to help students

July 11, 2024 9:34 am

According to Education Secretary A Marak, this initiative will enhance students' time management skills and empower them with supplementary knowledge options.

State Curriculum Framework (SCF), state board schools, textbooks,

Classes 1 and 2 of Maharashtra state board schools to continue with old-pattern textbooks this academic year

May 16, 2024 6:53 pm

With reports about the new curriculum for the first two classes of the primary section of state board schools, parents were expecting to buy new-pattern textbooks for the two classes this year.

Additional demand from private schools caused delay in textbook supply: Karnataka

November 10, 2022 7:28 am

The Karnataka Textbook Society says 60% of textbooks meant for private schools were already supplied and that the rest would be supplied in a week.

Karnataka orders eight corrections in textbooks after revision draws flak

June 28, 2022 7:19 am

The Karnataka Textbook Society will distribute the corrected portions in in the form of a free booklet in all schools.

Bengaluru: Academics, authors demand scrapping of new textbooks

June 08, 2022 8:37 pm

Speakers like Niranjan Aaradhya, GS Siddaramiah, Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy and A Murgieppa also pointed out ‘distorted content’ in the revised textbooks during the conference.