Below fireplace for failing to distribute textbooks even within the second half of the educational 12 months, the Karnataka Textbook Society has clarified that the delay has affected solely non-public colleges and that each one authorities and aided colleges have gotten the books.
In a press release on Wednesday, the society mentioned that each one colleges got time in December 2021 to add their demand for textbooks for the 2022-23 educational 12 months. Personal colleges have been requested to pay at the least 10 per cent upfront. Round 1.3 crore textbooks have been provided to personal colleges that paid the advance, the assertion mentioned.
Fifty per cent of textbooks meant for personal colleges that had not paid the advance have been printed, and people colleges that paid the mounted quantity all acquired the textbooks, in accordance with the society.
Nonetheless, the society mentioned, a possibility was given to some non-public colleges that accomplished the fee however had not positioned indents for the textbook on the College students Achievement Monitoring System.
Because of this, out of the 17,710 non-public colleges, 1,826 positioned a further demand of 5.4 lakh textbooks and paid for them. The extra textbooks have been subsequently ordered to be printed, inflicting the delay, in accordance with the society, which additionally mentioned 60 per cent of textbooks meant for personal colleges have been already provided and that the remaining can be provided in every week.
The society had earlier attributed the delay to the availability chain of paper being hit due to the Ukraine warfare, resulting in a rise within the paper value.
The controversy erupted after textbook revision committee head Rohith Chakrathirtha, a right-wing ideologue, was accused of “saffronising” textbook content material and distorting historical past.