Printing of 2.8 crore first-volume textbooks completed: KBPS

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The Kerala Books and Publications Society (KBPS) has announced that it has completed the printing of 2.8 crore first-volume textbooks required for the 2026–27 world twelvemonth for Classes I to X.

This accounts for 80% of the full fig of first-volume textbooks. Printing is progressing astatine a faster pace, the organisation said successful a communication. Efforts are nether mode to implicit the process by the archetypal week of June. Once this is completed, printing of the 2nd volume, which students necessitate by October, volition begin.

In all, 5.5 crore textbooks crossed 2 volumes person to beryllium printed for these classes. The printing of textbooks successful Tamil, Kannada, and different number languages, excluding enactment books, has besides been completed, the organisation said.

Though determination is simply a shortage of insubstantial for printing the screen pages, steps are being taken to code the issue, and printing is progressing.

The organisation of books to territory textbook hubs and schoolhouse societies is successful its last phase, the organisation added. The process is expected to beryllium completed wrong a week. Distribution from the territory centres to schoolhouse societies is being carried retired with the enactment of Kudumbashree.

Published - May 19, 2026 01:23 americium IST

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