SCHOOLS CAN DIRECTLY ORDER BOOKS FROM NCERT PORTAL
NEW
DELHI: From this year, schools across the country will place textbook orders
with the NCERT directly online to ensure they are available in time to students
for next year.
This
would save parents paying extra money to source books from private publishers,
often on account of non-availability of the NCERT books.
The
portal, where the schools can place orders, is in the works.
When
in place, schools will also be able to track the movement of the books, right
from placing an order to the delivery.
The
portal, which is being created by the National Council of Educational Research
and Training (NCERT), will start taking orders for this year itself so that it
is able to assess the total number of books it needs to publish.
Parents
had complained to the human resource development ministry about schools forcing
expensive books on them.
According
to NCERT spokesperson Hemant Kumar, the portal is likely to be launched during
the first week of August this year.
“This
will enable approximately 19,000 CBSE-affiliated schools to upload their
requirement of NCERT textbooks.
The
schools will be given one month’s time to upload their requirement.
The
data received will allow NCERT to assess the actual requirement of its
textbooks,” he said.
According
to officials, the NCERT portal will ensure that no complaint of unavailability
of NCERT textbooks is received from across the country.
Officials
further said that so far NCERT used to do the exercise on its own rather than
asking schools to provide them the information.
There
have been several complaints in the past about the non-availability of NCERT
books and schools end up recommending books by private publishers.
Source | Hindustan Times | 12 June 2017
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