Dictionaries, Atlas, GK and Grammar books free for ninth graders in Jharkhand govt schools

Ranchi, March 30: The Jharkhand government has launched an ambitious education project to provide dictionaries, atlas, general knowledge books, and English grammar books to students of class nine of all government schools.

The government said that these special books are other than regular books of the curriculum that the government provides.

The government said that the decision was taken to bring overall development of students so that they academically compete with students of the private schools. It will prepare a plinth for students so that they prepare well for different competitive examinations.

Last year, the government approved a proposal to provide free textbooks to students of all categories studying in classes nine and ten in government schools.

Apart from compulsory books, special books will be provided to the students enrolled and studying in class IX of all government schools of Jharkhand. These specialized books include Dictionary, Atlas, General Knowledge and Grammar. Chief Minister Hemant Soren has approved the proposal of the Department of School Education and Literacy in this regard. Cabinet approval will now be taken on this proposal.

All categories of students will get benefits

It is likely to be placed in the cabinet meeting to be held today. All categories of students will get the benefit of this scheme. The state government has taken this decision for the multi-dimensional development of the students studying in government schools. Apart from improving the academic level of the students, this will help in preparing for competitive examinations. These special books will be given from the state budget.

A total of 2, 92, 760 students are enrolled in the ninth class of government secondary/higher secondary schools of the state. Of these, there are 1, 33, 982 boys students, while the total number of girl students is 1 , 58,778. In this way, special books will be made available to all these students by the government.. Girls outnumber boys in Jharkhand.