The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Friday stated it has stepped up printing of the newly launched Class 9 textbooks on a “war footing” to deal with a short lived mismatch between demand and supply following the rollout of the NEP 2020-aligned curriculum.In an official assertion, the NCERT stated it has launched a recent set of Grade 9 textbooks based mostly on the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. The digital variations of these books had been made accessible free of value on its official web site practically two weeks in the past.The council acknowledged that the rollout of the new curriculum has led to a pointy rise in demand. “These books are being printed on a war-footing manner and distributed across the country. Due to the very large number of textbooks required, there is a temporary gap in supply and demand,” the assertion stated.It added, “NCERT is closely monitoring the situation and working to bridge this gap. The supply of textbooks is being normalised.” (*9*)To guarantee college students and faculties can access books with out disruption, NCERT stated it’s utilizing a number of distribution channels. These embrace a nationwide vendor community, gross sales counters at its regional centres, and its headquarters in New Delhi, which can be preserving counters open on weekends.The textbooks are additionally accessible by on-line platforms, together with NCERT’s official portal, DIKSHA, and ePathshala. In addition, they’re listed on choose e-commerce platforms, whereas free downloadable variations stay accessible on-line.NCERT additional stated it’s instantly supplying textbooks to faculties and establishments inserting bulk orders, particularly to pace up distribution in the course of the transition section.The council famous that whereas non permanent supply points are anticipated throughout large-scale curriculum reforms, techniques have been put in place to resolve them rapidly. It additionally confirmed that each one Class 9 textbooks have been revealed, besides the Social Science e-book, which is within the last stage of preparation and will probably be launched quickly.
