Education dept’s free books policy mired in controversies

One from Lucknow Newsline – Lucknow,India says Problems, as far as education is concerned, seem galore in the state. The distribution of books being one of them. Despite the norm to provide free books to all children in all government primary schools in the state, the facility seems to have been extended only to a few.

Over 90 per cent of students are studying without books in the primary schools across the state.