Supply of school textbooks to be completed soon: Abdu Rabb

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Education Minister P K Abdu Rabb told the state assembly that printing of 10 lakh school text books has been completed by the education department and its distribution would be completed Tuesday itself. Replying to a submission in this regard, the minister said the copies of the text books were made available to the district headquarters yesterday itself and its distribution to the schools was delayed due to torrential rains in many parts of the state. Out of ten lakh printed books, nine lakh should be collected by unaided schools, he said, adding the books required for government and aided schools have already been supplied. Opposition deputy leader Kodiyeri Balakrishnan alleged that the government failed to distribute the books before July 20 as assured by the Education Minister in the State Assembly on July 7.