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NCERT Textbooks News: The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) will reduce textbook prices for some classes starting next year, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced on Tuesday.

Pradhan stated that the Council, which currently prints 5 crore textbooks annually, is planning to increase its production capacity to 15 crore books from the next year.

He also mentioned that new textbooks aligned with the updated curriculum for classes 9 to 12 will be introduced in the 2026-27 academic session.

"In the next academic year, NCERT will publish 15 crore quality and affordable books....currently it publishes nearly 5 crore textbooks. Earlier there have been concerns about demand and supply issue about the textbooks, however, that will be addressed now," Pradhan said, as reported by the news agency PTI.

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"Since, the volume of printing of books is going to be high, the prices of textbooks for some classes will be reduced. However, the price will not be increased for any class to ensure there is no financial burden on parents," he added.

The minister informed that the process of updating of textbooks as per new National Curriculum Framework (NCF) is on. "The process is on and textbooks for classes 9-12 will be ready by 2026-27 academic session," further added.

(With PTI Inputs) 

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