Pune: 81 lakh PDFs of Balbharati textbooks downloaded

PUNE: As many as 81 lakh PDFs of textbooks were downloaded from the Balbharati (Maharashtra State Bureau of Textbook Production & Curriculum Research) website during the lockdown, officials stated.
The sale of textbooks for classes I to XI started in the open market from Saturday. The textbooks for Class XII would be made available in the market by May 27, said Kiran Kendre, public relations officer, Balbharati.
"Due to the lockdown, textbooks from classes I to XII were uploaded on e-Balbharati website. The Class XII textbooks were revised this year and we uploaded them before the printed copies were available so that students could begin their studies. Till Saturday, over 20.54 lakh e-textbooks for Class XII were downloaded, while the number of downloads for classes I to XI is around 61.20 lakh," he said.
"Textbooks for classes I to XI in all 10 languages are being made available from Saturday. Textbooks for Class XII will be available from May 27," Kendre said. For classes I to VIII, 94.90 lakh textbooks would be distributed to government or government-aided schools.