The new session has already begun in schools but NCERT books are still not available in the market. After long summer vacation on one side students are planning to tighten their belt for studies, while on the other side, they are finding difficulties in getting their text books. This has forced many students to study from old and second hand books.
Parents can be seen running from one book shop to another searching for NCERT textbooks for their children. Due to unavailability of books students are finding difficulties in completing their homework. While the owners of book stall are giving assurance that soon they will make NCERT books available soon.
Priya Rani, student of DAV Bariatu said, “The session has been started long back and book stall owners have told that during summer vacation they will make all the NCERT books available. I am regularly visiting various book stores in search of social science and Geography books but it is not available yet.”
“Teachers have given us notes but without the textbooks it is very hard to understand anything. Booksellers assure us that the books will be available in two days on every visit but even after so many days, we could not get commerce textbooks” said Pulkit Jain, student of Gurunanak School.
The board students are worse hit as most of the books of class X and XII are in short supply. The students are facing many difficulties in this book crisis as it affecting their studies adversely.
Arun Jain, owner of Vidhya Mandir book stall at Upper Bazar Ranchi said, “The new NCERT books for class I to VIII are available in limited stock but the book of class X, XI and XII are mainly out of stock. I have ordered the distributors to sent the books soon, may be within two three days all the books will be available to them.”
Shyama Dhandaria whose daughter is studying in class XII at DPS School said, “Am searching for the books since the session started but till now books are not available. After every two days I am knocking to different book stalls but every where am getting the same reply”.