The students can now download school books instantly from the e-textbook portal of the Haryana School Education Board which was launched on Friday.
In all, 26 text-books of Classes IX to XII have been uploaded on the e-portal. These include 11 books of Class IX, nine books of Class X, and three books each of classes XI and XII.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal while launching the e-textbook portal of the Haryana School Education Board in Bhiwani congratulated the Board for the initiative for the benefit and convenience of students.
He said the Board had also been at the forefront of implementing e-locker facility. This initiative was an important step towards realising the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s dream of Digital India. An electronic textbook was also known as e-textbook, digital textbook or online textbook, he added.
The Chief Minister said books in printed form could be heavy to lift. The students found it cumbersome to carry dozens of textbooks to the school. On the other hand, digital textbooks could be taken on a small laptop or e-reader, said he.
About the e-textbook, the Board apprized that the e-textbook provides the facility to search any information in no time. There is no need to search any specific paragraph or index pages. Apart from this, notes of specific words or paragraphs of maximum e-reader books could also be taken through this system. This would help the students to make clear notes from their digital textbooks.
The e-textbooks could be downloaded instantly and there is no need to wait for long for their publication, delivery or distribution. Through the highlighting function, it becomes easy for the students to mark important parts of e-textbooks for easy study later. Similarly, through the copy and paste function, the students could segregate different important parts of textbooks and utilize them.
The CM said e-textbooks could be easily converted into audio files. The digital textbooks are more economical than the traditional textbooks. Apart from this, e-textbooks are more conducive to environment, he added.