Govt spends Rs. 2.7 b on 37 million school text books

The Government has spent Rs.2.7 billion to print 37 million school text books to be distributed among students in state schools next year.

Education Minister Bandula Gunawardena said printing and distributing school text books for over 10,000 schools in all nine provinces including the North and the East by December was a complex process.

The Education Ministry has printed 37 million text books of 437 different types in Sinhala, Tamil and English. It will be distributed among 4.2 million students in state and semi-government schools and pirivenas.

The national ceremony to distribute school text books was held at the Magammana Maha Vidyalaya, Homagama under the patronage of Minister Gunawardena recently.

Senior Minister A.H.M.Fowzie, Education Deputy Minister Mohanlal Grero and senior education officials were also present.

- MF