CM Naveen Announces Free Text Books for Students in Odia Medium Schools

Bhubaneswar: Students of Class-I to Class VIII of all Odia medium schools in Odisha will be provided free textbooks. This was announced by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday.

Under this scheme apart from the students in government-managed schools, the ones studying in all private and non-aided Odia medium schools across the state will get the free textbooks.

The scheme is being taken up under the 5T initiative of the Odisha government. Over five lakh students of around 3,620 private and non-aided Odia medium schools will benefit from this scheme.

It has been announced that students of Class-I to Class VIII will be provided free textbooks from the academic year 2024-25.

Around Rs 9.43 crore would be spent every year on it.