With just over a month remaining until the start of the new academic session, the Sindh Textbook Board has still not been able to provide printers with the material. Even older books for millions of students in private schools which are sold in the open market and books for grades one through twelve, published by the Sindh textbook boards in all Sindh cities, are in short supply. “We asked the Punjab Textbook Board how they were dealing with this issue. It should be noted that the Sindh Textbook Board collects 13 per cent royalty on books provided to the market. Parents accuse private schools of forced books, stationery purchasesThe Sindh Textbook Board decides the price of the books and collects its royalties, while the publishers buy the paper by themselves.

Source: The Express Tribune May 26, 2019 02:48 UTC