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languages would be published by the Board of Tcxtbooks and, in accordance with the decision, the Chief Minister assured the Committee that Urdu textbooks would also be prepared soon. minority
Tamil Nadu : The Education Department has undertaken the responsibility of publishing textbooks in Tamil and English only. The publication of textbooks in minority languages had been entrusted to private publishers. Alterwltivcly, such books are 4.318
from the neighbouring States. Witnesses complained that Urdu books available in the S@ate were not up to the desired standards Besides, they did not conform to the State syllabus. It was demanded that the publication of Urdu textbooks obtained
classes I to XI should be undertaken by the State Government in co-ordination with the neighbouring States. for
Uttar Pradesh : The preelection. if textbooks has been nationalized in the State 4.319
thie Govern. ment claimed that Urdu textbooks for classes I to VIII were available in the market, but the witnesses contended that only a few textbooks were available and these too only in parts of the State. A witness and
complained that some of the Urdu textoooks carried highly objectionable material from 67
point of view of national integration. It was also alleged that some of the books were the
a transcript of the Hindi textbooks. It was suggested that the work of preparing Urdu textbooks should be entrusted to the State Urdu Academy. Two of the witnesses pleaded that the Government should give financial assistance or subsidy to private simply
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publishers for the publication of Urdu books if the Government itself was not prepared to publish Urdu textbooks. 4.320 The Director of Education insisted that the textbooks for classes I to VIII had already been prepared and were available in the market. The Government was taking
on Urdu