Private schools cannot force parents to buy textbooks from specific booksellers: Sakina Itoo

Srinagar, Oct 14: Education Minister Sakina Itoo on Wednesday said private schools cannot compel parents to purchase textbooks from designated booksellers, asserting that parents are free to buy books from any seller of their choice. Ahead of the new academic session, the School Education Department (SED) has intensified scrutiny of textbook-related practices in private schools. Itoo convened a high-level meeting of education department officials, representatives of the private schools association and parents’ bodies to discuss complaints regarding textbook prescriptions, the burden on…