Gandhinagar, June 26 -- Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, along with Ministers and officials, is leading Shala Praveshotsav - 2025 across Gujarat from June 26 to 28. As part of this, the Gujarat State School Textbook Board has completed 100 per cent distribution of textbooks for Standards 1 to 12 under the Free Textbook Scheme, even before the new academic session begins, a release said on Thursday.

Under the guidance of Education Minister Kuber Dindor and Minister of State Praful Panseriya, for the academic year 2025-26, approximately 4.5 crore free textbooks and around 1.5 crore priced textbooks, totaling over 6 crore textbooks, have been delivered to respective schools in advance to ensure timely availability for all students fr...