India, Nov. 22 -- Despite more than half of the academic session having passed, students in Gurugram's government schools are still without essential NCERT textbooks, with teachers alleging that at least 3,000 sets of textbooks are missing this year.

This gap persists even though the Haryana Education Department issued directives on October 9 instructing all districts to ensure that NCERT textbooks for the current academic session are distributed to students without delay. Officials in the Gurugram education department have expressed concern, noting that there are no surplus textbooks available to address the continuing shortages in government schools across the city.

According to Gurugram's teachers union, there are at least 100 govern...