LUCKNOW, March 31 -- The new academic session 2024-25 will begin at all the 1.33 lakh government-run primary and upper primary schools of Uttar Pradesh from Monday (April 1). However, books have yet not reached these schools. There are approximately 1.9 crore students enrolled in the government schools.

At some places, the books have reached at the district level and at some places at the block level. In such a situation, many students will attend classes without books in initial days. Every year around 14-15 crore free books are distributed to the students of classes one to eight in the state.

For this, the department completes the necessary process on time and makes the books available before April 1. But this time, books of classes t...