India, Aug. 23 -- Maharashtra's school education minister, Dada Bhuse, on Thursday said that the state will adopt the principle of moving from "simple to difficult" in curriculum and learning methods. Speaking at the inauguration of a textbook development orientation programme organised by the Maharashtra State Bureau of Textbook Production and Curriculum Research (Balbharati) in the city, Bhuse emphasised the need for textbooks to be attractively designed in such a way to encourage children to love books over mobile phones and TV.

"Children today are more drawn to mobiles and TV cartoons, even while eating. Hence, school textbooks must be designed with high-quality appealing content, illustrations, stories, interactive exercises to draw...