India, Oct. 10 -- The Haryana Education department has issued directives to all districts on Thursday to ensure that NCERT textbooks for the current academic session are distributed to students without any delay. However, education department officials in Gurugram have raised concerns, stating that there are no surplus textbooks available at the block level to address the ongoing shortages of textbooks in schools across the city.

Nearly halfway through the academic session, government primary schools in Gurugram are still grappling with a shortage of textbooks. This has impacted the studies of almost 1,200 students across the city, according to teachers union in Gurugram.

The Haryana Education department has directed elementary educatio...