India, March 16 -- LUCKNOW In a significant relief for students and educators, the UP Board has announced that new textbooks for the upcoming 2026-27 academic session are already available in the market. This early rollout effectively ends the supply-demand gaps that earlier delayed book distribution by up to three months.

The board of secondary education, UP, has authorised three publishers to print and distribute 70 different NCERT-based textbooks in Hindi medium, covering 36 subjects for Classes 9 through 12.

"After many years, it is happening that news books for UP Board are available in the market much before the start of the new session," said Bhagwati Singh, UP Board secretary. These books have been made available across all the ...