New Delhi

All but two textbooks for classes 1 to 9 developed as per the new curriculum are now available, according to NCERT officials, who said the two pending ones will be released by next month.

Part 2 of the class 9 social science and mathematics textbooks are expected to be out by August.

"The new textbooks have been developed in line with the National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCF-SE) 2023. All textbooks for classes 1 to 8 are now available in both digital and print formats. Textbooks for class 9 have also been released, except for two of them, which will be available by August," a senior official said.

The comments came amid complaints stating that not all the textbooks were available three months into the academic session.

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"The new textbooks for classes 10 and 11 will be introduced from the academic session 2027-28 onwards. Accordingly, the existing textbooks for these two classes across subject areas shall continue to be used during the academic session 2026–27," the official added.

The NCF is a set of curricular guidelines, a key component of the new National Education Policy (NEP).