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Gujarat signs MoU with Amazon to sell school textbooks online
The Gujarat State School Textbook Board has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Amazon India to make textbooks available for online purchase. The MoU was signed in Gandhinagar in the presence…
The Gujarat State School Textbook Board has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Amazon India to make textbooks available for online purchase. The MoU was signed in Gandhinagar in the presence of Gujarat Education Minister Dr. Pradyuman Vaja.
Under the partnership, students and parents, especially those from private and self-financed schools, can order textbooks online and get them delivered to their homes at the printed price without any additional delivery charges. The board supplies about 1.5 crore textbooks every year to students in self-financed schools across the state.
The government expects the initiative to reduce queues at bookstores during the start of the academic session. Education Minister Vaja described it as a step towards "Ease of Education" in the digital era.
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Gujarat joins a small but growing number of states to tie up with a private e-commerce platform for textbook distribution. The state's textbook board already runs its own online portal and a network of authorised distributors. The Amazon partnership adds a high-traffic channel that may ease the annual scramble for books, especially in urban areas where Amazon delivers fastest. However, the 1.5 crore figure covers only self-financed schools, not the far larger number of government-school students who receive free textbooks. The real test will be whether the platform can handle peak-season demand in May and June without price markups or delivery delays. The next signal to watch is the number of orders placed in the first month of the next academic session.
Source: timesnownews.com
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