Bihar State Text Book Publishing Corporation
BIHAR
Beneficiary Oriented Solution - State
Education
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Bihar State Text Book Publishing Corporation in 1965, the basic concept of having a modern, well equipped captive press with a view to cater to the requirement of textbooks for school going children of Bihar gathered momentum. After considerable bit of exploration, the choice ultimately fell upon the project offered by M/s. Veb Polygraph, GDR in 1967.
Project Details
Brief Background
They incorporated the then latest technology in the arena of printing and the payments were made in soft currency i.e. RUPEE only. One unit of the press started regular production in March 1972 with a handful of trained hands German Instructors and fresh boys from schools and colleges inducted under the apprenticeship scheme.
Objective
German Instructors and fresh boys from schools and colleges inducted under the apprenticeship scheme. The wages and input costs on the other hand have risen manifold. As a result there is a wide gap between the revenue earnings.
Benefits
Ensures availability of standardized textbooks contributing to uniform education standards. Over the years the installed capacity of one crore books though never fully achieved has dwindled and come down considerably.
