The Tamilnadu Textbook Corporation has been renamed as Tamilnadu Textbook and Educational Services Corporation in order to centralize the procurement and distribution of cost free educational kits to students. It has been doing this from the academic year 2014-2015.
The details of procurement of free educational kits made during the period from 2014-2015 to 2016-2017 are furnished below:
SI No | Name of the Items | 2014-2015 | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 | |||
Qty.No. | Value Rs. in Crore | Qty.No. | Value Rs. in Crore | Qty.No. | Value Rs. in Crore | ||
1 | School Bag | 90,78,516 | 125.25 | 61,34,924 | 75.43 | 75,87,118 | 70.11 |
2 | Footwear | 77,66,249 | 118.82 | 51,87,561 | 83.99 | 62,81,667 | 83.71 |
3 | Crayons | 11,77,221 | 1.68 | 8,32,251 | 1.05 | 9,81,036 | 1.20 |
4 | Wooden Colour Pencil | 19,67,950 | 3.64 | 14,87,304 | 1.96 | 15,66,228 | 2.34 |
5 | Geometry Box | 9,39,427 | 3.47 | 28,98,779 | 9.16 | 7,62,627 | 2.24 |
6 | Woollen Sweater | 1,03,074 | 2.96 | 1,14,780 | 2.95 | 1,21,250 | 2.95 |
7 | Atlas | - | - | 37,94,269 | 9.69 | 8,11,943 | 2.08 |