Procurement & Distribution of Free kits for Students:

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