IT News
Imphal, April 16
State Education Minister Th. Radheshyam today launched e-book from class 1 to 10 which are being provided by the Board of Secondary Education Manipur.
Speaking on the occasion, Th Radheshyam said that there are 71 books for Classes 1-10 to be uploaded initially and out of which books for class 8-10 have been uploaded. It will take around 2 weeks for uploading entire books. Books of Tribal dialects too will be uploaded subsequently.
The textbooks will be available from the website bosemebook.in As well as through mobile application “Bosem eBook” which can downloaded from Google Play store.
The Education Manipur while highlighting the present education scenario all across the globe said that huge developments especially after the coming of computers and internet facility have been seen.
“Many states across the country as well as NCERT have taken up great strides along this line. It is also well known that in Manipur (Class 1-12) the textbooks are never made available in electronic platform”, Radheshyam said while adding that the non availability of the textbooks in electronic forms has hindered the development of e-contents as study material by various stakeholders.
He said that the availability of textbooks at times of crisis like present Covid-19, non competition of printing of textbooks that happened in the past, etc. and Provision for improvement of textbooks – seeking comments from public, Source of early printing of textbooks in times to come, and many more.
The Board of Secondary Education Manipur (BOSEM) does the printing and sale of Textbooks for Class 1-10. Books meant for class 1-8 are prepared by SCERT and the printing, sale takes place in BOSEM while Books for Class 9-10 are within the domain of BOSEM.
Looking into the gaps has come up with a decision to make textbooks available online in its website. The webpage will have other features (in addition to the textbooks) in days to come, Year-wise Instruction to examiners, Blue print, teachers guide book, Scan copies of Answer scripts of toppers and subject toppers.
Everything from the website to the mobile application are exclusively designed and developed by X-tremeWave, the Education Minister said.
