PSEB starts delivery of ‘sanitised’ school textbooks to block offices

After Punjab education secretary Krishan Kumar directed the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) depot officials to start distribution of textbooks among block offices in the district, the officials were seen scrambling to execute the task at the Punjabi Bhawan on Wednesday amid manpower shortage.

These books are provided free of cost to all students from Classes 1 to 8 and to those under SC/ST and BC categories in Classes 9 and



10.

Depot manager Tarlochan Singh said, “The office was sanitised on May 9 and all employees were asked to wear masks and keep washing hands. As per instructions, only 33% staff is coming to the office on rotation basis. We received 3.35 lakh textbooks from the board office before March 23 and more books have been sent in the last two days. We need more staff to deliver the books, but cannot hire workers due to the coronavirus scare.”