The new academic year is fast approaching, but Balbharti, the Maharashtra State Bureau of Textbook Production, is still not ready with the new curriculum's textbooks for std XI. Teachers' associations have written to the state government asking for the speedy release of the new textbooks.

There was a delay in the last academic year with books for std X, and the curriculum for it had changed. Teachers fear the same as the curriculum of std XI will change this academic year. While Balbharti declared a broad outline of the new curriculum on its website, it is still open to suggestions. It will be discussed by experts and then the new syllabus based on which textbooks will be prepared, will be finalised.