Thank you for your response. Putting together subject-based collections aligned to specific state & central boards would be extremely helpful, so any assistance you can provide would be very welcome. Even if there is no money to print books, such collections still have value for schools in electronic formats - the general Wikipedia for Schools collection (based on a UK curriculum) is popular all over the world. But we should still try to get some interest in books, too!
Thanks a lot, Martin Martin A. Walker Department of Chemistry SUNY College at Potsdam Potsdam, NY 13676 USA +1 (315) 267-2271
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Hello sir, I am glad you took such a step. I am a student of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)- mohali. Presently I am in first year. I have been doing some work in the field of education for past 3 years but I was really active only in the past year. I would like to help you in chalking out a syllabus suitable for many state boards and the central boards. This attempt might work very well in english itself though publication in hindi would not be a bad idea either. However I doubt if some agency would be supporting this initiative. I can try to talk to some officials nearby but the problem is that I do not have proper credentials to represent any body. However, I will try to do whatever I can. Let me know, if I can be of some use.