
A headmaster in Lucknow has been suspended after a video surfaced showing schoolbooks being sold to a scrap dealer. The incident at Nawazkheda primary school revealed textbooks for Classes 1-5 being loaded onto a cart. An inquiry was ordered by the basic education department, with officials confirming books were available on school premises but should have been distributed to students. The sale occurred despite a reported shortage of complete textbook sets for many students in Lucknow's primary schools.
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