Following allegations that private schools continue to prescribe textbooks from private publishers instead of those prescribed by the government, a Bench of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Centre and States to explain if they have conducted any inspection, survey or audits into the issue.

A complaint received by the NHRC had alleged that substitution of textbooks published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) or the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) with private materials directly translates to exorbitant financial burden on families.