CBSE Notifies Parents and Schools on Fake NCERT Textbooks
- Dec. 3, 2025, 12:48 p.m.
The CBSE has published a notice to all CBSE-affiliated schools, alerting them to fake and counterfeit NCERT textbooks being sold at discounted prices in the market. The CBSE said that unofficial book sellers are distributing fake copies of NCERT books in its notice to school heads and principals. These unofficial textbooks often comprise content-related mistakes and printing errors according to CBSE, which negatively affect students’ learning.
The CBSE clarified that if a school purchases NCERT textbooks on behalf of its students, it should buy them only from authorised sources and be advised by NCERT periodically. CBSE listed out the verified and official channels for buying original NCERT textbooks, including:
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- NCERT Regional Production & Distribution Centres (RPDCs)
- Approved publishers listed on the NCERT website (ncert.nic.in)
- The NCERT postal supply service is available on the NCERT portal
- The official NCERT Amazon Storefront
The advisory offered contact details for RPDCs in major cities as well:
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- Delhi: Publication Division, NCERT, Sri Aurobindo Marg — 011-26562708, 9899536228
- Kolkata: RPDC, CWC Campus, Panihati — 033-25530454, 9911688943
- Guwahati: RPDC, CWC Campus — 0361-2674869, 9954091108
- Bengaluru: RPDC, Hosakere Halli Extension — 080-26725740, 8447438881
- Ahmedabad: RPDC, Navjivan Trust Building — 079-27541446, 9327209081
The CBSE issued this notice to make sure that children get standard quality printing and the right content textbooks, as advised by NCERT.
