Prin­ci­pals have been in­struct­ed to main­tain the cur­rent list of text­books for the up­com­ing aca­d­e­m­ic year, as the Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion con­firmed there will be no changes to the ap­proved list for 2025/2026.

In a state­ment, the Min­istry ad­vised both pri­ma­ry and sec­ondary school heads to con­tin­ue us­ing the same text­books that were ap­proved and in use dur­ing the pre­vi­ous aca­d­e­m­ic year.

Dr Michael Dowlath, Min­is­ter of Ed­u­ca­tion, said, “This mea­sure en­sures con­sis­ten­cy in teach­ing and learn­ing re­sources across all schools, while the Min­istry con­ducts a re­view of the text­book ap­proval process to guar­an­tee align­ment with cur­ricu­lum stan­dards, qual­i­ty bench­marks, and in­clu­siv­i­ty prin­ci­ples.”

The Min­istry said its on­go­ing re­view is aimed at im­prov­ing the qual­i­ty and rel­e­vance of ed­u­ca­tion­al con­tent to bet­ter meet the di­verse needs of stu­dents. 

Prin­ci­pals were al­so re­mind­ed that no text­books may be added, re­moved, or sub­sti­tut­ed from the of­fi­cial list with­out pri­or writ­ten per­mis­sion from the Min­istry.

The Min­istry thanked all schools for their co­op­er­a­tion as it works to strength­en both eq­ui­ty and qual­i­ty in the coun­try’s ed­u­ca­tion­al re­sources.