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**Salem District Prepares for School Reopening with Textbook Distribution**
**Salem, Tamil Nadu – May 29, 2025** – Salem District Collector R. Brindha Devi has announced that all arrangements are in place to distribute textbooks to students across the district when schools reopen on June 2nd.
Collector Devi inspected the textbook deliveries at the Panchayat Union Middle School in Edayapatti on Thursday, confirming that sufficient quantities of books have arrived.
According to the Collector, the district has a total of 1,640 schools, encompassing government, government-aided, and self-financing institutions at the primary and middle school levels. These schools cater to 67,700 students in Tamil medium and 31,906 in English medium across classes 1 to 5. All required textbooks for these students have been received.
Furthermore, for the 350 high and higher secondary schools in Salem, which educate 1,16,954 students in Tamil medium and 61,814 in English medium from classes 6 to 12, a total of 636,357 Tamil medium textbooks and 233,134 English medium textbooks have been delivered.
Collector Devi assured parents and students that a well-organized system is in place to ensure a smooth and efficient distribution of textbooks to all students on the first day of the new academic year.
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