Hyderabad: The Commissioner of School Education, T Vijaya Kumar has directed District Education Officers (DEO) and Executive Officers of Samagra Shiksha to ensure all the schools in their respective districts are using the latest political map of India that depict the new Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
The Commissioner directed officials to sensitize all the schools to ensure that the text books and charts with correct political map are used. The DEOs can also distribute the updated maps by downloading them for free from the website of Survey of India http//www.surveyofidia.gov.in and distributing them to the educational institutions that do not have access or means to buy the updated maps.
The updated political maps of India are available for free to download on the website of Survey of India.