Portfolio
Provision of Free Textbooks
39.40 million free textbooks from Class Kachi to Class-X have been provided to students of public sector schools in the Punjab for current academic session 2017-18. Moreover,
1.51 million Practical Notebooks of Class-9th & Class-10th have also been provided to all High/Higher Secondary Schools in the province.
Year wise detail of free textbooks provided and expenditure incurred is given below:-
| Academic Year | Quantity of Free Textbooks (Million) | Total Cost (Million) |
| 2004 - 05 | 12 | 394 |
| 2005 - 06 | 21 | 743 |
| 2006 - 07 | 25 | 823 |
| 2007 - 08 | 30 | 910 |
| 2008 - 09 | 30.8 | 904 |
| 2009 - 10 | 33.5 | 1731 |
| 2010 - 11 | 35.5 | 1800 |
| 2011 - 12 | 40.08 | 2200 |
| 2012 - 13 | 40.2 | 2200 |
| 2013 - 14 | 38.5 | 3000 |
| 2014 - 15 | 38.5 | 3000 |
| 2015 - 16 | 38.6 | 3600 |
| 2016 - 17 | 38.7 | 3600 |
| 2017-18 | 39.4 | 3600 |
