Archive · 18 Aug 2026
Andhra Pradesh releases C-26 diploma curriculum textbooks
In Andhra Pradesh, leaders who help run schools for older students just made new books.
These books are for students learning skills like engineering in diploma courses.
The new books are part of something called the C-26 curriculum.
A curriculum is a plan that tells teachers what to teach.
The books were made by the State Board of Technical Education and Training.
They will be given to first-year diploma students.
Students will start using them in the 2026-27 school year.
The books cover subjects that all students need to learn, no matter what branch they study.
The leaders hope the new books will make learning better and the same for everyone across the state.
Commissioner of Higher Education Narayana Bharat Gupta released textbooks and laboratory manuals for first-year diploma students under the new C-26 curriculum.
The materials were prepared under the aegis of the State Board of Technical Education and Training (SBTET), Andhra Pradesh.
The textbooks cover common subjects across all branches for first-year diploma students.
The new academic materials will be available to students from the 2026-27 academic year.
Officials said the initiative aims to strengthen the quality and consistency of technical education across the State.
- Who
- Narayana Bharat Gupta, Commissioner of Higher Education, along with senior officials of the State Board of Technical Education and Training (SBTET), Andhra Pradesh.
- What
- Release of textbooks and laboratory manuals for first-year diploma students under the newly introduced C-26 curriculum.
- When
- Monday, the day of the release event as reported.
- Where
- Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh.
- Why
- To strengthen the quality and consistency of technical education and ensure uniform implementation of the C-26 curriculum across polytechnic colleges.
- Event
- Release of C-26 curriculum textbooks and laboratory manuals
- Curriculum
- C-26
- Released by
- Narayana Bharat Gupta, Commissioner of Higher Education
- Prepared by
- State Board of Technical Education and Training (SBTET), Andhra Pradesh
- Target students
- First-year diploma students
- Coverage
- Common subjects across all branches
- Academic year
- 2026-27
- Location
- Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh