"If you ask me, Balbharti textbooks should be such that instead of the mobile she should look at the textbooks and have food," Dada Bhuse said. (X)At a textbook development workshop under the National Education Policy 2020, Maharashtra school education minister Dada Bhuse on Thursday said care must be taken to ensure links with culture are not broken in the era of Artificial Intelligence.Bhuse said, “With devices like mobiles, TV, e-mediums, the coming era will be of AI, but we should take care that our connection with our soil and culture is not broken. This should be thought about, I request you Mr Rekhawar (Director of SCERT). My granddaughter is three years old and when her mother feeds her, she does not eat without looking at a cartoon on the mobile. If you ask me, Balbharti textbooks should be such that instead of the mobile she should look at the textbooks and have food.” Children not eating food without devices might be the story of every household today, he said.#पुणे | २२ ऑगस्ट २०२५महाराष्ट्र राज्य पाठ्यपुस्तक मंडळ #बालभारती तर्फे आयोजित ‘पाठ्यपुस्तक लेखन उद्बोधन सत्रा’ चे उद्घाटन आज पुणे, बालेवाडी येथे संपन्न झाले.#educationreforms #qualityeducation #balbharati #ai #rashtrpratham #maharashtraeducation #pune #dadajibhuse pic.twitter.com/Yy18Zoxotf— Dadaji Bhuse (@dadajibhuse) August 22, 2025At the same event, Sachindra Pratap Singh, Commissioner of School Education, said, “The culture of reading books is decreasing. With the advent of devices like mobiles and TVs, we need to create new books that children and parents like. This curriculum will be a guide for the future of Maharashtra. I believe that the textbooks in Maharashtra will be the best in India.Rahul Rekhawar, Director of SCERT said, “Since the National Education Policy 2020 came into effect, there have been major changes in the education sector and the state of Maharashtra is at the forefront of making those changes. I believe that these changes will bring about revolutionary changes in the education department. We all have a big responsibility, we need to pay attention to how to make the textbooks of the highest quality.Principal Secretary School Education Ranjit Singh Deol, Director of Education (Primary) Sharad Gosavim, Director of Education (Secondary and Higher Secondary) Dr Mahesh Palkar, Director of Education (Planning) Krishnakumar Patil, subject officers, curriculum development members, as well as dignitaries from the education sector were also present at the workshop.Click here to join Express Pune WhatsApp channel and get a curated list of our stories© The Indian Express Pvt Ltd