Bhubaneswar, July 9: New Plus Two books on all subjects, which have been recently redesigned by the state higher education department following the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) format, will be available in the market within two weeks.

Confirming the development, director of the Odisha State Bureau of Text Book Preparation Geetika Patnaik said the remaining books had already reached the press. She also informed The Telegraph that the experts in various subjects chosen by the bureau had already started working on the books for the second year.

The redesigned Plus Two books in 10 out of the total of 30 subjects offered at Plus Two level, were released yesterday. These books reached the markets today, bringing relief to thousands of students and teachers.

"It is good that they have finally released some of the books. But a bigger concern is that whether sufficient books are available in the market. Like many others, I have also been visiting the bookshops for the last several weeks enquiring about the arrival of the books," said Sudha Mohapatra, a Plus Two student.

While releasing the "compulsory books" for subjects, such as mathematics, chemistry, physics, English and Odia yesterday, higher education officials had said that books in the remaining subjects would also be available shortly.

However, they had not announced any deadline for release of all the books yesterday.

The major changes in the textbooks have been inclusion of objective type questions at the end of each chapter. "Every chapter has a question bank with probable questions - all in the objective-type question format to help the students prepare for examinations," said Patnaik.

"The books have been prepared very carefully and have been written in extremely lucid language. We also have put the prescribed syllabus on the last pages of all the books to help the students understand the course better," she said. The Plus Two classes are all set to begin in the state on July 14 .

"Our resource persons have given their best efforts, often working overtime, trying to maintain the quality of the books and to keep those error free," she said.

"From next year, the school and mass education department will be responsible for the Plus Two books," said state higher education secretary G.V.V. Sharma.