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+# IT syllabus of  class XI in Maharshtra now includes FLOSS
+
+We are happy to announce that the IT syllabus of XI standard is now
+based on Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS). The books are
+released in the market. Despite Ubuntu 18.04 being the default
+recommended OS, students can choose their own GNU/Linux distro. The
+book follows the National Education Policy in ICT education in order
+to make the education cost-effective, ethical and accessible to
+all. Around 1.5 lakh students in Maharashtra will be introduced to
+Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) from this and successive
+years.
+
+This is a result of efforts made by veteran founders of ILUG-Bombay,
+Krishnakant Mane and his GNUKhata team, Prajakta Patkar, Karan Kamdar
+and Abhijit of GNUKhata team.
+
+Special thanks to Dr. Nagarjuna, Prof. Khedkar, Prof. Abhinav Jog,
+Chandita, and Kasinath Guru; Adv. V P Patil, Adv. Amardev Unniyal and
+Sudhakar Kashyap for their help regarding PIL, Fr. Jude and Sajida of
+St Mary High School, Sr. Meena of Auxilium High School, Gayathri
+Narayanan (SIWS College), Vidyadhar Mhatre, Shrikrishna Joshi,Sudhanwa
+Joglekar, Gaurav Pant and many other members from PLUG, Balbharti,
+Hon.  Director, Support Staff and of course to all BOS team members
+(listed in the textbook) , Rushubh Mehta and Dr Nambiar, Director
+DBIT, for providing space for ilug-bom meetings and FLOSS events.