Recommendations of 56th Meeting of GST Council for Education Sector

Adv. D. J. Gaikwad 05 Sep 2025 519 Views 0 comment Print Goods and Services Tax | Articles

The GST Council has recommended adjustments to the GST rates on a variety of goods for the education sector. The changes primarily involve reducing or eliminating the tax on common school supplies. A number of items, including erasers, maps, pencil sharpeners, pencils, crayons, and notebooks, are proposed to become GST-exempt, with their tax rate moving from 5% or 12% to Nil. Additionally, products such as mathematical boxes, geometry boxes, and color boxes would see a reduction in their GST rate from 12% to 5%. These recommendations would lower the cost of a range of educational items. Also Read: 1. FAQs on decisions of 56th GST Council Meeting 2. Recommendations of 56th Meeting of GST Council

Recommendations for EDUCATION SECTOR

(5% to Nil)

S. No.	Chapter / Heading / Sub-heading / Tariff item	Description of Goods
1.	4016	Erasers

(12% to Nil)

S. No.	Chapter / Heading / Sub-heading / Tariff item	Description of Goods
	4905	Maps and hydrographic or similar charts of all kinds, including atlases, wall maps, topographical plans and globes, printed
	8214	Pencil sharpeners
	9608, 9609	Pencils (including propelling or sliding pencils), crayons, pastels, drawing charcoals and tailor’s chalk
	4820	Exercise book, graph book, & laboratory note book and notebooks

(12% to 5%)

S. No.	Chapter / Heading / Sub-heading / Tariff item	Description of Goods
	7310 or 7326	Mathematical boxes, geometry boxes and color boxes

Note: The recommendations of the GST Council have been presented in this article containing major item of decisions in simple language for information of the stakeholders. The same would be given effect through the relevant circulars/ notifications/ law amendments which alone shall have the force of law. The author is not promoting or confirms or guarantee the final decision of the government to implement these recommendations and same shouldn’t be a cause of action against author to held responsible for any loss by using this information.