Bangladesh
Text Book Students will get new books on first day of new year: NCTB Chairman
Dhaka, December 21: Like other years, books will reach all the students across the country through the textbook festival on January 1, 2023. Chairman of National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) Professor Md. Farhadul Islam said this on Tuesday.
He said, already 70 percent of our secondary and 50 percent of primary textbooks have been prepared. About 80 percent of the prepared textbooks have been delivered to the field.
He said that books are reaching different parts of the country every day. By December 31, 80 percent of the textbooks will reach the field level. The remaining textbooks are expected to reach all educational institutions across the country by January 15.
A total of 33 crore 48 lakh 77 thousand 833 textbooks are to be distributed at primary and secondary levels across the country. Out of this, a total of 9 crore 66 lakh 7 thousand 245 books for primary (from pre-primary to minority and ethnic groups) and 23 crore 82 lakh 70 thousand 588 books will be distributed. Till December 19, 14 crore 41 lakh books of Madhyamik have reached the field level and prepared and about 17 crore books have been prepared. Besides, printing and binding of 5 crore 19 lakh primary books have been completed. Out of this, 3 crore 57 lakh books have been supplied to various educational institutions of the country. The remaining books will be sent to the school level soon.
Since 2012, the current government has been officially handing out new books to students for free through book distribution festival. In continuation of this programme, book distribution is being celebrated across the country on the first day of the year on January 1 in the presence of teachers-students-parents, local public representatives, and officials of the departments related to primary education.
