On the first day of the New Year, primary and secondary students across the country received over six crore new textbooks free of charge.
On Wednesday, January 1, a total of 6 crore 8 lakh 19 thousand 44 books were distributed simultaneously across primary and secondary schools nationwide. Of these, 441 books at both levels have been revised, according to BSS.
Out of the 9 crore 6 lakh 40 thousand 415 textbooks prepared in Bengali and English for classes one to five and ethnic groups, 4 crore 63 lakh 86 thousand 887 copies have already been distributed this year.
Chairman of the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) Prof Dr AKM Riazul Hasan told BSS that from January 1, a total of six crore eight lakh 19 thousand and 44 books have been distributed among students of secondary schools out of 41 crore textbooks.
Of these, a total of 1 crore 65 lakh 89 thousand and 514 books have been made PDI, he said, adding that the remaining books will be distributed soon.
He said 441 revised primary and secondary books will be available online on the NCTB website. The remaining primary level textbooks will be distributed among the students by January 5.
On the other hand, all books will be distributed to the students of all levels by January 20.
Meanwhile, Education Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud officially unveiled the new textbooks for the new academic year at a programme held at the International Mother Language Institute in the capital today.
The education adviser said that a difficult situation was created for printing books through the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) till the end of 2024 as books were printed abroad earlier.
Printing books abroad has been stopped for this year, he added.
This time, better quality books, cover and advanced printing have been arranged for the students, he added.
The adviser said that the work of printing books will be updated in the future based on the recent experience.
