Pry, secondary students get 6 crore new books

Staff Reporter:
Primary and secondary level students yesterday, on the first day of the New Year, got over six crore copies of new textbooks at free of cost across the country.
On the first day of the year, 6 crore 8 lakh 19 thousand and 44 books were distributed nationwide simultaneously in primary and secondary schools. Of these, 441 books at primary and secondary school levels have been revised.
Out of nine crore six lakh 40 thousand and 415 textbooks in Bengali and English versions for clas-ses one to five and for ethnic groups, a total of four crore 63 lakh 86 thousand 887 have been dis-tributed so far this year.
Chairman of the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) Prof Dr AKM Riazul Hasan told that from January 1, a total of six crore eight lakh 19 thousand and 44 books have been dis-tributed 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, add-ing 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 program held at the International Mother Language Institute in the capital yesterday.
The education adviser said that a difficult situation was created for printing books through the Na-tional 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.