The National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) is expecting to ensure distributing the rest of all the books for the secondary students by 15 January.
After completing the distribution of hundred per cent textbooks of the pre-primary and primary level students, the NCTB has fixed the target to distribute rest of the books for the secondary (school, madrasha and vocational) level, according to the NCTB sources.
Distribution of 84.78 per cent, out of a total of 30,02 55,154 copies textbook, have already been completed for the current academic year, said a NCTB release on Sunday.
“It will be possible to ensure distribution of all the rest of the textbooks for the secondary level by 15 January”, the release added.
The publication and distribution of 8,59,30,880 copies of textbooks which have been reached all the educational institutes across the country ahead of the victory day, for the pre-primary and primary students has been completed.
So, the primary and small ethnic students were able to return home with all textbooks on 1st January, said the release, adding that the distribution of books for the Ebtedayee Education and Braille system, a tactile reading and writing method for blind or visually impaired people, has completed nearly to hundred per cent.
The activities relating to printing and pre-delivery inspection of 21,43,24,274 copies of textbooks for the secondary (from class six to nine) and Ebtedayee students are at the final stage.
The publication of 88.50 per cent and pre-delivery inspection (PDI) of 81.60 per cent books of this category has been completed, according to the NCTB statistics.
Around 78.69 per cent books on an average so far has already been sent to the educational institutes across the country.
Around 96.16 per cent for Ebtedayee level, 87.96 per cent for class nine and 85.61 per cent books for class six have already been distributed. But the distribution of class VII and VIII is respectively 68.69 per cent and 54.76 per cent and move is underway to distribute these books within the shortest possible time.
The online edition of 647 textbooks of all the education stages has been uploaded at the NCTB website (www.nctb.gov.bd) from 28 December 28 the convenience of the students, said the NCTB release.
Although the agreement dateline with the publication organisation remains till 3rd February, but the government will ensure the distribution of secondary and vocational level student textbooks by 15 January.
