With the clock ticking for the first ever Textbook Festival scheduled to be held on the New Year's Day, around 10 million copies of textbooks are yet to reach the upazilas.
The government had planned to supply all schools in the country with textbooks by Jan 1. Prime minister Sheikh Hasina will formally inaugurate the Textbook Festival by handing over a set of books to one student of each class up to Class IX under the general, madrasa and technical education boards at Gano Bhaban at 10 am on Dec 29.
However, according to the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB), some 95 percent primary education-level textbooks and 96 percent secondary education level books have so far been supplied by Thursday. Khulna Sadar upazila and the upazilas under Rangpur division were yet to get the deliveries.
NCTB chairman Professor Mostafa Kamaluddin is, however, hopeful that all the remaining upazila headquarters will get textbooks within the stipulated period.
"Textbooks will reach all primary and secondary students on Jan 1, the day Textbook Festival is observed across the country," he said, adding that "some complication" had led to the delay.
The deadline for supplying textbooks in the upazila headquarters was Nov 30, but it was extended to Dec 8 in accordance to the demand of some printing publications. "Despite that, some publications could not supply books in time. Legal action will be taken against those who failed to supply textbooks in time by deferring their bills," Kamaluddin added.
The NCTB chairman said the government would distribute around 221 million textbooks this year free of cost among primary and secondary students.
Though free textbooks are given at primary level every year, the government distributed around 232 million textbooks free of cost among around 32.02 million students of the secondary school level in 2010 for the first time.
A total of 19 printing organisations, including three from India, have printed the textbooks this year through international tender invitation.
The government had planned to supply all schools in the country with textbooks by Jan 1. Prime minister Sheikh Hasina will formally inaugurate the Textbook Festival by handing over a set of books to one student of each class up to Class IX under the general, madrasa and technical education boards at Gano Bhaban at 10 am on Dec 29.
However, according to the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB), some 95 percent primary education-level textbooks and 96 percent secondary education level books have so far been supplied by Thursday. Khulna Sadar upazila and the upazilas under Rangpur division were yet to get the deliveries.
NCTB chairman Professor Mostafa Kamaluddin is, however, hopeful that all the remaining upazila headquarters will get textbooks within the stipulated period.
"Textbooks will reach all primary and secondary students on Jan 1, the day Textbook Festival is observed across the country," he said, adding that "some complication" had led to the delay.
The deadline for supplying textbooks in the upazila headquarters was Nov 30, but it was extended to Dec 8 in accordance to the demand of some printing publications. "Despite that, some publications could not supply books in time. Legal action will be taken against those who failed to supply textbooks in time by deferring their bills," Kamaluddin added.
The NCTB chairman said the government would distribute around 221 million textbooks this year free of cost among primary and secondary students.
Though free textbooks are given at primary level every year, the government distributed around 232 million textbooks free of cost among around 32.02 million students of the secondary school level in 2010 for the first time.
A total of 19 printing organisations, including three from India, have printed the textbooks this year through international tender invitation.
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