Over 95per textbooks will reach schools by Dec 31: Minister
23 December 2021, 05:53 pm | Updated: 21 November 2024, 11:42 pm
Education Minister Dipu Moni today said more than 95% textbooks will reach primary and secondary schools across the country by December 31.
“The remaining books will be delivered by January 7. Students will get their textbooks in time,” Dipu Moni said while visiting a printing press at Matuail in the capital.
Dipu Moni said the binding of over 17 crore textbooks has already been completed but some might remain incomplete. “However, we’ll be able to distribute those among students in the first week of January.”
However, it is not possible to arrange any ‘textbook festival’ this time too due to the pandemic, said the minister, adding that these textbooks will be distributed in classrooms.
Dipu Moni said that the printing of the textbooks is almost done and the officials of the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) regularly visit the press twice a week.
Printing is going on in 200 presses -158 for printing the books of secondary schools and 42 for primary schools, she said.UNB.
The minister also said action will be taken if the supplier printing company provides substandard textbooks.
