Amid varied challenges and an frightful ambiance, the length in-between government has been working in beefy swing geared toward distributing free textbooks amongst college students from pre-most major to secondary stage for the duration of the nation on the very foundation of the educational year 2025.
A total of 37.5 crore textbooks could be printed for the upcoming 2025 tutorial year, which was as soon as 35 crore final year. The actions will originate up thru opening of tenders on 14 October while the formula of printing is anticipated to originate in the critical week of November, in accordance with education ministry officers.
“Despite placing orders in November, we managed to distribute books on January first in 2020, 2021 and 2022 amid the Covid-19 pandemic. This time, we will are attempting our most efficient to distribute the maximum decision of books in early January despite the incontrovertible truth that hundred percent is no longer that you just would possibly perhaps perhaps well perhaps factor in,” National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) Chairman AKM Riazul Hasan informed BSS.
Riazul acknowledged there has been a conference of distributing books in the muse of the educational year which has each true and unfriendly sides, as such obligation in printing books in a bustle most incessantly ends in compromise with the quality of books.
“Due to this, complaints enjoy the use of wretched quality papers, dreadful binding, blurry texts, printing errors, torn books, unclear photos and so forth inclined to arise,” he added.
“This year, we’ve got two most major challenges – revising books following the 2012 curriculum as per education adviser’s directions and guaranteeing the quality of books,” he acknowledged, along with, “The NCTB will adopt zero tolerance protection in guaranteeing the quality of textbooks for 2025 tutorial year.”
NCTB officers are certain to fulfill the January closing date in addition to beget clear quality of books and thus, stricter monitoring has been developed to beget clear transparency in the textbook printing task.
“We now maintain a team working to supervise the revision of the textbooks by modifying it in the gentle of the 2012 curriculum,” Riazul acknowledged.
NCTB Chairman also talked about penalties for the tenders who did no longer beget clear transparency and quality. “We can beget it explicitly clear in the soft that the work must quiet be carried out for the duration of the stipulated time. If the closing date is uncared for, whatever the explanation is, we will rob strict action,” he added.
NCTB member Prof Dr Riyad Chowdhury acknowledged, “Sharp tenders for printing textbooks has already begun. We now maintain already opened two tenders while the others are under task. The work is sort of carried out.”
Referring to the growth in paper mills and presses, Riyad acknowledged they’d several conferences with the owners of paper mills and presses. The mill authorities assured that they’ve adequate paper provide while the presses acknowledged they’ll be ready to print on time, in the occasion that they win the paper timely, he added.
To beget clear the quality of textbooks, inspection brokers had been working, Riad acknowledged, along with, “We now maintain employed inspection groups thru soft who had been monitoring whether the well-known quality is being maintained or no longer.”
The inspection brokers will also interrogate whether the textbook tips are accurately maintained in the presses, he acknowledged, along with, “The file of inspection groups is terribly well-known because with out their certification we can not defend in mind that the quality is being maintained.”
In the period in-between Education Advisor Wahiduddin Mahmud lately acknowledged the work of revising the textbooks is going on with a truly short-time time physique as a result of significance of delivering original books to college students before all the pieces of the year. The Adviser expressed wretchedness that “some errors would possibly perhaps perhaps well stay” as a result of short timeframe for revisions.
“We had to revise the textbooks in two to about a weeks to beget clear original books were supplied to college students. There must quiet quiet be some mistakes,” acknowledged Wahiduddin, hoping that extra enhancements will be made with the recommendation of fervent groups and education experts along with keeping continuity in the curriculum.
Speaking to BSS, Dhaka University Education and Study Institute Professor Dr Tapas Kumar Biswas acknowledged college students enjoy to win original books in the muse of the year as the smell of present books brings them support to a brand original learning atmosphere.
The education ministry sources acknowledged the ministry determined in principle to no longer distribute books this year thru a e-book competition enjoy earlier years. Nonetheless, the ministry has been working relentlessly to beget clear books are being handed over to college students on time.
Following the tumble of Awami League led government thru mass upsurge, it was as soon as resolute to ruin the 2023 curriculum and revert to the 2012 curriculum.
The length in-between government has significantly revised the secondary education machine, reintroducing divisions in science, humanities, and change studies, and aligning evaluation methods with the 2012 national curriculum.
