Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Dec 31) formally inaugurated the distribution of free textbooks among students up to the secondary level for the academic year 2023.

The “National Textbook Festival” is set to be celebrated across the country on January 1.

She formally opened the free textbook distribution programme by handing over books to students of primary and secondary levels at a function at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) here this morning.

With Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni, MP in the chair, Deputy Minister for Education Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury, MP, delivered welcome address at the ceremony.

State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Md Zakir Hossen, MP, spoke as special guests.

According to National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB), as many as 33 crore 91 lakh 12 thousand and 300 textbooks are expected to be distributed at primary and secondary levels across the country.

The government has printed these textbooks by maintaining proper standard for pre-primary, primary, secondary, Ebtedayee and SSC level students and all students will get textbooks for free on the first day of the New Year.

The primary level textbook festival will be held centrally at the central playground of Dhaka University (DU), while the secondary level textbook festival will be held at the Kapasia Pilot High School grounds in Gazipur.

The present government started distributing free textbooks from 2010 academic year and distributed a total of 434,45,80,211 textbooks so far.

BDST: 1159 HRS, DEC 31, 2022
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