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Students to get books in 7days Insists textbook board

Wasim Bin Habib
A major part of textbooks for the next academic session has already been printed and sent to districts for free distribution and the authorities concerned hope all the students will get the books on schedule.
Seven days are left to end the government-set deadline for distributing free textbooks among the students of primary, secondary, ibtedai (primary level of madrasa) and dakhil classes. The authorities are working round-the-clock to meet the target.
Sources in the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) said almost all the books for secondary and ibtedai classes have already been sent to districts but they are lagging behind in sending primary and Dakhil books.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is likely to inaugurate the free distribution of textbooks on January 1 or 2. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Wednesday reaffirmed that the government will deliver free textbooks to the students in time, dispelling all the rumours.
In the wake of textbook crisis recurring every year, the government for the first time is going to distribute textbooks to the students free of cost.
Till December 23, about 6,70,42,157 or 89.73 percent out of 7,47,07,222 secondarylevel books to be distributed have been sent to districts, highly placed sources in the NCTB said.
Around 96 percent or 1,66,57,467 ibtedai books have been sent to districts, they added.
The number of primarylevel books to be printed is 7,80,10,907 and around 94 percent of them have already been printed.
However, over 67 percent books have been sent to the districts, said the NCTB officials.
Talking to The Daily Star, Prof Akhtaruzzaman, head of the advisory committee for printing and distribution of school textbooks of 2010 academic year, said 90 percent of textbooks for secondary and ibtedai classes had been sent to the districts and the rest will be sent by December 25.
He added although the process of delivering dakhil and primary level-books has slowed down a bit, 90 percent of them would reach the districts by December 25. The rest will be sent in time.
The NCTB officials said the delivery of primary-level books was slowed down as tenders were not invited on due date despite having necessary papers ready.
Moreover, inviting tenders six times for primary-level books due to lack of binding houses and quality printers in the districts, also hampered the work, they added.
The recent fire in the NCTB warehouse that gutted huge reams of papers was a major setback for them, the officials said.
Around 74 percent out of 1,50,63,146 books for dakhil have been printed while over 25 percent sent to districts, they said.
Besides, the number of textbooks for technical board books will be 1,64,0437. Around 66 percent of them have been printed so far while 44 percent sent to districts.