National Curriculum and Textbook Board

NCTB textbooks: Never-ending cycle of controversies

The National Curriculum and Textbook Board has been stuck in the loop of controversies centring on school textbooks with academics and some NCTB officials blaming it on the negligence of writers and editors, insufficient training and lack of serious punishment for blunders.

2.5cr pry textbooks won’t reach students on time

The authorities won’t be able to deliver 25 percent of the primary textbooks on January 1, the first day of the next academic year thanks to the high price of paper, load-shedding and delays in placing the work orders.

Fahad Hossain and the story behind Amader School

The world today, is said to be at the fingertips of the young and the progressive, cheers to the digitalisation of everything from the education sector to health. And Bangladesh is no less behind. Here in this article, we discuss, Fahad Hossain, Founder, Amader School, initiated online activities back in 2017 through the popular social media channel, YouTube. Today after 5 years, the e-education service provider is famous amongst millions of young school goers, trying to understand text book syllabus better.

Communal group behind changes

The process of formulating manuscripts by NCTB as well as the publication and distribution of textbooks are riddled with irregularities and corruption, said a study of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB).

NCTB fixes 6 errors in primary textbooks

Five months into the distribution of the textbooks among the students, the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) sends a correction paper to upazila level education offices after fixing six errors in the primary textbooks.

4 more NCTB staff transferred over textbook error

The National Curriculum and Textbook Board transfers its four staff to different government colleges outside Dhaka over the mistakes in this year’s school textbooks.

January 19, 2023
January 19, 2023

NCTB textbooks: Never-ending cycle of controversies

The National Curriculum and Textbook Board has been stuck in the loop of controversies centring on school textbooks with academics and some NCTB officials blaming it on the negligence of writers and editors, insufficient training and lack of serious punishment for blunders.

December 29, 2022
December 29, 2022

2.5cr pry textbooks won’t reach students on time

The authorities won’t be able to deliver 25 percent of the primary textbooks on January 1, the first day of the next academic year thanks to the high price of paper, load-shedding and delays in placing the work orders.

July 20, 2022
July 20, 2022

Fahad Hossain and the story behind Amader School

The world today, is said to be at the fingertips of the young and the progressive, cheers to the digitalisation of everything from the education sector to health. And Bangladesh is no less behind. Here in this article, we discuss, Fahad Hossain, Founder, Amader School, initiated online activities back in 2017 through the popular social media channel, YouTube. Today after 5 years, the e-education service provider is famous amongst millions of young school goers, trying to understand text book syllabus better.

November 14, 2017
November 14, 2017

Communal group behind changes

The process of formulating manuscripts by NCTB as well as the publication and distribution of textbooks are riddled with irregularities and corruption, said a study of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB).

May 18, 2017
May 18, 2017

NCTB fixes 6 errors in primary textbooks

Five months into the distribution of the textbooks among the students, the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) sends a correction paper to upazila level education offices after fixing six errors in the primary textbooks.

April 5, 2017
April 5, 2017

4 more NCTB staff transferred over textbook error

The National Curriculum and Textbook Board transfers its four staff to different government colleges outside Dhaka over the mistakes in this year’s school textbooks.