Textbook

Perks, bonuses of MPO teachers set to increase

On his last day as education adviser yesterday, Prof Wahiduddin Mahmud said he believed private institution teachers’ demand for a pay rise is fair but the issue cannot be settled with just one or two years’ budgets.

Pry, secondary schools: Millions of students still without textbooks

With students now on their Ramadan and Eid holiday, Wahiduddin, on his final day as adviser yesterday, once again promised that the books would be delivered by March 10.

Students suffer as NCTB fails to deliver books

Only 37% of 40.15cr textbooks distributed till first half of Jan

NCTB must ensure accurate textbook info

Glaring mistakes about July uprising point to falling standards

Wait for textbooks gets longer

Most students did not receive new textbooks on the first day of the year mainly because of printing and shipping delays.

Wrong name of July martyr printed in textbook

The National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) has made an error in publishing the name of a July uprising martyr in one of the textbooks for fifth graders.

Only six crore books delivered, education adviser apologises

A total of 41 crore books will be delivered to students by January 20

Pry, secondary schools / New textbooks will say Ziaur Rahman declared independence

The new textbooks for primary and secondary students will now state that Ziaur Rahman declared the independence of Bangladesh in 1971.

Revising textbooks: Govt dissolves committee in face of flak

The government yesterday dissolved a committee formed earlier this month to revise the textbooks under the National Curriculum and Textbook Board.

January 16, 2023
January 16, 2023

Refreshing inclusion of gender diversity and sensitivity in trial textbook

Learning about gender rights, intersectionality and equality is an important part of education

June 2, 2022
June 2, 2022

All that’s wrong with the national school curriculum

The shortcomings in our National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) are many.

May 25, 2022
May 25, 2022

Mirpur 10 Book market: Your go-to place for old books

The Mirpur 10 book market, sometimes called the old book market is easy to navigate, especially if Nilkhet is too far for you.

December 30, 2017
December 30, 2017

Textbook festival awaits children

Primary and secondary students are set to get new textbooks on the first day of 2018 as the government has taken all preparations to distribute more than 35 crore copies of free books.

November 22, 2017
November 22, 2017

The democracy vs development debate

A dichotomy can be defined as the presence of two alternatives that are jointly exhaustive (only these two alternatives, and no more than these two, exist) and mutually exclusive (the existence of each alternative excludes the other).

January 21, 2017
January 21, 2017

Disturbing deviations in children's books

Over the recent backlash of the erroneous content and apparently mysterious changes to the curriculum, the education minister on January 10 stated during a press briefing, “I'm not avoiding my responsibility, but I'm leaving the matter to you whether handing over such a volume of textbooks is a bigger thing than these errors,” to which, the answer is an obvious yes.

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