National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB)

NCTB must fast-track delivery of textbooks

Expedite printing, resolve PDF download issues
19 January 2025, 03:00 AM

The new Bangladesh must be inclusive

Attack on Indigenous rights activists deeply alarming
16 January 2025, 13:52 PM

Ensure prompt delivery of textbooks

A strong start to the academic year is crucial after recent disruptions
30 December 2024, 13:00 PM

Dissolution of textbook committee shows fault lines in reform drive

Hate campaign against two teachers deeply troubling
29 September 2024, 14:00 PM

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.
28 September 2024, 18:00 PM

Why five-hour SSC exams will not be in students’ best interest

The choice to prolong the SSC examination period appears to diverge from global educational trends.
4 May 2024, 11:00 AM

The fight for ‘The Story of Sharifa’

It is no wonder how it took Bangladesh nearly half a century before legally acknowledging the Hijra community
30 January 2024, 02:00 AM

When textbooks fall apart

Aren’t our students entitled to error-free, quality textbooks?
4 January 2024, 12:01 PM

‘Textbooks cannot be made completely error-proof’

We need to think about how quickly and efficiently we can remove the errors and print the corrected versions.
8 February 2023, 02:00 AM

New textbooks, same old errors

The mistakes in textbooks have triggered a barrage of criticism on social media.
21 January 2023, 11:59 AM

Textbook errors belie bigger concerns

NCTB must be held accountable for the never-ending cycle of controversies
19 January 2023, 20:34 PM

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.
19 January 2023, 01:20 AM

‘New year, new curriculum’ cannot transform our school education

Throughout 2022, education authorities focused on returning to a “normal” routine, making minimal adjustments mostly in organising public examinations.
28 December 2022, 16:01 PM

NCTB’s horrible practical education framework

What's wrong with our approach to practical education?
6 October 2022, 00:00 AM

Should national curriculum teachers rethink how they guide college students?

Teaching methods currently are often too reliant on test papers as teaching material.
23 June 2022, 02:00 AM

All that’s wrong with the national school curriculum

The shortcomings in our National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) are many.
2 June 2022, 00:00 AM

“English For Today” Wishes It Were More Popular Today

Frustrated, the book has finally voiced its complaint.
10 August 2021, 10:14 AM

Why not inquiry into NCTB text book distribution anomalies: HC

The High Court today issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain in four weeks why they should not be directed to enquire into the corruptions taking place in distributing books among the primary schools through National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) in last few years.
29 October 2019, 13:41 PM

Number of JSC subjects reduced

The National Curriculum Coordination Committee (NCCC) yesterday decided that class-VIII students would sit for the JSC test on seven subjects this year instead of 10 subjects that include an optional one.
31 May 2018, 18:00 PM

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.
29 December 2017, 18:00 PM