New textbooks to reach upazila level by November

Primary and Mass Education Secretary Farid Ahmed said textbooks for the next academic year will reach upazila level by November as they are committed to delivering books to all children on the first day of the new year.

The minister announced this while speaking as the chief guest at a virtual workshop on the 2nd Annual Action Plan of USAID’s “Shobai Miley Shikhi” (Let's learn together) project on Thursday (17 August) morning.

For the new academic year, the textbooks of Classes 2 and 3 have been prepared according to the revised curriculum.

Meanwhile, students in 4th and 5th grade will get new textbooks based on a revised curriculum in the academic year of 2025.

On the “Shobai Miley Shikhi” project, the Mass Education Secretary said,” The key to learning together is that no one will be left out or left behind, everyone will get equal opportunities and will move forward continuously through collective efforts.”

He called for an action plan to develop children to meet the challenges of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Presided over by Additional Director General of the Department of Primary Education Dilip Kumar Banik, the workshop was addressed, among others, by Additional Secretary of Ministry of Primary and Mass Education Mosharraf Hossain, Supervisory Contracting Officer of USAID’s Bangladesh mission Andrew Holland, USAID’s Director of Education Sonjai Reynolds-Cooper, Director of Department of Primary Education Manish Chakma.

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