Above 44.71 lakh students to get new textbooks in Rajshahi

Campus Desk :
A total of 44,71,000 primary and secondary level students will get 4.14 crore new textbooks in all eight districts under Rajshahi division as distribution of books began here for the new year today as elsewhere in the country.
All the targeted students have started getting new books as schools and other institutions concerned inaugurated their respective book distribution programme through handing over books to students this morning.
A colourful book distribution ceremony was arranged at Agrani School and College in the city this morning.
Mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation and Awami League Presidium Member AHM Khairuzzaman Liton attended and addressed the ceremony as chief guest, while Dr Shormin Ferdous Chowdhury, Deputy Director of the Department of Secondary and Higher Education, was in the chair.
Additional Commissioner of Rajshahi division Moinul Islam, Deputy Commissioner Abdul Jalil, Divisional Director of Department of Secondary and Higher Education Mahbubur Rahman Shah and District Education Officer Nasir Uddin also spoke on the occasion.
Dr Shormin Ferdous Chowdhury told BSS that they have already started distributing books among the students as per the government’s instruction since this morning.
She said 22,46,000 students comprising general, technical and madrasha will get around 3,00,07,004 new books.
Required numbers of books were sent to all the government and registered non-government schools in the district for distribution among the students timely.
Dr Shormin Chowdhury, however, said all the students will get new books within 12 days of the New Year.
Sheikh Muhammad Raihan Uddin, Divisional Deputy Director of Department of Primary Education, told BSS that they have also started distributing new textbooks among the students from schools since this morning.
He said 26, 04,061 students will get 1, 13, 37,200 new books in 13,635 schools, including 8,821 government in the division. “We will also provide 7, 59,256 books to 3, 79,628 pre-primary students,” he added.
He said the present government has been distributing free books to the school students aimed at ensuring education for all to free the nation from the curse of illiteracy.
The students were very happy after getting new books on the first day of the year and we have kept five percent books as buffer stock for meeting any deficit and for the newly admitted students.
“We have arranged book distribution ceremonies in all schools,” he added.