National Curriculum and Textbook Board

People's Republic of Bangladesh
National Curriculum and Textbook Board
জাতীয় শিক্ষাক্রম ও পাঠ্যপুস্তক বোর্ড (এনসিটিবি)
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Ministry overview
Formed1983[1]
Preceding agencies
  • Bangladesh School Textbook Board[1]
  • National Curriculum Development Centre[1]
JurisdictionGovernment of Bangladesh
Employees91[2]
Ministry executive
  • Professor Dr. A K M Riyajul Hasan, Chairman
Parent departmentMinistry of Education
Websitehttp://www.nctb.gov.bd
NCTB's new science and mathematics books (in Bengali) for Classes 9–10, January 2018.

The National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) (Bengali: জাতীয় শিক্ষাক্রম ও পাঠ্যপুস্তক বোর্ড) is an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Education in Bangladesh, responsible for the development of curriculums, production and distribution of textbooks at primary and secondary education levels in Bangladesh.[3][4][5]

All public schools and many private schools in Bangladesh follow the curriculum of NCTB. Starting in 2010, every year free books are distributed to students between Grade-1 to Grade-10 to eliminate illiteracy.[6] These books comprise most of the curricula of the majority of Bangladeshi schools. There are two versions of the curriculum. One is the Bengali language version and the other one is English language version.

  1. ^ a b c জাতীয় শিক্ষাক্রম ও পাঠ্যপুস্তক বোর্ড (এনসিটিবি). NCTB. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  2. ^ জাতীয় শিক্ষাক্রম ও পাঠ্যপুস্তক বোর্ড (এনসিটিবি). NCTB. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  3. ^ Shafiul Alam, National Curriculum and Textbook Board, Banglapedia: The national encyclopedia of Bangladesh, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh; Retrieved: 2007-12-10
  4. ^ National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB): Education Management Archived 2006-11-17 at the Wayback Machine, Ministry of Education, Governments of Bangladesh; Retrieved: 2007-12-10
  5. ^ Khan Chandan, Md Shahnawaz (13 January 2017). "NCTB's Textbook Blunder: A Loss Hard to Recover". The Daily Star (Opinion). Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  6. ^ Kamol, Ershad (8 January 2010). "A Success Story". Star Weekend Magazine. Retrieved 23 August 2020.