Rajshahi school students to get 50 lakh textbooks

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RAJSHAHI, Dec 11, 2018 (BSS)-Primary and secondary education departments
have completed necessary preparations for distribution of new textbooks on
the opening day of the forthcoming new year. To this end, new books were sent
to the institutions.

Additional Deputy Commissioner Alamgir Kabir told BSS that there are
6,45,642 primary and secondary level students in the district. They will get
49,99,743 books.

District Primary Education Officer Saiful Islam said there are 3,05,636
primary students in the district’s around 2,395 schools.

They will be given 14,11,558 textbooks on various subjects. Necessary
preparations were completed to distribute the books.

More than 70 percent books were sent to the schools by the mean time.

Education Officer Lutfor Rahman said 3,44,006 secondary level students
will get new books in the district.