RAJSHAHI, Jan 1, 2020 (BSS) – Primary and secondary level students got new textbooks in festive mood in the city and other adjacent districts today, the first day of the new year 2020.
Book distribution ceremony has been arranged in every school to handover books among the students.
In Rajshahi city, divisional, metropolitan and district level high officials launched the book distribution activities formally at a function held at Rajshahi Collegiate School.
Department of Secondary and Higher Education and Department of Primary Education jointly organized a book distribution function at Agrani School and College in the city.
Mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation AHM Khairuzzaman Liton attended and addressed the function as chief guest with Principal of the college Saiful Haque in the chair.
Deputy Commissioner Hamidul Haque, Divisional Deputy Director of the Department of Secondary and Higher Education Dr Shormin Ferdous Chowdhury, Divisional Deputy Director of the Department of Primary Education Abul Kalam Azad, District Education Officer and District Primary Education Officer Abdus Salam were present at the function.
Mayor Liton 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 meeting was told that more than 23.54 lakh students of 8,840 primary schools got around 1.12 crore books in the division.
The students were seen 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.
Abul Kalam Azad told BSS that required number of books were sent to all the government and registered non-government schools in the district for distribution among the students.
Rajshahi Collegiate School arranged a book distribution festival at its premises. Divisional Commissioner Humayun Kabir Khandakar distributed books as chief guest with Deputy Commissioner Hamidul Haque in the chair.
District Education Officer Nasir Uddin said all the new books were sent to the respective schools by December 10 last and distribution of those has been started today.
A total of 45.84 lakh books are being distributed among 1,83,383 students in 590 schools and 203 madrasas in the district, he added.