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National Curriculum and Textbook Boardcommonly known as NCTB, the largest State owned
Publishing House of the world is responsible for the total
supply of Textbooks for millions of learners, School beginners
to Pre-University level learners of the country. This huge
National Institution has four campuses. The main campus stations
its Head office in a 12 storied & 7 storied twin buildings at
69-70, Motijheel C.A. It has two huge godowns, one at Tejgaon
I.A. & another at Tongi which can accommodate about 20,000
metric tons of papers & thousands of books. NCTB provides
accommodation to its regular staff & officers in 6 buildings in
Rankin Street, Tejgaon & Tongi. The biggest organization under
the Ministry of Education, NCTB is run by a huge budget of Taka
976.2 million per annum. A brief scenario is given here under. |
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History |
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East Bengal School Textbook Committee - 1947 :
DPI as Chairman & 38 members.
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East Pakistan School Textbook Board - 1954 :
Chairman, Secretary, members - DPI, Chairman of Education
Board.
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National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) - 1981 :
Director & 2 members.
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National Curriculum & Textbook Board (NCTB) : 1983 (by merging
Textbook Board & NCDC)
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Management Structure |
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Chairman: Chief Executive |
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Members: Head of 4 Wings |
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i) Curriculum Wing |
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ii) Primary Curriculum Wing |
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iii) Textbook Wing |
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iv) Finance Wing |
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Secretary: Administration Wing |
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Policy Body: Board of NCTB Comprising of Chairman and 4
Members |
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Activities and Functioning |
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Evaluation, Development and Implementation of Curriculum
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National Assessment of Primary and Secondary Education
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Printing and Publishing of Textbook and other
Teaching-Learning Material
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Distribution of Textbook and other Teaching Learning Material.
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Curriculum Development |
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Renowned professionals, Curriculum Specialists & Teachers
prepare draft curriculum - incorporating learning outcomes.
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Draft presented in workshops & group discussion.
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Draft approved by NCCC.
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Publishing Textbooks |
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Primary Textbooks. |
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Manuscripts prepared by subject specialists, curriculum
specialists & school teachers. Edited by expert personnel.
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Manuscript goes for rational evaluation.
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Approved by NCCC.
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Printing :
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Number: 41.5 million (Primary)
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Tender : 200 packages (Primary)
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Paper
: Procured by international tender
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Job : Printing,
binding & distribution to districts
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Finance: ADB, W.B under PEDP-II project.
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Ebtedaye Textbooks |
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Printing: |
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Number 18.6 million
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Tender : 40 packages
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Paper : Procured from KPM
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Job : Printing, binding & distribution
to districts
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Finance : GoB
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Secondary Textbooks
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Mode
of Publishing : Published by both NCTB and
Private
Publishers.
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Manuscripts : NCTB manuscripts
prepared & edited
by
renowned authors & teachers,
Private
publishers also prepare
manuscripts.
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Evaluation : Both NCTB & private
publishers
submit
manuscripts to ITEC for
evaluation.
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Printing/Marketing :17.3 million NCTB books marketed
through
printers/ publishers chosen
by open offer/tender.
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Quality of Books & Price |
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NCTB ensures both quality, security & low-price of textbooks.
For Secondary books NCTB supplies the printers the KPM paper
having 'NCTB water mark' at the mill rate. This ensures the low
price as well as the quality of the textbooks. Moreover coloured
KPM paper is used as security paper in each book to prevent any
forgery. NCTB also procure significant amount of paper through
international tender having water mark for printing primary
textbooks. |
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Source of Income |
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Service charge for printing of Primary and Ebtedaye books
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Review & approval fee for manuscripts of Secondary & Higher
Secondary books
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Royalty from the Secondary books marketed.
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Manpower |
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1st Class Officer - 74
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2nd Class Officer - 29
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3rd Class Employee - 107
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4th Class Employee - 95
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Assets |
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Head Office |
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Twin buildings (12 storied & 7 storied buildings)
National Curriculum & Textbook Board
Pathya Pustak Bhaban (Current name)
(Twin building - 12 & 7 storied)
69-70, Motijheel Commercial Area, Dhaka-1000.
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Godowns |
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1. Tejgaon
I.A : For storage of 20,000 M.T
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Tongi : Papers and thousands of books
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Staff Quarters |
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3 five storied buildings at Rankin Street, Wari having 30
units
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1 two storied building at Rankin Street, Wari having 4 units
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1 four storied building at Tejgaon having 15 units
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1 five storied building at Tongi having 10 units
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