Ensure quick distribution of school textbooks

Two weeks of the new academic year have passed. But thousands of secondary students are yet to receive some of the free textbooks. Many students of Class VIII and Class IX, reportedly, have not received several textbooks that they were supposed to receive on the first day of the new academic year. Reportedly, they have not yet received history, social science and science books for Class VIII and Class IX. And it is not the first time that the NCTB (National Curriculum and Textbook Board) has failed to distribute textbooks among school and madrasa students across the country in time. Every year the delay in distributing textbooks mainly affects the students. Unavailability of textbooks in time forces students to rely on notes and guidebooks.
The textbook, in fact, is the heart of the school and teaching-learning activities, without which there would be no schooling. Effective use of textbook helps children learn their subjects. Textbooks carry a wide range of new and interesting facts and open the door to a world of a whole new experience to a student. Teachers can play an important and crucial role in nurturing and supporting each child's creative potential by proper use of textbooks. Textbooks also help teachers become more inspirational and motivational. However, delays in distributing textbooks to schools can hugely affect teaching-learning activities of children. In such a situation, students from poor economic background are likely to fall behind. This is why the authorities concerned must work hard to distribute textbooks as early as possible to schools so as to enhance the quality of education as a whole.

Abu Elias Linkon,
Banasree, Dhaka,
[email protected]