Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday formally inaugurated the distribution of free textbooks among students up to the secondary level for the academic year of 2022.
She opened the textbook distribution, joining a ceremony in the city’s Bangabandhu International Conference Centre virtually from her official residence Ganobhaban.
On behalf of the Prime Minister, Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni and State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Md Zakir Hossen handed over textbooks to some students of primary and secondary levels at the function.
Some 347 million copies of textbooks will be distributed among some 41.7 million students up to the secondary level from pre-primary level across the country in the 2022 academic year.
The SSC and its equivalent examinations started on November 14 and completed on November 23 last with some 2.278 million students appearing in the exams.
The examinations were held with short syllabuses on three elective subjects on a group basis.
Last year’s HSC examinees were evaluated on the basis of their results of JSC and SSC exams, a decision which received a mixed reaction.
Educational institutions across the country were closed in March last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the closure was extended several times.
