Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed said on Wednesday it may not be possible to provide all the textbooks to school students in January.
He said the government is working to print and distribute textbooks for the academic year 2025.
He told reporters, "We are pushing to get the textbooks quickly. At today's meeting, approval was given for printing the textbooks for the 9th and 10th grades, as well as for general education and madrasas. We have instructed the publishers to finish printing the books by January. They will try, but perhaps not all the books will be ready by January."
The Public Procurement Advisory Committee meeting chaired by Finance Adviser approved the printing, binding, and supply of textbooks.
The meeting approved printing, binding, and supply of 12,80,64,624 textbooks for 9th and 10th grade students as well as for Ibtidai (4th and 5th grades), at a cost of Tk 1,038,44, 07,227.
