National Curriculum and Textbook Board

People's Republic of Bangladesh
National Curriculum and Textbook Board
জাতীয় শিক্ষাক্রম ও পাঠ্যপুস্তক বোর্ড (এনসিটিবি)
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Ministry overview
Formed	1983
Preceding agencies	Bangladesh School Textbook Board; National Curriculum Development Centre;
Jurisdiction	Government of Bangladesh
Employees	91
Ministry executive	Professor Narayan Chandra Saha, Chairman;
Parent department	Ministry of Education
Website	http://www.nctb.gov.bd

NCTB's new science and mathematics books (in Bengali), January 2018.

The National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) (Bengali: জাতীয় শিক্ষাক্রম ও পাঠ্যপুস্তক বোর্ড) is an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Education in Bangladesh, responsible for the development of curriculums, production and distribution of textbooks at primary and secondary education levels.^[3]^[4]^[5]

All public schools and also a lot of private schools of Bangladesh follow the curricula of the NCTB. Starting in 2010, every year free books are distributed to students between Grade-1 to Grade-10 to eliminate illiteracy.^[6] These books comprise most of the curricula of the majority of Bangladeshi schools. There are two versions to each national curriculum. One is the Bengali language version and the other one is English language version.

History[]

National Curriculum and Textbook Board traces its origins to the East Pakistan School Textbook Board which was established in 1954. In 1971, the Bangladesh School Textbook Board was established. In 1976 it was constituted as the National Curriculum and Syllabus Committee and the National Curriculum Development Centre was established in 1981. National Curriculum Development Centre and the Bangladesh School Textbook Board were merged in 1983 to form the Bangladesh National Textbook Board which was later renamed to National Curriculum and Textbook Board.^[3]