Shifting primary textbook printing to education directorate will not solve problems, says TIB

The Transparency International Bangladesh believes the interim government's initiative to transfer the printing and distribution of primary level textbooks to the Directorate of Primary Education instead of the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) “will not solve the problems”. In a statement on Sunday, the organisation said: "Instead of seeking ways to overcome the governance challenges within the NCTB, entrusting the responsibility for printing, publishing, and distributing primary level textbooks to the directorate is like 'chopping off one's head due to a headache', and it's not a viable solution to the existing problems. "This will only weaken the NCTB and won't bring any qualitative change in achieving its goals. Rather, the irregularities and corruption of one institution will be transferred...