National Curriculum and Textbook Board

NCTB is an autonomous statutory body under the Secondary and Higher Education Division (SHED), Ministry of Education. The current chairman Md Mahbubul Hoque Patwary holds the position on additional charge as of May 2026 (confirmed by BSS interview, 15 May 2026); exact appointment date not traceable to a published SHED notification. His predecessor Prof AKM Reazul Hassan was appointed on 31 August 2024 under the interim government. The NCTB Act 2018 replaced the 1983 Ordinance as governing legislation. No standalone NCTB budget line is published separately in public budget documents; NCTB expenditure runs through SHED's Grant No. 22/125 (Tk 47,563 crore FY2025-26). Staff count of 398 is from Banglapedia (pre-2020 figure); Wikipedia cites 91, which likely reflects only permanent gazetted officers. The 2026 stream restoration (science/commerce/humanities in grades 9-10) reverses the unified-stream policy introduced under the Awami League-era 2022 National Curriculum Framework. July 2024 uprising content added across 8 segments in classes 5-10 books; March 7 speech of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman removed from class 8 Bengali textbook and replaced with 'Gana Obbhuthyan' chapter. Activity evidence hold: removed 2 exact generated refresh event(s) on read. Generated scores, positions, activity actions and verification stamps are unavailable. Retained events and unmatched action text require source review; original raw records are unchanged.