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Source: BDPolicyLab Watch record and cited public sourcesAs of 2026-07-05
The NCTB is currently balancing the large-scale revision of the national curriculum with the logistical pressure of producing and distributing over 30 crore textbooks for the 2027 academic year.
NCTB proposed reforms to reduce the number of subjects and examination days for SSC and HSC exams.
NCTB announced plans to distribute new textbooks immediately following annual examinations for the 2027 academic session.
NCTB lifted the blacklist on seven printing presses, allowing them to participate in 2027 textbook printing contracts.
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.
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