Dhaka, Dec. 28 -- Education Advisor Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar has said all of the new textbooks for both primary and secondary students will be distributed before the middle of January next year.

Speaking at the launch of uploading soft copies of the new textbooks online at the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) in Motijheel on Sunday, Abrar said: "Academic activities will resume by mid-January next year, and almost 100 percent textbooks will be delivered to students by then."

Printing is already complete for 85.9 million copies of primary grade books.

However, for secondary students, printing of 214.3 million copies was delayed towards the end of the year, raising concerns that students might not receive all textbooks at the ...