Dhaka, Feb. 25 -- As the last week of February begins, school students have yet to receive all their textbooks.

Some books for grades eight and nine, as well as for the Ebtedayee level, are still awaiting printing. Students in pre-primary and primary classes are also facing delays in receiving textbooks for grades four and five.

According to the National Curriculum and Textbook Board, or NCTB, which oversees the printing and distribution of textbooks, more than 100 million copies for secondary level are still pending distribution as of Sunday, with 55 million copies yet to be printed.

Two-thirds of the total secondary textbooks have reached students.

For primary level, 1.4 million copies are still to be printed, but over 96 percent of...