National Curriculum and Textbook Board

{{Short description|Education board in Bangladesh}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

{{Infobox government agency

| name = National Curriculum and Textbook Board

| native_name = {{lang|bn|জাতীয় শিক্ষাক্রম ও পাঠ্যপুস্তক বোর্ড (এনসিটিবি)}}

| type = organisation

| logo = File:জাতীয় শিক্ষাক্রম ও পাঠ্যপুস্তক বোর্ড-এর মনোগ্রাম.svg

| logo_caption = National Curriculum and Textbook Board Logo

| formed = 1983

| preceding1 = Bangladesh School Textbook Board{{Cite web|script-title=bn:জাতীয় শিক্ষাক্রম ও পাঠ্যপুস্তক বোর্ড (এনসিটিবি)|url=http://www.nctb.gov.bd/site/page/3318f1ce-a485-416b-bd4c-38aa0300c508/-|access-date=23 August 2020|website=NCTB|language=en}}

| preceding2 = National Curriculum Development Centre

| jurisdiction = Government of Bangladesh

| employees = 91{{Cite web|script-title=bn:জাতীয় শিক্ষাক্রম ও পাঠ্যপুস্তক বোর্ড (এনসিটিবি)|url=http://www.nctb.gov.bd/site/view/officer_list_all|access-date=23 August 2020|website=NCTB|language=en}}

| budget =

| chief1_name = Professor Robiul Kabir Chowdhury(Routine duty)

| chief1_position = Chairman

| chief2_name = PROFESSOR MD SHATAB UDDIN

| chief2_position = Secretary

| parent_department = Ministry of Education

| website = {{URL|http://www.nctb.gov.bd}}

}}

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The National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB; {{langx|bn|জাতীয় শিক্ষাক্রম ও পাঠ্যপুস্তক বোর্ড}}) is an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Education in Bangladesh, responsible for the development of curriculums, production and distribution of textbooks at primary and secondary education levels in Bangladesh.{{Cite Banglapedia|article=National Curriculum and Textbook Board}}National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB): [http://www.moedu.gov.bd/edu_system__edu_management.htm Education Management] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061117061456/http://moedu.gov.bd/edu_system__edu_management.htm |date=17 November 2016 }}, Ministry of Education, Governments of Bangladesh; Retrieved: 10 December 2007{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/star-weekend/opinion/nctbs-textbook-blunder-loss-hard-recover-1344379|title=NCTB's Textbook Blunder: A Loss Hard to Recover|last=Khan Chandan|first=Md Shahnawaz|date=13 January 2017|work=The Daily Star|type=Opinion|access-date=4 September 2019}}

All public schools and many private schools in Bangladesh follow the curriculum of NCTB. Starting in 2010, every year free books are distributed to students between Grade-1 to Grade-10 to eliminate illiteracy.{{Cite magazine |last=Kamol |first=Ershad |date=8 January 2010 |title=A Success Story |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2010/01/02/cover.htm#ASuccessStory |access-date=23 August 2020 |magazine=Star Weekend Magazine}} These books comprise most of the curricula of the majority of Bangladeshi schools. There are two versions of the curriculum. One is the Bengali language version and the other one is English language version.