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NCTB’s Repeated Failure to Provide Books to the Students Timely!

December is the month when students assess their academic progress and prepare for stepping into the next higher class. The new books for the new classes are expected to arrive at the schools this month for distribution to students, allowing them to start the new year with new ones. Since 2010, the then-government suddenly decided to distribute books among students, irrespective of whether they were from villages or urban areas, poor or rich, or from slums or affluent areas. This does not sound entirely logical, even though it was claimed that the free book distribution program was implemented to prevent...

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NCTB’s Repeated Failure to Provide Books to the Students Timely!

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NCTB’s Repeated Failure to Provide Books to the Students Timely!

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