Primary and secondary students receive new textbooks

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BSS, Chittagong :
Primary and secondary school students today received textbooks in the district on the first day of the new year-2015.
After getting promotion to new classes, the students were seen celebrating the day by turning over the leaves of new textbooks that they had received on the first day of the calendar year.
Teachers and guardians of the students were also seen sharing cheers with the students who were overwhelmed after getting new textbooks in their hands.
Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Chittagong Mejbah Uddin Ahmed formally inaugurated the “Book Festival” at city’s Municipal Model Government Primary School by distributing textbooks among the students at around 9am.
Chittagong District Primary Education Officer Nasrin Sultana and assistant officer Mohammad Jahir Uddin, among others, were present on the occasion.
The authorities of different schools, however, started distribution of textbooks among the students around 10am.
DC Mejbah Uddin said, textbooks could not be reached some schools because of the hartal and the students of those schools would get their textbooks within a few days.
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