3,000 copies of textbooks recovered from city school

A special team of National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) yesterday recovered over 3,000 copies of extra textbooks from a city school.
Meanwhile, seven schools in the capital yesterday returned around 16,324 copies to the district education office fearing government punishment.
As allegations of taking extra books than demand by some city schools arose, government warned school authorities to return extra copies by January 7.
The punishment included temporary suspension or transfer of the headmaster of public schools, cancellation of monthly pay order (MPO) of the headmaster of private schools and cancelling approval of private schools.
NCTB listed 19 schools suspected of keeping extra books and the special team started visiting city schools from Saturday.
Led by Ratan Siddique, a special officer, the team visited five schools yesterday and found around 3,047 copies from BG Press High School in Tejgaon.
On Saturday, the team recovered over 15,000 copies from three city schools.