Professor AKM Riazul Hasan has been appointed as the new chairman of the National Curriculum and Textbook Board, NCTB.
The Secondary and Higher Education Division under the Education Ministry issued a notification in this regard on Saturday.
Riazul Hasan, a political science professor, lastly served as the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, DSHE.
Earlier, he was a member (primary curriculum) of the NCTB.
His appointment comes after prof Farhadul Islam voluntarily stepped down as NCTB chairman on August 19 following the Awami League-led government's fall on August 5.
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