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The government has appointed new chairmen to the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) and five other education boards, according to separate notifications issued by the Secondary and Higher Education Division. The appointments aim to fill long-standing vacancies and bring new leadership to key educational bodies.

Professor Mohammad Fakhrul Maula, currently the vice-principal of Chattogram Government Commerce College and a professor of accounting, will now head the NCTB. This board has been operating without a regular chairman for an extended period, with an additional secretary from the education ministry holding the position in an acting capacity.

In other appointments, Professor Syed Akhtaruzzaman, controller of examinations at Mymensingh Education Board, has been named chairman of the Dhaka Education Board. Professor Faruk-e-Azam Md Abdus Salam, principal of Government Hazi Muhammad Mohsin College in Khulna, will lead the Jashore Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board. Shamim Ara Chowdhury, secretary at the Rajshahi Education Board, has been appointed chairman of the same board. Additionally, Professor Md Ahsan Parvez, principal of Debidwar Government SA College in Cumilla, will chair the Cumilla Education Board, and Professor Khondaker Mohammad Sadekur Rahman, secretary to the Cumilla Education Board, has been appointed chairman of the Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board.