School textbook tender accepting and assessment committee holds coordination meeting

Ministry of Information/ Nay Pyi Taw / September 11, 2018

School textbook tender accepting and assessment committee holds coordination meeting

September 08, 2018

Deputy Minister for Information U Aung Hla Tun attended and addressed the coordination meeting of school textbook tender accepting and assessment committee for fiscal year 2019-2020, held in Ministry of Information meeting hall yesterday afternoon.

School textbook tender accepting and assessment committee chairman Deputy Minister for Information U Aung Hla Tun said that this is the first meeting of the committee. Only seven months remain to print a total of more than 60 million books and distribute to schools, teachers and students country wide by end of April 2019. As this is a big task for the ministry to do it alone, appropriate private businesses are to be systematically and transparently selected and works assigned. For the whole project to be successful and smooth, Ministry of Information, Ministry of Education and private businesses need to cooperate in a transparent manner, said the Deputy Minister.

Next, committee secretary Ministry of Information Permanent Secretary U Myo Myint Maung, Secretary (1) Printing and Publishing Enterprise Director General U Aung Myo Myint, Secretary (2) Ministry of Education Department of Basic Education Director General U Ko Lay Win and committee members, and meeting attendees discussed and provided suggestions.

At the meeting, tender process, rules and tender period were discussed, and Deputy Minister U Aung Hla Tun delivered concluding remarks.