Publishing Section organizes the all pre press works including text composition, formatting, corrections, style editing etc. of the study materials and related daily official printing jobs. The creative graphic design works of the publications are exposing a wide variety of international standard aesthetic values which is created by the graphic designers of PPD division.
There is a Desktop Publishing Pool (DTP Pool) in this Section where all pre-press works are done by Graphic Designers, Art officers and DTP Operators of this Division. After approval of pre-press works, DTP pool prepare camera ready copy of the printing jobs and send the soft copy to the related printers by various digital devices. Desktop Publishing (DTP) Pool already prepared more than 400 e-books to meet the growing digital demand of learners. This section also research to create and development of digital electronic publications continually. National and International events related Design & Printing works also prepare by this section.
Printing Section receives a demand letter for printing items from all
Schools and Divisions of BOU. PPD Division then places those demand letters to the Costing Committee.
After getting the costing of the printing matters, Printing Section process files to get administrative
and financial approval from the appropriate authority.
Printing Section organizes printing of the books and other materials following Public Procurement
Act-2006 and PPR-2008. As per the procedures, PPD Division invites open tender through publishing
the advertisement in the Daily News Papers, BOU website, CPTU website and BOU notice board etc.
PPD Division invites all kinds of printing tenders by e-GP method. The Section also helps the
activities of the Tender Opening Committee and Tender Evaluation Committee. The Section takes
necessary action to help the Inspection Committee to examine the quality of study materials
and other printed materials supplied by the printing press. The Section is also responsible
for the processing of bills for approval and payment to the printers.
The distribution Section receives all printed materials from printers as per work order. There is a big warehouse in this Section. Distribution Section stores all printed materials in this warehouse and distribute these materials to the Twelve Regional Centers, Sixty Sub Regional center, more than Twelve Hundred Study Centers and various Divisions and Schools as per requisition.
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