The National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) is currently revising the new curriculum for classes VI-IX textbooks.
The widely debated and criticized "The Story of Sharifa" in the class VII history and social science textbook will be re-written.
In addition, certain chapters in science textbooks of various classes will be changing.
The media has received confirmation from the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) that this change will be implemented during the first week of April of next year.
The Ministry of Education met last Saturday and decided to create a coordination committee to work on the curriculum and evaluation system.
The committee's formation was decided upon during a review
meeting, chaired by Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury, on curriculum and textbook distribution and improvements to the ministry's meeting room.
Members of this committee will include NCTB representatives, representatives from various Ministry departments, and representatives from boards.
30,70,83,517 copies of brand-new books are anticipated to be distributed to 3,28,00,324 students in the 2024 academic year.
The books for all three secondary school classes have not yet arrived in several areas, but all of the primary school textbooks arrived on schedule, that is, by January 1.
After the current academic year's books were distributed to the students, the National Curriculum and Textbook Board was unable to stay out of the spotlight.
Every year, when new books are published, some people have concerns regarding the spelling. But this time, it also has inaccurate information, typos in the printing, and other problems.
On social media, there are a lot of rumors in addition to this. Overall, the free textbook distribution for the academic year 2024 at a government expense of 1400 crores was the main topic of discussion and criticism during the second week of January.
Prof. Farhadul Islam, the chairman of the National Curriculum and Textbook Board, acknowledged that the incident was true and stated that seven English-language books had been printed incorrectly. The books have been taken out.
Such charges gave rise to controversy in the seventh-grade social science and history textbook "Sharifa's Story."
Several political parties organized statements, counter-statements, and even political rallies on this issue in addition to discussion and criticism.
The Ministry of Education established a five-person high-level expert committee in response to several disputes.
According to Professor Farhadul Islam, this committee will only use books from this year. There are plenty of complaints that are unacceptable among the ones that have been received online.
He added that although the story of Sharifa has changed, it still exists. Numerous other books, encompassing science, require revision. Also under consideration is the need for any additional corrections.
The corrected books will be distributed to the students in the second week of April, following receipt of all corrections.
