2 NCTB officers made OSD

Two NCTB officers have been made officials on special duty (OSD) on preliminary investigation following a widespread criticism over some blunders in school textbooks distributed this year, says an education ministry release.

They are Chief Editor Pritish Kumar Sarkar and Senior Expert Lana Humayra Khan.

Earlier, the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) formed a review committee to find out the errors while the secondary and higher secondary division of the education ministry formed a three-member probe body to find out people responsible for the mistakes.

Ruhi Rahman, additional secretary of the division, was made  convener of the probe committee while its joint secretary and a director members.

The committee was asked to submit a probe report within seven working days.

There has been a storm of criticism over the errors in the textbooks distributed on January 1.

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid will hold a press briefing today.