National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB)
Dissolution of textbook committee shows fault lines in reform drive
Hate campaign against two teachers deeply troubling
Revising textbooks: Govt dissolves committee in face of flak
The government yesterday dissolved a committee formed earlier this month to revise the textbooks under the National Curriculum and Textbook Board.
Why five-hour SSC exams will not be in students’ best interest
The choice to prolong the SSC examination period appears to diverge from global educational trends.
Opinion / The fight for ‘The Story of Sharifa’
It is no wonder how it took Bangladesh nearly half a century before legally acknowledging the Hijra community
When textbooks fall apart
Aren’t our students entitled to error-free, quality textbooks?
‘Textbooks cannot be made completely error-proof’
We need to think about how quickly and efficiently we can remove the errors and print the corrected versions.
New textbooks, same old errors
The mistakes in textbooks have triggered a barrage of criticism on social media.
Textbook errors belie bigger concerns
NCTB must be held accountable for the never-ending cycle of controversies
NCTB textbooks: Never-ending cycle of controversies
The National Curriculum and Textbook Board has been stuck in the loop of controversies centring on school textbooks with academics and some NCTB officials blaming it on the negligence of writers and editors, insufficient training and lack of serious punishment for blunders.
NCTB’s horrible practical education framework
What's wrong with our approach to practical education?
Should national curriculum teachers rethink how they guide college students?
Teaching methods currently are often too reliant on test papers as teaching material.
All that’s wrong with the national school curriculum
The shortcomings in our National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) are many.
“English For Today” Wishes It Were More Popular Today
Frustrated, the book has finally voiced its complaint.
Why not inquiry into NCTB text book distribution anomalies: HC
The High Court today issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain in four weeks why they should not be directed to enquire into the corruptions taking place in distributing books among the primary schools through National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) in last few years.
Number of JSC subjects reduced
The National Curriculum Coordination Committee (NCCC) yesterday decided that class-VIII students would sit for the JSC test on seven subjects this year instead of 10 subjects that include an optional one.
Textbook festival awaits children
Primary and secondary students are set to get new textbooks on the first day of 2018 as the government has taken all preparations to distribute more than 35 crore copies of free books.
NCTB changed textbooks based on communal group’s demand: TIB
Based on the demands of a specific communal group, National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) arbitrarily changed some of the textbook contents in primary and secondary levels this year, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) alleges.