Glaring mistakes about July uprising point to falling standards
The National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) has launched digital versions of its primary and secondary textbooks online. The digital rollout comes as a response to setbacks in the delivery of hard copy books, which are still in the process of being printed and distributed.
It's imperative for schools to foster a culture that encourages students to pursue their dreams while also establishing the necessary support systems to help them achieve their goals.
The government has decided to remove any “exaggerated” historical information or “unnecessary” glorification of any individuals from textbooks for the upcoming academic year, officials of the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) have said.
“Mr Nurul Amin couldn’t realise what bureaucracy had dragged him down to”. Remember how you needed to absolutely memorise this line with context and underlying meaning for answering comprehension-based questions? Well, that was to earn a couple of marks in exams. Turns out, it is also a 101 guide on how to earn a nation back.
Schools must revamp literature education to foster creativity.
The new round of curricular reform and textbook re-writing has given rise to a spate of debate, pointing to different kinds of problems with the new initiative.
It is no wonder how it took Bangladesh nearly half a century before legally acknowledging the Hijra community
Aren’t our students entitled to error-free, quality textbooks?
We may be witnessing a deja vu with the new curriculum.
Curriculum and textbook renewal is not and should not be something that has to start from scratch.
We need to think about how quickly and efficiently we can remove the errors and print the corrected versions.
The NCTB should have taken lessons from past failures with radical changes in textbooks.
The discussion of reproductive health is still considered a taboo in our society.
When faced with stereotypes that are completely ungrounded, we have to turn to our education system to talk about topics like gender studies.
Millions of school students are starting their new year with the refreshing scent of new textbooks, as authorities all across the nation began distributing the books yesterday.
The authorities won’t be able to deliver 25 percent of the primary textbooks on January 1, the first day of the next academic year thanks to the high price of paper, load-shedding and delays in placing the work orders.
Maths Anxiety, a problem persistent among students yet hardly talked about.
The bizarre and clearly communally inspired section in this year’s HSC Bangla question paper is a dangerous occurrence that could easily have been overlooked had it not been doing the rounds on social media.
