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?
Putting aside the fanfare, the fact that boys are lagging behind girls in most school exams needs to be scrutinised carefully.
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.
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.
What's wrong with our approach to practical education?
Although this break might seem effective at first, this will hinder the examinees’ preparation and cause more harm than good.
Teaching methods currently are often too reliant on test papers as teaching material.
The shortcomings in our National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) are many.
The process of formulating manuscripts by NCTB as well as the publication and distribution of textbooks are riddled with irregularities and corruption, said a study of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB).
Over the recent backlash of the erroneous content and apparently mysterious changes to the curriculum, the education minister on January 10 stated during a press briefing, “I'm not avoiding my responsibility, but I'm leaving the matter to you whether handing over such a volume of textbooks is a bigger thing than these errors,” to which, the answer is an obvious yes.