NCTB
Schools need to rethink how they teach Literature
Schools must revamp literature education to foster creativity.
Textbooks, curriculum and the politics of education
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.
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?
Girls are doing great in HSC, but what about the boys?
Putting aside the fanfare, the fact that boys are lagging behind girls in most school exams needs to be scrutinised carefully.
New school curriculum: A great opportunity or a looming disaster?
We may be witnessing a deja vu with the new curriculum.
The textbook debate: Managing the politics
Curriculum and textbook renewal is not and should not be something that has to start from scratch.
‘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.
Much left to be desired in the new school curriculum
The NCTB should have taken lessons from past failures with radical changes in textbooks.
Disturbing deviations in children's books
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.
Jail, fine for pvt tuition
Anyone giving private tuition or coaching will have to face punishment, as the draft of a new law stipulates that the government can take necessary measures to stop private tuition and coaching.
