C T Online Desk: Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni has announced the formation of a committee with experts to correct mistakes in textbooks in the new curriculum and another to investigate whether someone made mistakes intentionally or unintentionally from the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB).
She said this at a press conference on the new curriculum at the International Mother Language Institute auditorium in Segunbagicha of the capital on Tuesday afternoon.
The minister said: “There will be health, religious, professional experts in one of the committees. They will check for any mistakes and it would be corrected.”
“The other committee will check if anyone has done anything intentionally or unintentionally in NCTB. After investigating it, strict action will be taken if any evidence of negligence is found,” she added.
The minister said that the details of the two committees will be informed by Sunday.
On Monday, Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni had said that a vested quarter was trying to make issues by relying on the new curriculum and textbooks to oust Sheikh Hasina’s government without getting any issue.
The education minister also said: “Our books this year have been made with the advice of teachers, parents-students, educators, scientists, psychologists. We are human beings. There may be mistakes. About 350 million books are printed, this is a huge undertaking. Last year, there was power problem and paper shortage.”
“Various issues have to be resolved with the publishers as well. Where there is a mistake, where it is caught – we will correct all its logical mistakes. But those who lie will not be accepted,” said Dipu Moni.
On the other hand, on January 16, 2023, Prof Dr Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, in a joint statement with Prof Haseena Khan, expressed sorrow and disappointment over the reported plagiarism in the class VII science textbooks, an incident that has sparked criticism among the citizens and netizens of the country.
National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) sources said there are two books for class VII science.
One of those books, for example, showed several parts taken from the National Geographic website and the Bangla translation was done using Google Translate.
