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History in tunnel vision

College books depict Liberation War the BNP way

MUSTAK HOSSAIN
College students will now learn one-sided history of the Liberation War as a government project has selected all the books under the category relating to the war, influenced by the ruling BNP, sources in the education sector alleged.
The 'Newly Nationalised Government Women's College Development Project' has selected two books under the Liberation War category -- one on late president Ziaur Rahman and the other on Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.
The books are President Zia Kemal Ataturk of Bangladesh by Prof. Niser Uddin and Ekie Merur Dui Nakshatra--Ziaur Rahman and Khaleda Zia by Ramakanta Singh.
Another book selected is Muktijuddhe Bilat Probasheder Obodan by Health and Family
Welfare Minister Dr. Khandoker Mosharraf Hossain.
The three books, which do not directly depict liberation struggle, were also enlisted for secondary level students.
"There are a large number of books on the liberation struggle and it is not understandable why only three books by persons belonging to a certain political quarter have been selected," said an educationist, who asked not to be named.
He said students would not be able to get a total picture of the liberation struggle from those books, rather they will get a onesided view.
Worse still, a book written by a former Pakistani general Rao Forman Ali Khan --The Birth of Bangladesh--has been enlisted as a
reference book.
A tender has been floated for buying 20 sets each of 243 books at a cost of Tk 15 lakh.
With the approval of the education ministry, the selection committee headed by the project director also enlisted 199 textbooks on various subjects. The subjects include Bangla, English, mathematics, accounting, management, economics, political science, social science, biology, physics, chemistry, computer science, history, Islamic history, philosophy and geography.
Earlier, a committee selected 18 books on late president Ziaur Rahman and Prime Minister Khaleda Zia as rapid readers for primary school students.
The same committee also
selected 17 books on the life and works of Ziaur Rahman and three on Khaleda Zia for secondary level students. The books are in two categories -- on liberation war and reference books.
However, the government on Wednesday cancelled the tender for procuring secondary level books worth Tk 13 crore due to various irregularities and political consideration in selecting the books. The education ministry has formed an inquiry committee to probe the matter.
Last year, a committee selected as many as 52 books on Ziaur Rahman and Khaleda Zia for public and college libraries.
Political consideration started getting priority in the selection of books when Awami League (AL) came to power in 1996.
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During the AL rule, books for public libraries were selected on political consideration. Besides, 34 books on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, seven on AL President Sheikh Hasina and 13 written by pro-AL intellectuals were selected at that time.