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Unified system to lower science edn standard

Decision to change method 'secretly' criticised at discussion

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The planned “unified education system” with provisions for studying eighteen subjects at the SSC level will practically lower the standard of education, especially science education, speakers at a discussion at the Jatiya Press Club auditorium yesterday said.
The decision to introduce the new system from the next year was taken so secretly that even the government high-ups were not aware of it, the speakers said, adding that the matter was not discussed in the cabinet or parliament.
In the new system, religious study
will be compulsory whereas fewer marks have been allocated for science and mathematics.
The move was taken as part of a plan to make the country a religionbased communal state, they said.
Dr Muhammad Zafar Iqbal of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology presented the keynote paper at the discussion organised by Bangladesh Shikka and Shikkhak Andolon Samannoy Forum.
Science education will be the worst victim of the new secondary education system, Zafar Iqbal said.
The standard will be inevitably low as a student has to study 18 subjects carrying 1,200 marks with less impor-
tance on science and mathematics education, he added.
Provision for studying an additional language (Arabic, Sanskrit or Pali) along with religion will add to the burden of the students, he said.
Merely by bringing changes in the syllabus of the secondary education, the system cannot be called “unified” as it would not incorporate English medium education and madrasa education, he observed.
There was no demand for such changes, he said, adding, "Introduction of the new system would be a major cheat to the nation". Echoing similar views, Porf Harunur Rashid urged all to be united to resist the “plot” to push the nation back to the past.
Former Dhaka University vice chancellor A K Azad Chowdhury observed that over one crore students will be affected by the new system.
Most of the people do not know about the project, which has already cost over Tk 500 crore, he said.
Terming the “unified education system” “not acceptable”, Dhaka University Teachers' Association President Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique said the main purpose of the move is to destroy the education system in the country.
He emphasised modern scientific education system consistent with the development requirements of the 21st century.
The “destructive” move to introduce the “unified education system” aims at making the discriminatory education system permanent, renowned economist Anu Mohammad said.
The new system, where the role of science education is weak, will make the education system private, commercial and communal, he observed.
Instead of paying attention to the crisis of science and mathematics teachers in the country, the government has tried to bring changes in the secondary education, Prof Ajoy Roy said.
The changes in the education policy have been brought to establish a religion-based state, Ayesha Khanom, general secretary of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad, said.
Bangladesh Teachers Association President Azizul Islam urged all to resist the move to introduce the new secondary education system and for that purpose to launch an education movement like that in 1960's.