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Govt to fix all errors in textbooks: Minister

Staff Correspondent
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday said the government is going to correct all errors in the textbooks which will be available to students in 2011.
"The task of correcting major errors in the textbooks has already started and we wall take the task in a massive scale for the textbooks that would be published next year,” he said while speaking as chief guest at a seminar.
In the face of criticism of National Curriculum and "textbook Board (NCI B) for publishing incorrect and substandard books, the minister said change in the textbooks must be brought and experts and academics are working to resolve the problems for publishing standard textbooks.
The seminar titled 'Human rights in the textbooks: What are the students learning?' was organised by Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) at Cirdap auditorium tn the city.
In his keynote paper, Dr Soumitra Shekhar, associate professor of Bangla department at Dhaka University, said the issues of human rights
were portrayed very vaguely and to some extent incorrectly In the textbooks of Bangla, Panbcsh Parichiti and Samaj and Samajik Blgyan horn class 1 to class 10.
Citing such errors, he said wrong concept about the indigenous and disabled, class division, priority of religion, dishonour to ethnic minority and ignorance about the village and villagers were marked in the textbooks.
Renowned educationist and founder of Bishwa Sahitya Kendra Prof Abdullah Abu Sayeed said there should be an expert committee at die NCTB to correct die errors.
Educationist and dramatist Prof Momtaz Uddin Ahmed said changes should be brought to the curricula at all levels in every five years in the light of the demand of time.
"The existing curricula will not work anymore and it needs a massive change,” he said, adding that the curricula experts must have knowledge about human rights and gender sensitivity.
Eminent educationist and writer Prof Muhammad Zafar Iqbal said apart from good curricula and textbooks we need such an examination system where the students will not depend on memorising the books.
He suggested religious studies mandatory up to class eight.
Rasheda K Chowdhury, former adviser to caretaker government, said the curricula should be child-friendly.
She said those responsible for publishing textbooks must be competent to deal with human rights and gender issues.
Prof Ziaul Hasan said the curricula of primary level was formulated seven years ago while the curricula of the secondary level was formulated 17 years back.
The students are therefore studying the books written on the basis of the backdated curricula, he added
"It is an urgent need to make correction in the textbooks and curricula," said Prof Hasfia Bashirullah, member (curricula) of NCTB.
Moderated by Shaheen Anarn, executive director of MJF, the seminar was also addressed by noted litterateur Selina Hossain, Segufta Yasmin Emily MP, and Abdul Qayyum, deputy editor of the ProthomAlo.