MOHIUDDIN ALAMGIR

Without any piloting, the government is rolling out the new curriculum at the primary level as the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) officials failed to prepare the teachers’ guide on time.

The piloting of the curriculum is necessary to familiarise the teachers with materials and the accompanying pedological changes and to inform them on how to implement it in the classroom.

It also helps to decipher whether the students can grasp the new material and its approach.

The new curriculum, which was approved by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August last year, aims to reduce the emphasis on memorising study materials and prioritise experiment- and activity-based learning.

The phase-wise implementation of the new curriculum was supposed to begin in January last year but has been delayed by two years for the pandemic.

Now, it will kick off in January next year at the primary level with class-1 students and the secondary level with pupils of classes 6 and 7.