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If there are errors in textbooks, they will be corrected: Dipu Moni

Education

UNB
18 January, 2023, 03:00 pm
Last modified: 18 January, 2023, 03:45 pm

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If there are errors in textbooks, they will be corrected: Dipu Moni

UNB
18 January, 2023, 03:00 pm
Last modified: 18 January, 2023, 03:45 pm
If there are errors in textbooks, they will be corrected: Dipu Moni

If there are errors in textbooks, they will be corrected, Education Minister Dipu Moni has said.

"This year's textbooks are experimental and trials have been conducted at 62 educational institutions over them. Even after that, there could be errors, and they will be corrected," she said at a programme in Chandpur on Tuesday night.

Referring to social media posts on "errors" in textbooks for classes 9 and 10, the education minister said, "Many have raised questions about the textbooks for classes 9 and 10 published this year.

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"But these textbooks are not new, they have been in use since 2013. There could be inadvertent errors, however, and corrections are being sent."

"If anyone finds errors in these books, let us know, and we'll correct it," she said.

"It is impossible to have good students without transforming the education system. Rote learning is not effective. That's why we are trying to transform the education system.

"We are trying to encourage learning by doing. A teacher will play the role of a guide. Evaluations will be done every day. Education should also be fun. We just get the certificates but cannot say we have truly learnt. There are skills gap in the job market," added the education minister.

She said that technical and madrasa education will also be transformed, she said. "We want our students to be ready for the job market. We want them to go for higher education and research. They will materialise the 'Sonar Bangla' dream."

National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) has provided corrections for nine mistakes they found in three of the textbooks distributed for this year.

NCTB issued a notification in this regard on 15 January 2023 and posted the corrections on their website.

The mistakes were spotted in three textbooks of classes 9-10.

Four mistakes were found in "History of Bangladesh and World Civilization," three in "Bangladesh and Global Studies" while two in "Civics and Citizenships."

NCTB provided all the corrections in detail on their website.

Eminent writer and academician Dr Muhammed Zafar Iqbal and Professor Hasina Khan have expressed regret over the plagiarised content found in the new class 7 science textbook that they edited.

They also took responsibility in a statement issued on Monday.

As part of the new curriculum from this year, science textbooks for classes 6 and 7 have been printed and distributed to students as "Anusandhani Path."

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