2 committees for secondary curriculum refinement

Staff Correspondent: The government has formed two separate committees to review the curriculum of secondary-level education and make some more changes in selected textbooks.

The committees will suggest refinements of the books in consultation with educationists to make the texts simpler and attractive.

Sources of Education Ministry confirmed the news on Sunday.

The committees are coordinated by Chowdhury Mufad Ahmed, additional secretary to the education ministry. Each the committee is comprised of 10 members.

 
One committee will put forward its recommendation on adjusting the 2012 education curriculum while the other will suggest “refinements” in text books of class IX and X.

The committee that will review the secondary curriculum will be headed by Prof Abdullah Abu Sayeed. Nine other members include educationists, teachers, government and ministry officials.

The other committee, that will “refine” the textbooks, will be headed by Prof Dr Muhammad Zafar Iqbal. Nine others include educationists, teachers, government and ministry officials.

The committees have been formed on the basis of recommendations given by several educationists to make the efforts a success, said a circular issued by the education ministry.

Previously in November, educationists gave a 15-point recommendation list that includes dropping some subjects from the education curriculum, tests with indifferent question papers and formation of a question bank.

risingbd/Dhaka/Jan 08, 2017/Yeamin/A K Azad