6 NCTB staff exempted from duties over textbook errors

Staff Correspondent: The National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) authority has exempted its six staff from their duties following the embarrassing mistakes in school textbooks.

Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board of Education Ministry issued a circular in this regard on Wednesday.

The six employees have to leave their work stations within Thursday otherwise they will be recognized as stand release, the notice revealed.

NCTB Primary Curriculum Wing member Md Abdul Mannan has been transferred to Jhenaidah's Govt KC College while NCTB Editor Gouranga Lal Sarkar to Hatia Govt College in Noakhali.

NCTB Specialists Md Mosle Uddin Sarkar and Md Hannan Mian have been transferred to government colleges in Patuakhali and Thakurgaon's Pirganj Upazila respectively.

Earlier on Tuesday night, the ministry transferred NCTB Secretary Md Imrul Hasan to a college in Thakurgaon's Pirganj Upazila and Research Officer Rebeca Sultana Lipi to the Shahid Suhrwardy College in Dhaka. 

Secretary Hasan will be replaced by Comilla Victoria College Associate Professor Md Nizamul Karim.

On February 23, a three-member probe committee, headed by its additional secretary Ruhi Rahman, submitted a probe report. Later, following the report, the authority took decision.


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