Govt abolishes textbook review and revision committee

The 10-member coordination committee, formed to review and revise textbooks, has been officially dissolved.

This information was revealed through an office order signed by Yanur Rahman, Senior Assistant Secretary of the Secondary and Higher Education Division of the Ministry of Education, on Saturday, September 28.

On September 15, the Ministry of Education formed a 10-member committee, headed by Dr KM Kabirul Islam, additional secretary of the ministry, to review and revise textbooks.

Other members of the committee are education researcher Rakhal Raha, prof Kamrul Hasan Mamun from the Department of Physics at Dhaka University, prof Mohammad Azam from the Bengali Dept, associate prof Samina Luthfa Nitra from the Sociology Dept, additional secretary Masud Akhtar Khan from the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education, NCTB Chairman prof Dr AKM Riazul Hasan, NCTB Curriculum Committee Member prof Rabiul Kabir Chowdhury, and NCTB Primary Curriculum Member prof AFM Sarwar Jahan.