Errors in academic textbooks were a much talked-about issue among teachers, students and guardians. The errors have been identified and a high-level committee formed by NCTB has finalized these amendments and at the same time amendments sent to the Ministry of Education.
The National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) has recommended corrections for 147 errors found in 31 textbooks for four secondary classes in the academic year 2024.The new curriculum was implemented last year for classes I, VI, and VII, and this year for classes II, III, VIII, and IX.
According to NCTB sources, an expert is assigned to each book to correct errors in the textbooks. They identify the errors and submit them to NCTB's high-level committee.
Recently, this committee sent a detailed report to the Ministry of Education regarding the mistakes and necessary corrections in the 31 books across grades VI, VII, VIII, and IX.
NCTB officials have said that instructions have already been given to correct the errors. According to these instructions, a finalized list has been prepared for correcting errors in textbooks. It will soon be distributed to every school so that teachers and students can assist in identifying these mistakes.
NCTB chairman Prof Md Farhadul Islam said that among the errors, spelling mistakes are the most common. Citing some examples, on page 136 of the Science (Investigative Study) book of class VIII, erroneous information is provided regarding the geographical coordinates of Bangladesh.
