Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni said that it is not possible to face the future challenges with rote learning.
She said this while addressing the prize distribution ceremony at the International Mother Language Institute in the capital on Monday afternoon, according to a press release.
She said: “The key skill in the future for which we are preparing our students will be the ability to learn. A student should have communication skills, critical thinking skills, problem solving skills, and ability to work with many people. The more creative and free-thinking a student is, the more proficient he or she will become. It will not be possible to face future challenges with rote knowledge.”
The education minister also said: “We have brought a new curriculum to transform education. Student evaluation system has been revised. This new curriculum will be implemented in all classes by 2025. Through the implementation of the new curriculum, we will be able to develop a student as a complete person.”
Deputy Minister for Education Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury said: “The students outside are more involved in creative work compared to the students of Dhaka or Chittagong. Students in the cities are not allowed to do anything outside studies. It can be said that the teachers and parents of the cities are mentally torturing the students. Their lives are being put at risk by pressure to perform well.”
He also said: “In any country of the world no student is recognized as a talented student before the age of 16 years. But in our country, a boy is recognized as a meritorious student only when he is 10 years old. When this student acquires merit, while receiving education, he is tortured with the title of meritorious student. We are giving him no opportunity to learn values or develop creativity.”
Pointing out that results should come out of dependence, the deputy minister of education said: “If we do not come out of result dependence, we will not be able to meet the challenges of the fourth industrial revolution. Today, a student can get good results by memorization, but in the industrial revolution, he has to learn anew. Otherwise, he cannot live well.”