Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Saturday said the new national curriculum has been designed in a way so it will be enjoyable for the students by lessening the burdens of exams and memorizing.
"As per the curriculum, the students will be able to learn through self practicing, experiments, community engagement and group works in classes around an enjoyable environment," she said.
The minister came up with the remarks while she was virtually addressing a program at the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) in Dhaka.
Deputy Minister for Education Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury also addressed the program organized by the NCTB to apprise the journalists about the new curriculum with its Chairman Prof Md Moshiuzzaman in the chair.
Dipu Moni said the students who will study under the new curriculum will be able to apply their acquired knowledge in their practical life.
"We are working to make our students compatible with the new demand of knowledge in the future world. We want to create an opportunity for all so they can learn with enjoyment," she added.
Curriculum Development and Review Core Committee (CDRCC) was tasked to formulate the new curriculum in line with the NCTB Act 2018 and National Curriculum Policy Framework (NCPF) 2017.
Dr Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, Syed Manzoorul Islam, Prof Nisar Hossain, Dr Lafifa Jamal and Dr Md Abdul Hakim Khan, among others, spoke on the occasion.
Additional Secretary of the Secondary and Higher Education Division Dr Syed Emamul Hossain, NCTB members Prof Md Farhadul Islam and Prof Dr AKM Reazul Hassan, and Secretary Moss Nazma Akther were also present at the event.
The experts said the new curriculum has emphasized capacity-based learning, continuous assessment and overall records of performances instead of mark sheets that would encourage the students in experience-based learning instead of memory-based one.
According to the NCTB officials, the pilot program of the new national curriculum will begin at 62 educational institutions soon while no complete textbooks but learning materials for the first four months will be provided to the students involved in the trial phase.
Following the feedback from the students and the teachers of the schools where the pilot program will be run, the textbooks will be developed after revising the materials.
However, textbooks would be developed for all schools across the country for the academic session 2023.
