The Ministry of Education on Sunday dissolved the 10-member coordination committee formed to revise and amend all textbooks prepared and printed by the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB).
The ministry issued an office order in this regard, signed by Secondary and Higher Education Division Senior Assistant Secretary Yanur Rahman.
Earlier on 15 September, the Ministry of Education formed the committee, headed by Dr KM Kabirul Islam, additional secretary of the ministry.
KM Kabirul Islam, additional secretary of the Ministry of Education, was appointed as the convener, with Yanur Rahman serving as the member secretary.
The other members of the committee included education researcher Rakhal Raha, Prof Kamrul Hasan Mamun from the Department of Physics at Dhaka University, Prof Mohammad Azam from the Bengali Department, Associate Prof Samina Luthfa Nitra from the Department of Sociology, 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.
The decision came after protests by Islamist scholars regarding the exclusion of Islamic scholars from the committee.
