"If the new curriculum is adopted, Bangladesh would not be able to compete on a global scale in the fields of career-based knowledge, science, technology, and medical science:" Rizvi

Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, senior joint secretary general of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), referred to the new curriculum and education strategy as anti-national on Thursday, claiming that they will only cause the education system to collapse.

He said, "The government will introduce anti-national curriculum in the new education system, which will destroy the nation's educational system."

During a news conference held at the BNP's headquarters office in Nayapaltan, the leader of the party further said that the government was attempting to instill a sense of disassociation in the children through the new curriculum.

"The curriculum and the new education program run counter to the nation's principles and culture. If the new educational policy and curriculum are adopted, the education system of the country would be destroyed,” he said.

Rizvi said that the government is attempting, through the new school curriculum, to subtly and extremely well-planned jeopardize the very existence of the country.

Whenever the Awami League comes to power, he said democracy and freedom of speech are snatched and the education system is designed to make the new generation subservient to others.

He said that the curriculum was adopted with a false political agenda, part of a scheme to undermine national unity and undermine the country's independence and sovereignty. "With hatred, the country has rejected the new curriculum."

Rizvi said the government earlier tried to do something new by introducing creative methods after spending thousands of crores of taka, but it finally turned unsuccessful.

"New curricula and educational policies have shortened the science curriculum, while attempts to instill moral values through religious education have been wholly disregarded. Under the guise of health protection education, attempts have also been made to subvert the teenage mind by adding sex education, he said.

The BNP leader expressed worry that the elimination of pure sciences from secondary school, including biology, chemistry, and physics, will obstruct efforts to raise a generation of scientists and that there is a marked reduction in the amount of science taught in the new curriculum.

He said that if the new curriculum is adopted, Bangladesh would not be able to compete on a global scale in the fields of career-based knowledge, science, technology, and medical science.

Furthermore, Rizvi stated that although the curriculum now includes more online learning, online education is still not flawless on all fronts. "While gathering information on various devices (mobile and tab), children and teenagers can engage in a variety of wrongdoings, illegal games, online gambling, Facebook, YouTube, Tik Tok, and pornographic websites."

Online learning, according to him, should only be employed in times of emergency or natural disaster, such as the coronavirus pandemic.

According to the BNP chairman, the country has been moving toward disintegration by introducing a new curriculum that is not national in scope because it was created by copying the curriculum of a contry.

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