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One and a half years after it was launched, implementation of the new curriculum at schools is still in a shambles as the authorities are yet to finalise a method of evaluating the students.

A probe committee, formed by the education ministry, has recommended the removal of the story titled "Sharifa's Tale" from the chapter on human resemblance and difference in the seventh-grade history and social science textbook.

Mang Pru Marma, 78, from Kranchipara of Bandarban’s Alikadam upazila, is among the last seven speakers, all of whom are elderly, of Rengmitcha language.

The education ministry today formed a five-member probe committee to review a story, "Sharifa's Tale", in the seventh grade history and social science textbook

Analysing the notifications, it was found that around 202 corrections were for class six textbooks while 226 corrections were made for class seven for Bangla version. Besides, some 56 corrections were issued in various books for the English version in these two classes

Educationists term the move a 'political decision'

The National Curriculum and Textbook Board has been stuck in the loop of controversies centring on school textbooks with academics and some NCTB officials blaming it on the negligence of writers and editors, insufficient training and lack of serious punishment for blunders.