Staff Reporter :
The High Court (HC) on Monday questioned the legality of bringing changes in the curriculum of textbooks by excluding write-ups of well-known authors.
The court issued a rule asking the government to show cause as to why the changes in the syllabus should not be declared illegal.
The Education Secretary and Chairman of National Curriculum and Textbook Board have
been made respondents to this rule.
The HC bench of Justice Naima Haider and Justice Abu Taher Md Saifur Rahman passed the order after hearing a writ petition.
Former Vice-Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University Professor Anwar Hossain and curriculum expert Momtaz Jahan filed the petition challenging the legality of bringing changes in the textbooks.
They submitted the petition last week saying that some write-ups of several well known authors including Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Golam Mustafa, Humayun Azad and Sanaul Haque had been removed and some religious related write-ups had been included in the Bangla curriculum from Class-II to Class-IX as per the demand of Hefazat-e Islam.
Such changes are illegal and unlawful, the petitioners said.
Barrister Rokanuddin Mahmud and Advocate Mamun Mahbub took part in the hearing on behalf of the petitioners, while Deputy Attorney General Mukhlesur Rahman stood for the State.
The High Court (HC) on Monday questioned the legality of bringing changes in the curriculum of textbooks by excluding write-ups of well-known authors.
The court issued a rule asking the government to show cause as to why the changes in the syllabus should not be declared illegal.
The Education Secretary and Chairman of National Curriculum and Textbook Board have
been made respondents to this rule.
The HC bench of Justice Naima Haider and Justice Abu Taher Md Saifur Rahman passed the order after hearing a writ petition.
Former Vice-Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University Professor Anwar Hossain and curriculum expert Momtaz Jahan filed the petition challenging the legality of bringing changes in the textbooks.
They submitted the petition last week saying that some write-ups of several well known authors including Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Golam Mustafa, Humayun Azad and Sanaul Haque had been removed and some religious related write-ups had been included in the Bangla curriculum from Class-II to Class-IX as per the demand of Hefazat-e Islam.
Such changes are illegal and unlawful, the petitioners said.
Barrister Rokanuddin Mahmud and Advocate Mamun Mahbub took part in the hearing on behalf of the petitioners, while Deputy Attorney General Mukhlesur Rahman stood for the State.
