Dhaka, May 5 -- On December 13, 2023, a seminar on 'National Curriculum 2021: Why we are worried' which was to be organised in RC Majumdar Arts Auditorium got cancelled 10 minutes prior to the event. Since then, up until now there have been criticisms not only about the 'National Curriculum Framework 2021' but also the education system of Bangladesh in general in the newspapers and social media. Most of the criticisms centred around the point of lowering the budget for education in 2023-2024 fiscal year. But there are deeper issues, which if we shed some light upon, will make us rephrase the question of that seminar and ask 'Are we worried enough?'

Since the formation of 'Qudrat-i-Khuda Commission for Education' in 1972 after independenc...