Education Minister Dipu Moni on Sunday told parliament some teachers, coaching centres and note guide businessmen are involved in spreading confusion and propaganda centering the new education curriculum fearing that their coaching and guide business will be stopped.

She said this while speaking on the “Thakurgaon University Bill” as several MPs criticised the new education curriculum while participating in the discussion on the bill.

In response the education minister said that it’s not true that the examination system has not been kept in the new national curriculum.

Mentioning the reason for launching the new curriculum, the minister said that there has been a discussion over the years about the world-class education system.

“We are repeatedly falling behind in the area of soft skills. For this, new curriculum system is being introduced.”

Explaining the allegation of bringing eggs and potatoes from home, Dipu Moni said that such allegations are nothing but propaganda.

The minister said that some people are deliberately spreading confusion about the curriculum.

She said some schools in the city are doing this. They were given strict instructions. Children will learn to cook from school picnics. This cooking is also an art.

Dipu Moni also said there is no instruction to cook from home and take it to school. Those who are doing it are doing it to question it.

Alleging the involvement of some teachers behind the agitators, the minister said, “we have seen human chains in some places. We have investigated. It is basically coaching business and note guide business. They are worried that their coaching and guide business will no longer exist.”

Claiming that the new curriculum has already started yielding results, she said, we are getting the skills we need from the students. Now the students are writing a lot.