Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel said on Monday that if there is anything confusing in the new textbooks, it will be corrected. He urged everyone to refrain from unhealthy politics in the name of opposing the curriculum. He said participation of madrasa teachers in the National Curriculum and Textbook Board will be ensured. As a result, they will be able to give their opinions and contribute to the textbooks prepared for madrasas. What BRAC University says about Asif Mahtab The minister was speaking at a view exchange meeting with the Swadhinata Madrasa Teachers' Council at the International Mother Language Institute in the capital on Monday. The minister highlighted the centuries-long tradition of discussing Islamic philosophy in the country's Aliya madrasas in this subcontinent. He emphasized that the new curriculum, aligned with Islamic education, has been warmly received by students and parents. He further mentioned that the new curriculum is skill-oriented and will assist madrasa students in entering the job market without any conflict with religious values. DPS STS Dhaka organises STEAM Carnival to promote innovation Nowfel emphasized that after Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has played the most significant role in the development of religious education. The government has not only constructed 18 madrasa buildings but also enrolled a significant number of madrasas under the MPO (Monthly Pay Order) system, he informed. JnU student Khadija discharged from one DSA case During the meeting, the Secretary of the Ministry of Religious and Madrasa Education, Dr. Farid Uddin Ahmed, stated that madrasa students study religious subjects alongside the national curriculum. Therefore, they are actively contributing to various fields while maintaining harmony with the mainstream. Habibur Rahman, Director-General of the Department of Madrasa Education, and Dr Abdul Rashid, Vice-Chancellor of the Islamic Arabic University, were present at the time, among others.

All coaching centres will remain closed for a month as the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations are scheduled to begin from February 15, said Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel. This year, a total of 20,24,192 examinees will appear in the examinations from 29,735 educational institutions at 3700 centres, he said while talking to reporters after a meeting over ensuring fair and copying-free environment during the examinations. EWU hosts freshers’ orientation for the 2024 Spring Semester The coaching centres will remain shut from February 13 to March 12, he added. The meeting also decided that no mobile phone and electronic devices will be allowed in the examination centres and only the hall secretary will be allowed to use a general phone set without internet connection. Don't put pressure on children for study: JnU VC Sadeka Halim The question code will be announced 25 minutes before the exam begins. Secretary to the Secondary and Higher Secondary Educaiton Soleman Khan, Secretary to the Technical and Madrasha Education Department Farid Uddin Ahmed, chairman of all education boards and law enforcing agencies were present at the meeting. Education Minister calls for further review of exam and evaluation system

As the government is planning to recruit teachers in the Chattogram Hill Tracts to improve the quality of education, the teachers' crisis in the area will be resolved soon, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Education Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel has said. He said this at the reunion function of former students of Manikchari Rani Nihar Devi Government High School in Khagrachari on Friday. Following the recruitment examination, teachers will be posted on an urgent basis in the public educational institutions of Chittagong Hill Tracts, where there is a shortage of teachers, the deputy minister added. Read more: Mohibul urges university teachers to ensure quality education Besides, the Ministry of Education will take strict measures so that the recruited teachers cannot transfer according to their will. Lawmaker and Taskforce Chairman of Refugee Affairs Kujendra Lal Tripura and Khagrachari Hill Zilla Parishad Chairman Mongsueprou Chowdhury, among others, spoke on the occasion.

Criticising the diplomats stationed in Dhaka, Deputy Minister for Education Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel on Wednesday said no election or electoral process is perfect. Democracy is refined by practicing it, not by prescription from diplomats, he said apparently reacting to a joint statement issued by foreign missions yesterday. Read more: Ex-Ducsu VP Nur sued for making ‘derogatory comments’ about deputy minister Nowfel "Do foreign missions anywhere in this region or nearby comment on host country's internal electoral politics as they do in Bangladesh?" he tweeted mentioning that "partners not masters!"

At least 16 people, including four policemen, were injured as two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) clashed over visit of Deputy Minister for Education Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel at Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH).

The younger brother of Deputy Minister for Education Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel’s has been diagnosed with coronavirus.   According to Chattogram Civil Surgeon office, 75 people tested coronavirus positive in two labs of the port city  on Sunday night.   Deputy Minister’s brother Burhanul Hasan Chowdhury Salehin, also son of late former mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury, was among those infected.   Doctor Selim Akhter Chowdhury, Nowfel’s brother-in-law and also health official of Chattogram City Corporation, said that Salehin has been suffering from fever since Thursday after returning from Dhaka.   Later, his sample was sent to Bangladesh Institute of Tropical and Infectious Disease (BITID) in Fouzdarhat.