Fakhrul urges educated people to raise voice for a change

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday urged the educated people and intellectuals to raise their voices for a change as no one from outside will come with sanctions to protect the nation from misrule.

Speaking at a discussion, he demanded the government immediately cancel the new textbooks of the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) that contain errors, distortion of history, and misinformation, reports UNB.

He accused the government of developing low-quality and error-ridden textbooks for making a subservient and failed nation, and called upon the teachers of the country to raise their voices unitedly for the cancellation of the error-filled textbooks.

"The main thing now is that we must stand up. Otherwise, no one will protect you. No one from outside will come and protect you with sanctions. No one will create something new for you. As long as the educated people and the intellectuals won't come up with resistance, we won't get rid of (misrule)," he said.

The BNP and the University Teachers Association of Bangladesh (UTAB) jointly arranged the discussion titled 'Imprudent Curriculum and Poor-Quality Textbooks: Blueprint for Destruction of the Country's History, Tradition and Culture' at Dhaka Reporters Unity.