Changes in curriculum to help students prove talent: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Sunday that her government was implementing changes to the curriculum and education methods in order to reduce the reliance on note memorisation, report agencies.
She emphasised the importance of allowing students to help their latent talent flourish.
"We want our children to not just memorise information, but to also have the opportunity to hone their talent and creativity so that they can progress based on their merit. That's why we are making changes to the curriculum and education methods," she explained.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday said her government was bringing changes to the curriculum and the method of education mainly to cut dependency on learning through memorization.
She stressed method to help student to flourish talents and creativity of the students.
"We want our children not only to learn by heart rather they get scope to flourish talents and creativity as they can move ahead with their merits. So, changes are being made in the curriculum and education method," she said.
The premier made the remarks while unveiling the results of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations-2024, digitally by clicking a button at her official Ganabhaban residence here.
Referring to increased number of female students both in pass and participation rate in the SSC exams, Sheikh Hasina asked all concerned to find out the reason that why the number of male students decreases.
"We have to explore the reason that why male students are less compared to female students," she said.
She said the total number of candidates is 20,38,150 under 11 education boards this year. Among them, the number of boys is 9,99,364, while that of girls is 10,38,786.
The PM said it needs to take initiative now for unearthing the causes that boys are declining in number.
On education system, she said her government has introduced pre-primary education to teach the children through play.
"There is a way to educate the children through toys and we are creating that scope," she said.
"We have to do such many things as the children can learn through playing. If we do so, they don't have need book-learning," she said.
In doing so, the premier said her government is giving necessary training to the teachers and increasing their salaries and other benefits.
She said her government has attached topmost priority on education as they can know that no nation can develop without education.
"Our target is to eradicate poverty. Poverty alleviation is not possible without an educated nation. So, we consider expenses in education as investment," she said.
The prime minister said her government wants to prepare an appropriate education system to cope with the competitive world.
She said her government is prioritising science, technology, information and vocational education alongside the regular education.
"Our children will not only do BA and MA, but also will be educated in science, technology, information technology and vocational literacy to make them prepared completely," she said.
Sheikh Hasina released the results after receiving the combined result statistics of the SSC and equivalent examinations from Education Minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury.
The chairmen of 10 education boards -- nine general, one madrasa -- and director general of technical education board also handed over the result statistics of their respective boards to the premier.
The results were published at the respective educational institutions and online simultaneously around 11am.
Students can avail their results through SMS after the official announcement.
They can also get their results by visiting the website www.educationboardresults.gov.bd.