“A committee is being constituted at the national level comprising renowned historian Professor Muntasir Mamoon, writer and academic Prof Dr Zafar Iqbal, war veteran Shahriar Kabir, and writer Selina Hossain to prepare a new syllabus to project true history of the liberation war,” she said. The prime minister expressed hope that, with the accomplishment of work by the committee, it will be possible to stop distortion of the history of liberation war, and project its true history before the new generation, adding that her government has taken special programs to check distortion of liberation war history, and project its true history. “But after assuming office, our government has taken various programs to project the true history of the liberation war before the people, and inspire the new generation with its spirit,” she said. The steps include highlighting the true history of the liberation war in curriculum and textbooks, reviewing the syllabus from class one to the university, and abolishing the distortion of the history from the concerned books after identifying them. The prime minister said initiatives have been taken to incorporate the true history of the liberation war in the syllabus, to present real history of the liberation war to the students.

Source: Dhaka Tribune June 19, 2019 15:45 UTC