The education authorities under the interim government have decided to revert to the curriculum introduced in 2012.

One and a half years after it was launched, implementation of the new curriculum at schools is still in a shambles as the authorities are yet to finalise a method of evaluating the students.

With all the talk surrounding the new school curriculum, a crucial element has been absent from the conversation.

If basic problems are not addressed, high quality education and preparing smart citizens for a Smart Bangladesh will be difficult to achieve.

The NCTB should have taken lessons from past failures with radical changes in textbooks.