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NCTB transfers four more officials over textbook illustrations

Published : Thursday, 29 October, 2026 at 6:56 PM

Observer Online Report

The National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) has transferred four more officials, including a board member and a deputy secretary, following controversy over the use of boat and weighing scale illustrations in school textbooks.

The transferred officials include a member and two senior specialists from the NCTB, while the deputy secretary has also been reassigned amid allegations of irregularities and corruption, according to NCTB sources.

The transfers were ordered in a notification signed by A S M Shahriar Jahan, deputy secretary of the Government College-2 section of the Secondary and Higher Education Division under the Ministry of Education, on Thursday.

Mohammad Abdul Mumin Mosabbir, senior specialist at the NCTB’s Primary Curriculum Wing, has been transferred to Bandarban Government Women’s College. Another senior specialist, Professor Dr Mohammad Safayet Alam, has been transferred to Kurigram Government College.

Professor Dr Mohammad Iqbal Haider, a member of the NCTB’s Primary Curriculum Wing, has been attached to Panchagarh Government College. Associate Professor Sirajul Islam, a deputy secretary at the board, has been transferred to Brajalal (BL) Government College.

The notification stated that Professor Iqbal Haider must be released from his current workplace by November 1. Otherwise, he will be deemed to have been released automatically in the afternoon of that day.

An analysis of this year’s primary textbooks found more than 88 illustrations of boats across 35 pages of Bangla textbooks for Classes I to V. The Class I Bangla textbook contains 32 boat illustrations on 10 pages, while the Class II book has 23 illustrations across eight pages and the Class III book contains 25 across nine pages.

The Class IV Bangla textbook has three boat illustrations on three pages, while the Class V book contains five illustrations across five pages.

Separately, an illustration of a weighing scale, a symbol associated with justice, appeared in the Class VI information and communication technology textbook, adding to the controversy surrounding the textbook content.

On October 26, 10 officials were transferred over the inclusion of the boat and weighing scale illustrations. However, Mohammad Rakibur Rahman, the official responsible for the Bangla textbooks for Classes III, IV and V, remains in his position, prompting further discussion within the NCTB.

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