On page 66 of the Class 7 ‘History and Social Sciences’ textbook, there is a photograph of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman along with some others. But it is impossible to recognize Bangabandhu without reading the caption. The other people in the photo cannot be identified in any way.
Not just the ‘History and Social Sciences’ textbook, many other textbooks have received complaints about the poor quality of paper and printing. More than 31,000 Islamic studies textbooks distributed among students in Satkhira have been sent back due to printing mistakes.
Last year, after much debate over mistakes and inconsistencies in the textbooks, two books for classes 6 and 7 (History and Social Science) were suddenly withdrawn within the same academic year. Those two books have not been included in the syllabus this time.