Terrorism, Religious and Ethnic Intolerance Issues in the Syllabuses and Textbooks of Bengali and English Medium and Madrasah Education in Bangladesh an Appraisal

The author argues that education is a catalyst for social  change  and a powerful instrument for overcoming social and security problems. In other words, the author  believes  that  syllabuses  and  textbooks  of  both  the general  and  madrasa education streams of Bangladesh have a significant role in educating people to counter terrorism as well as religious and ethnic intolerance. This  paper  attempts, however, by  reviewing  the  current  syllabuses  and    textbooks of general and madrasa education streams, and also by assessing peoples’ opinions in Bangladesh, to know whether the syllabuses and text books are adequately addressing, or not, the issues of terrorism and religious and ethnic intolerance.