Pakistan to Have Single National Curriculum in August
Federal Minister of Education and Professional Training, Shafqat Mehmood, has announced that Pakistan will follow a Single National Curriculum from August.
On Wednesday, 27th January, Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mehmood announced that the country will adopt the Single National Curriculum (SNC) from the next academic year, which will begin from August 2021.
Moreover, Shafqat Mehmood’s announcement was made public on Twitter, where the Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training stated that the ministry had developed the Single National Curriculum with consultation from relevant stakeholders for grades pre-1 to 5 and that this “shall be followed by all public and private schools across the country from next academic year”.
Ministry of Federal Education in consultation with provincial/area governments and all other stakeholders, has developed Single National Curriculum (SNC) from pre-1 to grade 5 which shall be followed by all public and private schools across the country from next academic year 6/7
— Ministry of Federal Education/ProfessionalTraining (@EduMinistryPK) January 27, 2021
A letter was also drafted and sent to all concerned provincial and area governments regarding The Textbook Policy under the Single National Curriculum. According to the ministry, under the directives from the federal minister for education, the new year “would start now in August 2021 due to extension in examination dates to be held in May/June and also prolonged school closures in the academic year of 2020”.
The letter further stated that the publishers are “allowed to develop these textbooks aligned with SLOs prescribed by Single National Curriculum” and that they will require a no-objection certificate (NOC) by the provincial textbook boards in order for them to “check any inclusion of anti-Pakistan, anti-religion, and any other hate material”.
According Policy, private publishers r allowed to develop these textbooks aligned with SLOs prescribed by SNC.Private publishers will require NOC by Provincial/area Textbook Boards to enable Boards to check any inclusion of anti-Pakistan,anti- religion,any other hate material 2/7
— Ministry of Federal Education/ProfessionalTraining (@EduMinistryPK) January 27, 2021
Furthermore, The Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training has advised all provincial and regional textbook boards to practice due diligence to ensure that private publishers are printing and producing such textbooks in accordance with the objectives and contents of the Single National Curriculum.
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