Pakistan: Sindh joins Islamabad’s drive to adopt single national school curriculum
Initially, province will adopt national curriculum for English, Math, Computer Sciences
Karachi: The Sindh government will partially join the federal campaign to adopt a single national-level curriculum for schools.
The announcement to this effect was jointly made by Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training, Rana Tanveer Hussain, and Sindh Education Minister, Syed Sardar Ali Shah, at a programme in Karachi.
The session was held to further the process of reforms in the education sector, adopt the national-level curriculum, and conduct professional training and development of teachers.
The Sindh government of the Pakistan People’s Party earlier resisted the move of the past regime of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf to adopt a nationwide school curriculum, while maintaining that after the 18th Constitutional Amendment the provinces are fully empowered to take decisions for the schooling of the children.
As per the latest announcement by the two education ministers, the Sindh government has agreed to initially adopt the national curriculum for the subjects of English, Mathematics, and Computer Sciences.
Both the federal and Sindh ministers agreed to continue with the process of consultation with the provinces to adopt the national curriculum while at the same time maintaining the concept of inter-provincial harmony.
The federal minister said that a uniform school education system would be adopted in the country with the new name of the National Curriculum of Pakistan after consulting all the provinces.
He said the federal government had accepted the viewpoint of Sindh that it was not necessary to adopt a single book for all the school subjects all over the country.
He announced that the federal government would also provide assistance to Sindh to rebuild the school buildings devastated by the recent floods.
Sindh minister welcomed the move of the federal government to recognise the constitutional right of the provinces to teach their regional languages, peculiar culture, and history to the students.
He said that a separate curriculum would also be adopted for the students belonging to different religious minorities.