State Minister for Education, Anisa Zeb Tahirkheli has said that revised curricula is being analysed by the provinces, and they would submit the same to federal government during this month.
SHE STATED THIS WHILE ADDRESSING A SEMINAR ON "PAKISTAN EDUCATION SYSTEM: The Liberal Perspective" organised by Future Youth Group in collaboration with Liberal Forum Pakistan, and Friedrich Naumann Stiftung here.
The minister said that federal government had deleted wrong narrations, perspectives and facts from curricula of ten major subjects and provided it to the provinces, and they would submit the same to the centre after thorough review and analysis.
The curricula would be a guideline for the provinces, who would formulate the syllabus, she said, adding that biography of author would be published at the end page of every textbook.
Tahirkheli said that Matric examination of academic session starting in September 2007 would be conducted as composite with papers having questions 20 percent objectives, 30 percent descriptive (essays, long answer etc) and 50 percent Multi-Choice Questions (MCQs). Teachers were also being trained on the new curricula and to prepare such question papers, and provinces had been designated one board each to conduct examinations in their respective province, she maintained.
She further said that for the first time the present government conducted education census at a cost of Rs 185 million, in which information and data of students was collected in a scientific manner, adding that this would give the exact and clear picture of Pakistan's education system.
The minister said that review of National Education Policy was also underway, and its committee comprising teachers, educationists, religious scholars and independent consultants, would finalise this process with in a couple of months. The new policy would ensure uniformity in the country's education system and it would be in conformity with present day requirements, she observed.
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