Meeting reviews new curriculum based on modern educational standards

Minister of State for Federal Education says the government is committed to improve educational standards

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Federal Education Engineer Blighur Rehman said on Thursday the government is committed to introduce curricula based on modern educational standards.

He said this while chairing a meeting of Curriculum Review Committee to review the finalised curricula for Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) up to grade five, a news release said.

In the meeting, the state minister was briefed by Joint Education Adviser Rafiq Tahir on the new curricula of eight subjects that were part of the review exercise including, pre-primary education, general science, general knowledge, social studies, mathematics, islamiat, Urdu and English.

Curriculum supplement incorporating material on values and ethics with focus on integrity and honesty, civic sense, local and global citizenship, health and hygiene, environmental protection democratic culture, national harmony, tolerance and respect for diversity, was also reviewed during the meeting.

The revised curricula of all subjects duly incorporate the material on ethics and values in their contents, minister was told.

The minister said focus of the new curricula on conceptual learning with defined Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs), ethical training, character building, appreciation of diversity, democratic and civil understanding would not only improve scholarship but also promote responsible citizenship.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 21^st, 2017.