New curriculum for class XII will be ready by year-end

Baligh says primary school course content revision complete

ISLAMABAD: The National Curriculum Council will revise the high school course content the end of this year.

“The new curriculum for pre-primary to class V has been finalised while the same for up to class XII will be developed by end of the year,” Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training, Baligh ur Rehman said.

He was speaking at 49th Convocation of National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (NUCES-FAST) Islamabad Campus on Wednesday.

“Besides National Curriculum Council, we have developed National Curriculum Framework and approved Minimum Education Standards for the first time in the country,” he said.

The new curriculum will encourage analytical and critical thinking and will also focus on ethical training and character building, the minister said.

Baligh congratulated the students on their achievements and advised them to develop habit of achieving excellence in whatever they do.

“You must all strive for continuous improvement in your life and adopt perseverance to achieve your goals.” He also advised students to counter challenges through positive attitude and strive for a meaningful life with clarity of vision and goals.

Minister also appreciated the university for focusing on conducting the quality research to meet contemporary industrial demands.  He said that government is placing great emphasis on higher education and research and their tenure has seen the budget for higher education institutions more than doubled from Rs41 billion to Rs100 billion.

The overall public spending on education has also risen phenomenally from Rs550 billion to around Rs900 billion budgeted for the current year.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 10^th, 2017.