No textbooks: Students study for exams, sans books

"Our English teacher is only teaching grammar due to the unavailability of the book,” a fifth grader.


May 20, 2012

ISLAMABAD: Students of educational institutions under the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) will appear in their first term exams without having even a glimpse of the English textbook. The directorate announced the first term exam schedule for classes I to V, commencing from this week while the schedule for classes VI to VIII will be announced soon. “We do not have the English book. Our English teacher is only teaching grammar due to the unavailability of the book,” said Fatima, a fifth grader. Oxford English textbooks are required for classes IV, V, VII and VIII, the official said. The publishers are demanding complete payment for the textbooks, while the finance department had not yet released the amount, he said. An advance payment of Rs3.5 million was made before delivery of the textbooks, but the remaining Rs3 million has yet to come, the official said.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 21st, 2012.

COMMENTS (2)

Anne | 11 years ago | Reply

This is a truly difficult situation, where confusion over fund transfers can often cause problems.

If the students wish to study or reinforce some grammar points, I have created a free-to-join online social network that has English grammar videos that may help them. There is also an active forum where students can exchange comments in English only, to enable them to put the recently-learned grammar into practice.

If you'd like to take a look, please follow thie link: www.mrs-english.com

Good luck to every student with their exams. Hopefully your financial difficulties will be resolved soon.

Anne | 11 years ago | Reply

This is a truly difficult situation. If the students wish to study or reinforce some grammar points, I have created a free-to-join online social network that has English grammar videos that may help. There is an active forum where students can exchange comments in English only, to enable them to put the recently-learned grammar into practice.

If you'd like to take a look, please visit: www.mrs-english.com

Hopefully the financial situation will soon be sorted out. Good luck to every student with their exams.

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