For your O’Level exams this year, try the new Hodder books instead

Hodder Education textbooks will be distributed by Paramount Publishing.

KARACHI: O’ and A’ Level students will now have fun preparing for their exams as the new Hodder Education textbooks are not just easier, but more colourful too.

UK Trade and Investment, Pakistan, has joined hands with Paramount Publishing Enterprises to introduce Hodder Education textbooks that are filled with illustrations and photos. The new textbooks were introduced to the heads of secondary schools and others working in the education sector at a seminar on Wednesday at the British Deputy High Commission.

“The prime reason for this collaborative effort with Hodder Education is to raise the standard of education in Pakistan by providing students with quality books,” said Paramount Publishing Enterprise managing director Iqbal Saleh Mohammad.

He added that these books will help students prepare for the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) or any other equivalent qualification. The textbooks also include questions designed to match those that appear on the actual Cambridge exams.

Hodder Education, which is the second largest published for secondary school textbooks in the UK, has given its exclusive distribution rights to Paramount publishers.



For the British deputy high commissioner and UK Trade and Investment director, Francis Campbell, the launch of these textbooks is a step towards a more educated Pakistan. “The one key issue that has the potential to transform Pakistan’s future is education,” he said, adding that the UK government is strongly committed to partnering in that transformation.

He believed that this arrangement will not only help the flailing education sector but also strengthen ties between the UK and Pakistan.

People working in the education sector also believe that these new books will be very popular among the students. Lahore Grammar School’s Ghalib Market branch principal Gulrukh Rahman recently saw these books in the UK and really liked them.

“The textbooks encourage students to examine, analyse and evaluate information,” she told The Express Tribune. These books were very different than the ones currently being used by students, she added. A representative from Hodder Education, who spoke to the audience through video conferencing, said that the books have been tailored to match the needs of students in Pakistan. Next year, the publishers aim to produce books for more subjects, including biology, chemistry, physics and math, she added.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 29^th, 2012.