Sindh government to penalise private schools not teaching Sindhi

Sindh education department will start a drive against such private schools after Eid.

KARACHI: The Sindh education department will start a drive against private schools – both primary and secondary - that are not teaching Sindhi language as a subject, Sindh Education Minister Nisar Ahmed Khuhro told The Express Tribune on Monday.

Khuhro said that the drive will begin after Eidul Azha.

“We will cancel the registration of all such schools and impose penalty on them,” he said.

New syllabus

The Sindh education department has decided to reform the primary school syllabus in the province for the new academic year starting from March 2014.

According to a notification issued by the department, a 12-member committee under the supervision of Director Institute of Educational Development Aga Khan University Professor Muhammad Memon has been formed for this purpose.

Other members of the committee include Director Bureau of Curriculum Abdul Majeed Bhurt, former vice-chancellor of Shah Abdul latif University Khairpur Dr Nilofer Shaikh, University of Karachi’s sociology department teacher Dr Fateh Muhammad Burfat and University of Sindh’s Professor Parveen Muhshi.

Khuhro said the advisory committee will determine how to reform the existing syllabus.

“An outdated syllabus is being taught to our students and over the years, no one has changed it. On the committee’s recommendation, we will introduce a new syllabus by the next academic year,” he said adding that they would also introduce a Montessori school system in the province at par with private schools, enrolling three-year olds.