Govt Set to Launch the First Phase of Uniform National Curriculum
Uniform national curriculum for classes 1 to 5 will be introduced across the country from August 2021, Parliamentary Secretary for Education, Wajiha Akram, has confirmed.
While replying to different supplementary questions during question hour in the National Assembly, the Parliamentary Education Secretary said the federal government has prepared the national curriculum for these classes after taking all federating units on board.
ALSO READ
She added that model textbooks have been prepared for these classes and the provinces have been given the choice to either adopt these books or develop their own as per the model textbooks.
Education Ministry signs MoU to digitise ICT schools
National
May 25, 2021
Islamabad: The Federal Directorate of Education on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding with Tech Valley, the country partner of Google for Education, to digitise all government schools in Islamabad with officials calling the initiative to be in line with the prime minister’s vision of ‘Digital Pakistan’.
Federal education and professional training secretary Farah Hamid Khan and Tech Valley chief executive officer Umar Farooq signed the MoU documents during a ceremony in the ministry. The project is expected to be completed in one year.
In the first phase, Tech Valley will deploy cloud-based Google Workspace in Islamabad’s 200 schools both boys and girls, while Google will provide schools with tools for distance learning as well as Chromebooks.
Virtual learning project starts in 200 ICT schools
The objective is to ensure the professional development of teachers and students ISLAMABAD:
The Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Monday between the Federal Directorate of Education and Google and Tech Valley to make Islamabad the benchmark of digitally enabled government schools.
A spokesperson said that under this initiative, in the first phase, Tech Valley will install google workspace on cloud-based infrastructure in 200 boys and girls schools of the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) while Google will provide tools to the schools for distance education along with chrome books.
Single curriculum for grade 1-5 across country from August
May 25, 2021
Parliamentary Secretary for Federal Education and Professional Training Wajiha Akram on Monday told the National Assembly that under the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan, single national curriculum for grade 1 to 5 will be implemented across country from August 2021.
Replying to various supplementary questions during question hour, she said that all the federating units have been taken on board in preparing the single curriculum. Model textbooks have been developed for these classes and the provinces were asked to adopt these books or develop their own as per these textbooks, she added.
Daily Times
Wajiha Akram says grade six to grade eight to have single curriculum from next academic year
May 24, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Parliamentary Secretary for Federal Education and Profession Training Wajiha Akram on Monday told the National Assembly that under the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan single national curriculum for grade one to grade five would be implemented across the country from August 2021.
Replying to various supplementary questions during Question Hour, she said that all the federating units have been taken on board in preparing the single curriculum. Model textbooks have been developed for these classes and the provinces were asked to adopt these books or develop their own as per these textbooks, she added.