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New textbook policy approved
ISLAMABAD, Jan 22: The 11th inter-provincial education ministers' meeting
here on Monday approved the new textbook policy, in principle, and decided that
it would be implemented after the revised version was sent to the
provinces.
The meeting presided over by Federal Minister for Education
Lt-Gen (retired) Javed Ashraf Qazi was attended by Minister of State for
Education Anisa Zeb Tahirkheli, NWFP Education Minister Maulana Fazli Ali
Haqqani, Balochistan Education Minister Maulana Abdul Wahid Siddiqui, Mian Imran
Masood, Minister for Education Punjab and Dr Hameeda Khuhro of Sindh along with
their respective secretaries.
Under the policy, the provincial textbook
boards would invite book development proposals from all including private
publishers. The submitted books will be evaluated and
ranked.
Approximately, 40 percent of book printing and publishing should
go to the first ranker, 25 percent to the second, 15 percent to the third and
remaining to be distributed to others by the provincial textbook
boards.
However, the time-frame for the implementation of this policy
shall be flexible and left to the discretion of the provincial
governments.
It was also suggested that a province may select a textbook
from any other province if so desired. The examination boards will not test
students from a particular textbook but do so from the curriculum and will
recommend multiple textbooks.
The ministry of education will help in
establishing five resource centres in each textbook board for upgrading the
capacity of small publishers and also of the authors of the provinces in writing
the new textbooks.
All the provincial education ministers agreed that the
secondary and higher secondary education, presently resting with the districts,
would be re-assigned to the provincial governments.
The meeting agreed
that the academic session in the schools will start from August 15 in order to
maximise teaching-learning time. The examinations of secondary and higher school
certificates shall be held in May. The Inter-Board Committee of Chairmen was
directed to fix same dates for starting the examination and declaration of
results for al boards in the country.
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| Education News | | Updated: 08 Feb, 2012 |
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