National Curriculum Framework: All you need to know
The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2018, highlighted how Pakistan lags behind its regional peers in providing uniform and quality education across the country. The discrepancies in multiple education systems, inconsistency among public schools in terms of curriculum, textbooks, and assessment methods, medium of instruction and caliber of teachers were some of the urgent […]
Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) under Single National Curriculum
The long debates and criticisms regarding Single National Curriculum (SNC) on talk shows and other programs has created a confusion among parents. This article aims at highlighting the steps taken by education ministry to design the new curriculum and its implementation at preschool level. Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) program refers to a two […]
Single National Curriculum for Primary School
Single National Curriculum (SNC) implemented by Federal government is an upgraded and improved version of National Curriculum 2006. Several amendments and improvements are made in competencies and expected learning outcomes for primary school i.e. Grade I to V. Moreover, the detailed overview of activities and strategies offered by education ministry alongside training of teachers is [...]
Highlights of Single National Curriculum for Schools in Pakistan
As students and parents prepare for new educational sessions in Pakistan amidst the settling of Covid-19, there is another hype of the new Single National Curriculum (SNC) introduced by Federal Government. The vision of SNC is to provide 'one system of Education for all' with single curriculum, medium of instruction and assessment format. The main [...]
Multilingual Brain: Advantages of learning more than one language
The paranoia regarding learning new language for kids is evident from the recent launch of Single National Curriculum in Pakistan. Parents fear failure of their children to adapt to Urdu language as they have been taught similar subjects in English. While teaching any specific language is a personal preference, there is one thing evident from [...]
