Sindh Govt Amends Single National Curriculum SNC

The Sindh Education Department, Government of Sindh has decided to make some major amendments in the Single National Curriculum SNC for primary and higher level classes. The department is also going to develop a new curriculum for the ease of the students.

Sindh Textbook Board STB is going to revise the science subjects’ textbooks for Grade 9 and also decided to develop a new curriculum for intermediate level. An official of the STB reveals that the curriculum of STB for Islamic Studies, Urdu, Sindhi, and Social Studies is different from Single National Curriculum in Sindh.

According to official of STB, in SNC Islamic Studies has a separate placement whereas it is taught from Grade 4 and onwards in Sindh. Provincial Govt decides to teach Islamic Studies from Grade 4.

In the same way, In SNC, more Hadiths are added for primary level which is opposed by Government of Sindh. Additionally, some topics of Grade 5 subjects are added in Grade 4 which is a heavy burden on the students. According to reports, Sindh Govt has also started to develop a new curriculum for Higher Secondary level which will be implemented in the next session 2022-23. According to reports STB has also merged separate Zoology and Botany in a single subject Biology for first year and second year for current and next session as well.