Sindh government to penalise private schools not teaching Sindhi

[Edevelop]

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“An outdated syllabus is being taught to our students and over the years, no one has changed it.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.

Sindh government to penalise private schools not teaching Sindhi – The Express Tribune

 

[Slayer786]

Good idea. Learning Sindhi is very important for children in Sindh especially Karachi and Hyderabad. If they learn Sindhi, then they can call themselves Sindhis instead of other names.

 

[American Pakistani]

IMO it is a good move, Sindhi should be compulsory in private schools too.

And this is coming from an Urdush guy

 

[BATMAN]

I have not studied Punjabi, hence by formulae described in comments above, i cannot call my self Punjabi.

 

[Karachiite]

Disgusting, the faster Hyderabad and Karachi are released from the clutches of backwards Sindh, the better. Imposing a useless language on a whole population is just vile.

 

[farhan_9909]

I would like to see something similar done in KPK

 

[Shabaz Sharif]

Disgusting, the faster Hyderabad and Karachi are released from the clutches of backwards Sindh, the better. Imposing a useless language on a whole population is just vile.

wtf are you talking, Sindhi very importan language of Sindh.

 

[BATMAN]

I would like to see something similar done in KPK

I would love to see the name of KPK being changed back to NWFP, same as the time of independence.

 

[farhan_9909]

I would love to see the name of KPK being changed back to NWFP, same as the time of independence.

not possible.Southern pakhtunkhwa within balochistan is a new story.And even the Baloch nationalist Leaders has agreed

 

[BATMAN]

Uneducated thugs, elected via engineered elections have no legitimacy, they shall deliver some thing tangible, this legacy of Zardari era shall end.
We need to get rid of the system that allow every anti state element in assembly with some sort of electioneering.
ANP was founded by elements who were against Pakistan's creation.... and they were give the reigns of power in most crucial times of history and we lost maximum soldiers and civilians in this period.