Sindh govt decides against introducing a uniform syllabus devised by federal govt.

KARACHI -- Sindh government has decided against introducing a uniform syllabus devised by the federal government in the province and said that devising curriculum was a provincial prerogative.

A meeting of the education department chaired by Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah on Thursday reviewed a proposal to introduce a uniform syllabus across the country.

Speaking during the meeting, Education Minister Saeed Ghani said that the federal government had conveyed them the contents of a syllabus to be introduced in the country. 'They want a uniform curriculum in the country,' he said.

During a briefing to the meeting, it was informed that the provincial syllabus carries a subject of social studies from grades six to eight. 'However, the curriculum devised by the federal government has no subject of social studies,'...