Educationists don’t agree to PM orders for curriculum changes

By Ashfaq Yusufzai. Educationists have opposed the prime minister’s orders for revision of the curriculum of schools, colleges and universities insisting after the passage of 18th Constitutional Amendment, it was the domain of the provincial governments and not the centre.
“Policy, planning, curriculum and governance have devolved to provinces after the 18th Constitutional Amendment, so the provinces can make changes to curriculum in line with their own needs. The centre can’t interfere in such matters,” Khadim Hussain, the managing director of Bacha Khan Trust Educational Foundation (BKTEF), told Dawn. More...