ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal Thursday announced that for reviewing the new curriculum across country the government has decided to hold a "national curriculum summit".
Taking to Twitter, the minister wrote: "It has been decided to hold a National Curriculum Summit with top curriculum experts of the country to have [a] final review of the new curriculum."
Federal Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal further added that the government has also planned to establish a state-of-the-art teacher's training centre in Islamabad.
"I urge top curriculum [and] teacher [training] experts to join," he wrote.
On the other hand, the Punjab government has directed the Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board (PCTB) not to publish books for grades 6 to 8 under the Single National Curriculum (SNC), Dawn.com reported.
The first phase of the SNC was introduced by the PTI-led government for primary classes, but the then Opposition had been critical of it.
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