Lahore: Students and teachers in colleges and universities of the city are demanding the new government change the curriculum and include subjects of environment, health, human rights and gender study in it.
They said that the government should also establish a culture of practical research at higher education levels. Subjects on certain local issues and industrial education should also be included in study courses, they added.
Human Rights: Wajeeha, a student of Kinnaird College (KC), said on Sunday that there were so many issues in the country that could be included in studies. Environment, health, human rights and gender study should be a part of the curriculum, she added.
Maham, another KC student, said that arts education should be upgraded and problems faced by the students of social sciences should be addressed.
Umer Khan, a student of the Foreman Christian College University, said that due to 'wrong' educational policies, the curriculum was producing extremists and fundamentalists. He said that the government should include religious harmony in the curriculum and frame a uniform education policy, adding that the curriculum should also include special subjects for minorities.
Practical research: Adeel Anjum, a student of Government College University, said that the government and the Higher Education Commission should focus on practical research, so students could gain practical experience in their relevant fields by the end of their studies.
Uniform policy: Federation of All Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Association President Dr Mumtaz Ahmed Salik said that the curriculum should be developed keeping in view the global educational requirements. He also called for a uniform education policy.
Khansa Nazim, a faculty member of the Lahore College for Women University, said that the curriculum at university level was good, but there was a need to improve the curriculum at primary level.
She said that although the literacy rate was increasing, and the percentage of female students was particularly satisfactory, parents in villages were reluctant to send girls to school after primary and middle classes.
Punjab University Islamic Education Department Chairman Dr Maher Saeed Akhtar praised the government for its efforts to review the curriculum and adopt a uniform policy on education. He said that Federal Education Minister Ahsan Iqbal had said that the government would frame a uniform education policy that would remain in force for ten years and would benefit student of primary to university levels. The minister had also formed the National Council for Curriculum, which would discuss the flaws of the existing curriculum and would review it, he added.
He said that the minister also had convened a meeting of all provincial textbook boards to gather opinion on the revision of the existing curriculum.
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