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The Subtle Subversion
The State of
Curricula and Textbooks
in PakistanUrdu, English, Social Studies and Civics
Editors: A. H. Nayyar and Ahmad Salim
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT POLICY INSTITUTE
Report of the project
“A Civil Society Initiative in Curricula and Textbooks Reform”
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Contents
PrefaceiSummaryvRecommendationsixChapter 1Introduction1Chapter 2Insensitivityto the Religious Diversity of the Nation 9
A. H. Nayyar
Chapter 3 Historical Falsehoods and Inaccuracies 63
Ahmad Salim
Chapter 4 Omissions That Could Have Been Enriching73
S. Khurshid Hasanain
Chapter 5 Glorificationof War and the Military79
A. H. Nayyar and Ahmad Salim
Chapter 6Class & Gender in School Texts 91
Aamna Mattu and Neelam Hussain
Chapter 7PrimaryEducation:A Critique of the Curriculum101
Mohammad Pervez
Chapter 8 Teaching Human Rights 107
Syed Jaffar Ahmad
Short Notes
Note 1Teaching of Urdu, Class 6 to 10 119
Tariq Rahman
Note 2Teaching Social Studies, Class 6 to 10 123
HajraAhmad
Note 3 Peace Studies: a proposed program of studies in schools 127
Zarina Salmat
Note 4 Thoughts on Curriculum Objectives 131
Appendices
I:Curriculum Documents Covered 135II:List of participants in the project137
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