KARACHI: Governor Sindh Dr. Ishrat ul Ebad Khan has assented the `Sindh School Education Standards and Curriculum Act, 2014'.
The Act to be enforced throughout province, said a statement on Thursday.
The Act is aimed at providing for maintenance of school education standards and supervision of curriculum, textbooks, and assessment process for improving quality of education form early years to grade twelve in Sindh.
As per Act there shall be established a Curriculum Wing by government for carrying out the purpose of this act. The curriculum wing shall be responsible for policy matters relating to curriculum, textbooks, learning materials and assessment.
The curriculum wing shall be headed by an officer designated by the government.
The existing Bureau of Curriculum and Extension Wing shall be restructured as Directorate of Curriculum Assessment and Research with its enhanced institutional capacity.
The provincial institute of Teacher Education (PITE) shall be responsible for implementation of pre-service teacher education and continuous professional development programmes.
The PITE shall be responsible for academic supervision of teacher education programmes.
PITE shall work under the administrative control of Education and Literacy department.
The Sindh Teacher Education Development Authority (STEDA) shall certify and accredit teacher education programmes.
The Sindh Textbook Board shall further be strengthened as an effective regulating and monitoring authority to improve efficiency in managing authorship, production, copyrights, printing and distribution of textbooks and learning materials.
The Education and Literacy Department shall strengthen the institutional capacity of the agencies, under its administrative control, responsible for carrying out the objectives of this act.
The government shall, by notification in the official Gazette, establish a Council to be called the Sindh Curriculum Council for the effective implementation of this act.
The said council shall advice on framing school educational standards and developing strategies and also advice on introducing research based curriculum.
The minister for education shall be the chairperson and the education secretary shall be Vice-Chairperson of the council.
The council shall consist of the chairperson of Standing Committee on Education of Sindh Assembly, Chairperson, Sindh Textbook Board, Director Curriculum, Assessment and Research, Director General, PITE, Executive Director STEDA, one Chairperson of Examination Boards, Dean, Faculty of Education, University of Sindh.
Chief Programme Manager, RSU, two Directors School Education, expert on curriculum, textbook and assessment, representative from corporate sector, representative from private school management. representative from NGO working in field of education, serving teachers, as members while head of curriculum wing will act as Member/Secretary.
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