KARACHI: The Sindh Textbook Board has successfully achieved its publication target by preparing 52 million textbook sets for the academic year 2026–27.
Sindh’s Provincial Minister for Education, Syed Sardar Ali Shah, while formally inaugurating the distribution process, stated that every student will have new textbooks in hand on the first day of the new academic year.
He added that textbooks will be further improved in consultation with teachers and education experts to reduce the academic burden on children and to promote quality education.
The inauguration ceremony, organised by the Sindh Textbook Board, was held at Government Girls Lower Secondary School, Neelam Colony, Clifton, Karachi, where the Provincial Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah was chief guest.
The event was also attended by Secretary School Education Zahid Ali Abbasi, Special Secretary Education Abdul Hanan Sheikh, Chairman Sindh Textbook Board Parvez Ahmed Baloch, Managing Director Sindh Education Foundation Ghanwar Laghari, Secretary STBB Dr Nusrat Parveen Sehto, Board Members Professor Syed Zawaar Naqvi, Agha Rafiq, Dr Adal Soomro and Dr Ishaq Samijo, along with education officers, teachers, and a large number of students. For the academic year 2026–27, the Sindh Textbook Board has completed the publication of textbooks from Early Childhood Education classes up to Grade 10 under the title “Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Textbook Series,” with a total of 195 titles printed up to Grade 10. The textbooks have been published in Sindhi, Urdu, and English.
Praising the timely publication of textbooks, the Education minister commended the performance of the Sindh Textbook Board, stating that the institution has demonstrated responsibility and commitment.
He noted that despite an increase in paper taxes and other challenges, the Board successfully completed the publication process through effective planning, ensuring timely availability of textbooks for students.
He further stated that work on textbook development is ongoing and that curriculum changes will be introduced from the next academic year to align education with modern requirements. The revised curriculum will focus on research, scientific thinking, and creativity, while incorporating modern trends in science, technology, mathematics, languages, and social sciences. Special emphasis will also be placed on religious tolerance, mutual respect, gender studies, and environmental protection.
The provincial minister recalled that during the previous federal government, emphasis was placed on the implementation of a Single National Curriculum, which Sindh opposed clearly and unequivocally. Today, the correctness of Sindh’s stance is being validated, as other provinces are now also discussing the inclusion of mother tongues as subjects in schools—an approach Sindh adopted long ago.
He emphasised that the Constitution guarantees free education; therefore, providing free textbooks to children is also the government’s responsibility.
He informed that the formal distribution of textbooks has commenced today and will be completed by April 1, while District Education Officers (DEOs) have been directed to ensure timely delivery of books to schools. On this occasion, Secretary School Education Sindh Zahid Ali Abbasi stated that UNESCO has declared Sindh’s curriculum as “most inclusive.”
He added that efforts are underway to develop the curriculum according to a “learning-to-earning” mechanism so that students can be equipped with market-relevant skills.
Chairmen Sindh Textbook Board Parvez Ahmed Baloch said that online availability of textbooks is also being ensured. He added that the STBB has successfully achieved all its targets over the past two years and will continue this performance in the future. Later, the Provincial Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah distributed textbooks among the students of the school and encouraged them through interaction.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026