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| Textbook tinkering |
| 2014-10-29 |
| [DAWN] The contents of Pak textbooks have come under particular scrutiny, especially after the events of 9/11. As many scholars and analysts have noted, there is considerable material in our schoolbooks that promotes obscurantism, while the fudging of historical facts has left generations of Paks confused and ill-informed about the past and its impact on the present. And most efforts at reform have met with stiff resistance from certain quarters that prefer their own hard-line ideas. In the latest case, the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... education department has decided to remove content from a grade 10 Pashto book that discusses the problems confronting society. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 At first, I thought this was an article about the U.S. and then I realized it was. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-10-29 16:10 |
| #2 Fill your textbooks with lies and unimportant details and wonder why your students keep falling behind the rest of the world. It's the liberal way. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2014-10-29 14:25 |
| #1 As many scholars and analysts have noted, there is considerable material in our schoolbooks that promotes obscurantism, while the fudging of historical facts has left generations of Paks confused and ill-informed about the past and its impact on the present. Well now I know where Common Core came from. Like Polio it is a gift from Pakistan. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2014-10-29 08:19 |