Seminaries have often been seen as the breeding ground for holy warrior ideology and there have been calls for reform of curriculum at these institutions.
As a response to this the federal government designed a pilot project aimed at mainstreaming seminaries or Madressahs in 10 districts.
An amount of Rs50 million had been allocated for Madressah mainstreaming in the fiscal year 2014-15.
Under the project, Federal Ministry of Education and Professional Training through National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) planned to introduce English, Science, Social Studies and Mathematics in the curricula of Madressahs.
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Pervez PervMusharraf
... former dictator of Pakistain, who was less dictatorial and corrupt than any Pak civilian government to date ...
's government announced a project worth a billion rupees aimed at Madressah reform but the outcome remained negligible so this time the government is working on a pilot project," said a senior officer of the education ministry.
"The basic aim of this project is to introduce primary education alongside the curricula of seminaries so that chances of students pursuing higher education are increased," the officer said.