July 14, 2021
LAHORE: The Punjab Curriculum & Textbook Board (PCTB) has seized a stock of pre-primary book of Oxford University Press (OUP) Pakistan for failing to apply for NOC.
Sources in the PCTB said the OUP, foreign publishing house operating in Pakistan, was served a notice by the Board in December 2020 and reminders in January and February 2021 to apply for a fresh NOC to align the book with Single National Curriculum (SNC) but to no avail. They said after
the OUP management failed to apply for the NOC,
the PCTB decided to take action and ordered seizure of the stock from the market.
A five-day National Conference on "Single National Curriculum" organized by the National Curriculum Council concluded at Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) in Islamabad on Friday.
Workshop for conveners of textbooks
Islamabad
April 8, 2021
Rawalpindi : Work has been accelerated to issue NOCs for publication of textbooks 2021-22 from nursery to class-V under Uniform National Curriculum policy and this process would be completed on war-footing to ensure availability of new textbooks before commencement of new academic year, says a press release.
This was stated by Managing Director (MD) Punjab Curriculum & Textbook Board (PCTB) Dr Farooq Manzoor while addressing a workshop organised for guidance of conveners of textbooks and supplementary reading material review committees.
PCTB Chairman Lieutenant General (r) Muhammad Akram Khan presided over the session which was held at PCTB Auditorium.
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