This essay topic is taken from the mock exams (October Mocks) conducted by National Officers Academy (NOA)
Please kindly check i have write an outline for this essay.



Single National Curriculum as test of educational policy

Introduction:
Background:
1: Single National Curriculum is being developed in three phases (Briefly point out)
2: Why Pakistan has failed in implementing educational policies. (Historical point of view)
Challenges after implementing policy:
1: Policy implementation in uniform direction
2: Managing insufficient budget
3: Medium of language
4: Providing all essential resources
5: Providing quality education equally
6: Providing equal opportunities to poor and elite class students
7: Alarming dropouts of students
8: Highly skilled teachers required
9: Professional development of teachers
10: System of examination
11: corruption

Suggestions:

Conclusion:

Do you take it as a step in right direction ?
I mean , dont you think that single national curiculum will have lots of negative results , or are you fine with it .
That's just a question to start little discussion about this topic.

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''Sufficient for us is Allah , and He is the best Disposer of affairs" Al-Quran

thank you for your response brother. As it is asking, SNC as a test of educational policy. Definitely, there are multiple positive and negative results, but as per topic, I have mentioned all the outcomes which are first related to educational department. Before going to positive or negative results, I think it is important to figure out real challenges which are actually the test for policymakers. In simple words, they have decided to implement the new policy, but how it will be a successful policy of model, this is the actual test.

Hi,
You have raised good points. I would like to add a little more. I am also in favor of the Single National Curriculum. And curriculum should be such as can prepare the nation to keep pace with the advancing nations.
Obviously, there will be some pros and cons to this new policy but the policymakers can also see the impacts of the currently going on (a great variety of) syllabuses in the country.
The current curriculums are opted as per status.
the policymakers should also keep in view why our nation is still underdeveloped in spite of getting the expensive education.
Only education (cramming type of education) cannot serve the purpose, parallel (ethical, moral, social, and religious, etc.) training is as necessary as education.
Special care should be given to education at the primary level as a strong base plays a key role to construct a huge building.

Good times.

Some very good points have been raised here . I am just thinking that what liberals will say about single national curriculum . As per my knowledge, some of them have gone insane about whole process , and they are right in some expects by pointing out some deficiencies in our educational system. As per Pervez Hoodbhoy, our teachers are not well trained in many backward areas of Pakistan, and for them to acquire skills upto that level of implementing single national curriculum, will be a huge task. For example, how any one can teach science subjects in backward areas , where we already know that teachers have not got ability to teach well.
Another point that is being made is this that by implementing SNC, what we get as a result is lower number of scientific subjects. Our aim should be to equip students with knowledge of modern sciences from lower levels, so that they become well versed with basic concepts at the beginning.
Another problem is with system of ratification; SNC will not be able to tackle this issue. Main aim should be to get students acquire knowledge in analytical ways rather than just ratifying some material to pass exams.
I think Liberals are worried because at the end students who were getting educated by curriculum of O,A levels, now they will have to study syllabus provided by SNC, and at the end they will end up getting lower standards of education.
We can't really mainstream all students in one curriculum, it needs lots of effort and it can end up in a disaster because we have not made any base before implementing these measures.
Another problem with our outdated syllabus is regarding the famous personalities and our Heroes that we make students to follow from the very beginning. Their heroes are not scientists ,philosophers, mathematicians but war generals etc. This thing has got a very negative impact on students from very young age, though we don't realize these things.
At other side , it is good for students of backward areas, only if they are able to get higher standards of education at the end.

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''Sufficient for us is Allah , and He is the best Disposer of affairs" Al-Quran

Well here is liberal view.
I am against this as history proves the damages done by state radicalization in the past pushed us back decades. The move like many others seems to appease the far-right segement of society. Dramas like artugul and our new found love with Turkish imperialism and our leader imitating the dictator there is alarming.

Another point that is being made is this that by implementing SNC, what we get as a result is lower number of scientific subjects. Our aim should be to equip students with knowledge of modern sciences from lower levels, so that they become well versed with basic concepts at the beginning.

Bravo! noted .. :-)

What about your result of CSS 2020...

I didn't appear in 2020.

Hi Suhail, could you please share other topics form NOA essay mock paper? It will be a huge help. Thanks in advance