Scheme of Studies, Syllabus

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Model Question Paper
(For and from annual examination 2008)

Higher Secondary School Certificate

Examination

URDU
PART II

Research Wing
Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Islamabad
Islamic Republic of Pakistan

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Contents
Preface
Scheme of Studies
Aims and Objectives of Education Policy 1998 2010
General and National Objectives of Urdu Teaching
Specific Objectives of Urdu Teaching
Detail of Specific Objectives of Urdu Teaching
Urdu Compulsory Syllabus
Definition of Cognitive Levels and Command Words
Recommended Reference Book
Model Question Paper Urdu Compulsory
Objectives of Teaching of Urdu Adab
Detail of Objectives of Teaching of Urdu Adab
Urdu Adab Syllabus
Recommended Reference Book
Model Question Paper Urdu Adab
Pakistan Culture Syllabus
Recommended Reference Book
Model Question Paper Pakistan Culture

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PREFACE
National priorities, in the emerging post-modern era, are determined largely
by the educational system of a country and its modulating components.
Educational vision of the present democratic government may not be all that
difficult to translate into reality, given the way the curriculum as well as the
examination system is being radically restructured. The Herculean task of
improving the current system of education, which lacks substance meaning and
purpose, has been undertaken with a view to giving a fillip to the process of
acquiring knowledge and cognitive development, rather than simply learning by
rote. The objectives of the new examination system are to produce students who
would be capable of thinking independently and clearly, asking questions out of
curiosity or inquisitiveness (such as why, how, what, etc) and finding answers on
their own. Keeping in view the avowed objectives, the Federal Board assumed the
responsibility of reforming the examination system by framing model question
papers for the SSC composite examination 2007 and the HSSC Part-I examination
2007. The Board has embarked on the challenging task of replacing the
conventional system of examination which focused primarily on testing the
memory of the examinee. The FBISE has introduced the revised system of
examination which hopefully would rectify the undesirable and unwanted features
of the education system. This bold initiative of the FBISE has been appreciated
widely in the educational circles of the country as well as abroad.
In conformity with the desired objectives of the reformed examination
system, the model question papers for the HSSC Part-II examination 2008 have
been prepared. This booklet encompasses the syllabus, model question papers, and
the restructured scheme of studies. It focuses also on the aims and objectives of the
curriculum of the concerned subject. Guidelines and instructions for both teachers
and students have also been incorporated into the booklet for ensuring smooth flow
of the teachinglearning process. It will guide the students from the classrooms to

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the examination centres and thence to conspicuous success. Standards and

benchmarks determine the spirit of the learning process by setting targets, striving
for and achieving them through diligence and assimilation by a receptive and
responsive mind. The booklet can rightly be regarded as the teachers resource
book which will help promote comprehension, application, analysis-based
learning, and higher cognitive levels. It will, hopefully, prove to be an invaluable
asset for the teachers, students and administrators of educational institutions. The
booklet will eventually help promote quality education.
Feedback by way of suggestion or correction from students, teachers,
management of schools/colleges and other stakeholders will be welcome and
appreciated.

MUHAMMAD S SHAMSHAD
Commodore (Retd)
Chairman FBISE

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