Immediate

By SM
F. No. 1-1/2017-NCC / RE
Government of Pakistan
Ministry of Federal Education and
Professional Training

Islamabad: the 1st June, 2021

SUBJECT: NOCs FOR TEXTBOOKS USEDIN APSACS.

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The undersigned is directed jotefer to the Army Public Schools & Colleges System
(APSACS) Secretariat's letter No.APSÁCS/Coord/2021 dated 25th May, 2021 on the above subject
andto convey that your case has been considered in this Ministry. As APSACS is a federal entity/
system, it would be granted an NOC for printing the textbooks by this Ministry as and when its
textbooks are reviewed
satisfactorily as per this Ministry's Notifications No.4(5)/2015-NCC/RE
dated 12th March, 2021 and No.F.1-3(IC)2021 dated 5th
May, 2021 (copies enclosed). Hence,
APSACS is not required to obtain any further NOC from the
provinces.
Encl: As above.

(FarooqeAizam Abro)
Assistant Educational Adviser
Ph:051-9205852
Mrs. Shama Saced,
Director,
Army Public Schools & Colleges System (APSACS),
APSACS Secretariat, Secretariat Block
Army Central Library,
GHQ Rawalpindi.

CC: All Provincial Textbook Boards.

 Government of Pakistan
Ministry of Federal Edueatlon&
Professional Training Islamabad
*****

Islamabad, the 12h of March, 2021

NOTIFICATION

NO,4-(5/2015-NCC/RE In exercise of the powers conferred under The Federal Supervision

ofCuricula, Textbooks and Maintenance of Standards of Education Act, 1976, the standard
operating procedure for the printing and publication of textbooks is being issued as follows:

1. OBJECTIVES;

i. To ensure that the textbooks do not contain any hate material against any community,
faith, the ideology of Pakistan and there is nothing against Islamic injunctions of life.
ii. To align the content of textbooks with the Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) detailed
in the Single National Curriculum (SNC).
ii. To ensure that the textbooks produced are
responsive
to the needs of 21s century
learming standards, and promote values of peace, tolerance, harmony, and civic
responsibility.

2. SELECTION OF REVIEWERS:
There shall be a review committee comprising of experts to ensure that textbooks are in
compliance with SNC objectives.
The National Curriculum Council (NCC) Secretariat, in consultation with the
Federal
Directorate of Education (FDE), the Federal Govemmental Educational Institutes
FGEI's), and the Higher Education Commission (HEC), will notify a wide pool of expert
reviewers, including subject experts, teachers, university professors, education experts
and private sector experts. The pool will have an appropriate number of experts from
women and minorities. This
pool will be uploaded on the website of the Ministry.
The private publishers will be free to choose the
required number ofexperts for the review
of their publications, within a time
given frame. They will directly approach the reviewers
and co-ordinate meeting schedules. The
publishers may approach the NCC if there is any
difficulty in coordinating with the reviewers.

3.COMPoSITION OF REVIEW COMMITTEES:

The NCC will devise an eligibility standard to ensure the
quality of reviewers in the panel,
after receiving acknowledgement of their be
willingness to part of the review process.
The review committee for the shall comprise of the following:
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i. one teacher from schools teaching the subject at the relevant grade level.
ii. one subject specialist/senior elementary teacher, from FDEFGEI (Federal
Govermment Educational Instirute)
iii. one cducation and curiculum spccialist.
iv. one minority/gender specialist.

4.RECORDINGOF REVIEW PROCESS:

.The review committee will be required to record the minutes
detailed explanations of their reasons for denying or of each meeting, along with
improvement or publication.
recommending each case for
T h e publishers will be required to inform the NCC
and the names of experts and will submit all
regarding each mecting time, venue
meeting records thereof.
The review committee may ask for a
second review meeting with the publisher for want
of any improvement in content. No more than
two meetings may be held before the
issuance of the final certificate.

5. CERTIFICATE OF REVIEI
The review committee will issuea
certificate duly signed by every member, which will
be printed on the firsi of
page every textbook. The sample of the certificate will be
provided by the NCC in consultation with the Ministry.
As soon as the certificate is
issued, the publisher will deposit it with the NCC.

6. YALIDATION BY RAPID ASSESSMENT COIMITTEE

Within three days of the receipt of the review
certificate, NCC will constirute a three-
member Rapid Assessment Committee of
experts:
The committee will cary out a
rapid critical assessment of the quality of the first review
within a period of 5-7 days.
The recommendations of the Rapid Assessment Committee will be treated as final for the
publisher.
The publishers will not require any other NOC from any organization, and they will be at
liberty to publish their books.

7.FUNCTION OFREVIEWANDASSESSMENT COMAILTTEES

the ollowing
n e review committees must ensure that all textbooks be evaluated on

standards:
1. Quality of Content, Language, and Logical Organization
ii. Quality and Support for Instruction
ii. Presentation and Design and infbranal)
leaning (formal
V. Assessment: Opportunities for chocking Page
 v. Originality, Sensitivity, and Creativity
vi. Compliance and Conformity with local context (Culure and Values System) and
international commitments.

vii. Conformity with Social, Ethical, Religious, National, and Democratie Values.

8.RESPONSIBILITY OF COST OF REVIEW¥

The publisher will pay the consulting cost directly to the reviewers under a written
agreement. The publisher will also be responsible for any ancillary costs incurred for the
meetings.
For Rapid Assessment, the publisher is not required to pay any expense.

9. COMPLAINT REDRESSAL

In case of any complaint received from any quarter regarding the quality and relevanceof
content, the ministry may constitute a special review commitee to examine and scrutinize
the complaint after listening to both of the parties. Such a special review committee will
be constinuted on a case-to-case basis, keeping in view the nature of the complaint. The
decision of the committee will be binding upon the publisher.
The publishers may also lodge a complaint with the Ministry regarding the delay and
faimess (or otherwise) of the review process.
T h e Ministry will nominate a focal person for complaint redressing.

10.REVIEVSTANDARDS AND GUIDELINES;

The NCC will issue detailed guidelines for the reviewers to enable the review process to
be conducted in a fair and transparent manner, in line with the objectives of the SNC.

will have autonomy to choose the textbooks, duly approved by the review
Private schools
and rapid assessment committecs, suitcd to thcir nccds.

11. POST-PUBLICATION REVIEIV;

Fublishers vwill also submit 12 copies of each publication to the NCC for post-publication
review.
NCC will perform a post-publication desk review and intimate the Ministry if any special
review committee needs to be constiruted with regards to a particular publication.

4 PUBLICATION OFsUPPLEMENTARY READING MATERIALS:

r o r publication of any supplementary reading material, no reviews are required and the
entire
responsibility of such material rests with the publisher.

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13. ITEMS OPSPECIALCONSIDERATION:

The publishers are further directed to ensure that the following government directions are
adhered to0:
i. The writing ofthe name of IInzrut Muhammadas

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i. The use of authentic maps of Pakistan duly opproved by Survey of Pakistan.

(Motyuddin AbmadWíni)
Additional1 Seeretary
Ministry of Federal Education
and Professional Training

Distributions
. SPS to Minister, M/o FE&PT, Islamabad.
2. SPS to Additional Secretary, M/o FE&PT, Islamabad.
3. Joint Educational Advisor, National Curriculum Council (NCC), Islamabad
Executive Director, Higher Education Commission, Islamabad
5. Chairman, National Commission for Human Development (NCHD), Islamabad
6. Joint Secretary (IC), M/o FE&PT, Islamabad.
7. Joint Secretary (PT), M/% FE&PT, Islamabad.
8. Joint Secrelary (FE), M/o FE&PT, Islamabad.
9. Joint Secretary (Admn), M/o FE&PT, Islamabad.
10. Secretary Education, Punjab, Lahore
11.
12.
Secretary Education, KPK, Peshawar
Secretary Education, Sindh, Karachi
13. Secretary Education, Baluchistan
14. Secretary Education, GB, Gilgit-Baltistan
15. Chairman Federal Board of Intermediate Education (FBISE), Islamabad
16. Director General, Basic Education Community Schools (BECS), Islamabad
17. Director General, Federal Directorate of Education, (FDE), Islamabad
18. Managing Director, National Book Foundation, (NBF),Islamabad
19. Managing Director, National Education Foundation, (NEF), Islamabad
20. The Manager, Printing corporation of Pakistan Press, University Road, Karachi

(Wasecm Ajan1l Ch)

Joint Secretary (1C)
Ministry of Federal Education &
Professional Training

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 No. F.1-3 (IC) /2021
Government of Pakistan
Ministry of Federal Education& -17o -
Professional Training Islamabad

Islamabad, the 5th of May, 2021

NOTIFICATION
continuation of the earlier notification No.4-(5)/2015-NCC/RE dated 12th
In

March, 2021 and in exercise of the powers conferred under The Federal Supervision
.of Curricula, Textbooks and Maintenance of Standards of Education Act, 1976,
following additional clause is hereby included in the standard operating procedure for
the printing and publication of textbooks.

NOCsISSUED BY PROVINCIAL TEXTBOOK BOARDS:

* f a publisher has already received an NOC for a textbook from any provincial

textbook board (Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Baluchistan) he will not be

required to seek its review again by the review committee constituted under clause
3 of the earlier notification dated 12th March, 2021. Nor he will be required to
deposit any fee in this regard. However, the publisher will submit the textbook to
National Curriculum Council (NCC) Secretariat for its validation by rapid
assessm.ent committee as mentioned in clause 6 of the earlier notification.

(Waséem AjamiChaudhary)
Joinf Secretary (1C)
Ministry ofFedérál Education &
Professional Training

Distributions:
1 SPS to Minister, M/o FE&PT, Islamabad
2 . SPS to Secretary, M/o FE&PT, Islamabad
3. SPS to Additional Secretary, M/o FE&PT, Islamabad
Council (NCC), Islamabad
4. Joint Educational Advisor, National Curriculum
Education Commission, Islamabad
5. Executive Director, Higher Islamabad
6. Chairman, National Commission for Human Development (NCHD),
7. Joint Secretary (IC), M/o FE&PT, Islamabad.
8. Joint Secretary (PT), M/o FE&PT, Islamabad.
9. Joint Secretary (FE), M/o FE&PT, Islamabad.
-10. Joint Secretary (Admn), M/o FE&PT, Islamabad. o
11.Secretary Education, Punjab, ahore
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12. Secretary Education, KPK, Peshawar
13.Secretary Education, Sindh, Karachi
14. Secretary Education, Baluchistan 17/-
15. Secretary Education, GB, Gilgit-Baltistan
16.Chairman Federal Board of Intermediate Education
17.Director General, Basic Education (FBISE), Islamabad
Community
18.Director General, Federal Directorate of
Schools (BECS), Islamabad
19. Managing Director, National Education, (FDE), Islamabad
Book Foundation, (NBF), Islamabad
20.Managing Director, National Education Foundation,
21.The Manager, Printing corporation of
(NEF), Islamabad
Karachi Pakistan Press, University Road,
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