PTI-JI remove ‘objectionable’ material from textbooks ..Very revolutionary, indeed."

[Zarvan]

Why? Learning about Christianity doesn't make you Christian... as learning about dinosaurs won't make you T-rex.

You either teach properly or you don't teach at all, distorting teaching as and when the radicals please is killing our next generation.

Well Christians should be taught there religion and who ever wants to know about other religion can know when he grows up

 

[Zarvan]

Biography of the prophet removed and replaced by stories of pagan kings? and people support in the name of progression and liberalism? The best thing u can teach your kid is the seerah of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and the story of his companions and family members.

As for minor parts like good morning and Xmas- well most of this sounds like work of western NGOs where by they subtle want to infuse western culture into the minds of the kids . What better way is there for muslims to greet another muslims than by Assalamualaikum. What's the need for showing xmas trees ? All in all sound like a decent stance taken by JI.

Tell this to some slave minds here

 

[pak-marine]

Can't change lies taught in the text books how will you change the country - PTI can't take a stand against jahil mullahs of JI

Kids will countd to be taught that robbers and pirates for eg Mehmood ghaznavi were great religious heroes lol ! ..

 

[Zarvan]

Can't change lies taught in the text books how will you change the country - PTI can't take a stand against jahil mullahs of JI

Kids will countd to be taught that robbers and pirates for eg Mehmood ghaznavi were great religious heroes lol ! ..

He was a hero but not for mentally retarded slaves off west

 

[Jf Thunder]

WHAT WHAT WHAT?
Minor girls without dupattas OMG. those old Mullahs get tempted by minor girls, where should we hide our young generation, they will be so unsafe, those little children, boys and girls are the angels and "ronak" of our society? these pure Mullahs even look at them like that? SICK
then they are gonna say, but Burkas on new born female babies also.
KILL THESE MULLAHS BEFORE THEY SPREAD MORE

Biography of the prophet removed and replaced by stories of pagan kings? and people support in the name of progression and liberalism? The best thing u can teach your kid is the seerah of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and the story of his companions and family members.

As for minor parts like good morning and Xmas- well most of this sounds like work of western NGOs where by they subtle want to infuse western culture into the minds of the kids . What better way is there for muslims to greet another muslims than by Assalamualaikum. What's the need for showing xmas trees ? All in all sound like a decent stance taken by JI.

dude the only thing i thought was wrong was, they count "minor girls without dupatta" as objectionable content?

 

[Samandri]

Can't change lies taught in the text books how will you change the country - PTI can't take a stand against jahil mullahs of JI

Kids will countd to be taught that robbers and pirates for eg Mehmood ghaznavi were great religious heroes lol ! ..

Qaid-e-azam rahmatullah alaih was fan of Muhammad bin Qasim and Mahmood ghaznavi and considered them his heroes and inspiration for two nation theory.

 

[aamerjamal]

Opss PTi liberals are on fire.....
lol..... nice work by JI
but yeh minor girl's dupata is a debatable issue...

 

[Musafir117]

PTI supporters are mixed of Right and Left , this party like Na Idhar ki Na Udhar ki, Give JI more free hands they put back KPK in caves.

 

[A.Rafay]

JI thugs are hijacking PTI. Its sad to see IK is ignoring this and turning his party into another mullah party.

 

[HariPrasad]

KP to remove ‘objectionable’ material from textbooks
By Zulfiqar Ali
Updated about 4 hours ago
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PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has decided in principle to remove ‘objectionable material’ from the textbooks of local primary schools to please the key partner of the ruling coalition, Jamaat-i-Islami.

A senior official of the education department told Dawn on Friday that JI leaders had voiced reservations about the printing of pictures of minor girls without dupatta, Christmas cake and a Cross emblem on an ambulance instead of Crescent, the mention of good morning instead of Assalamu Aliakum, and presence of some other ‘objectionable’ content in textbooks for primary schools.

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“JI leaders have complained about minor things in textbooks, whose removal has been decided in principle,” the official said requesting anonymity as he is not authorised to speak to the media.

He said JI had demanded replacement of the expression ‘good morning’ with Assalamu Aliakum and the government was quick to accept it.

JI had objected to pictures of girls without dupatta, X-mas cake, Cross emblem, good morning expression
When contacted, JI provincial spokesman Israrullah said his party had serious reservations about certain contents of textbooks but ‘objectionable’ content had been removed after elementary and secondary education minister Atif Khan met party leaders on Wednesday.

“Officials of the department concerned and textbook board have formally agreed to remove objectionable contents from textbooks and will induct material to be proposed by Jamaat,” he said.

The meeting held in Peshawar on Wednesday was attended by education minister Atif Khan, additional secretary education Qaisar Alam, chairman of the textbook board Jamal Nasir and other senior officers.

Jamaat-i-Islami was represented by local government minister Inayatullah Khan, head of the JI education committee Mirajuddin and other members of the party.

“Jamaat is now satisfied with the government’s assurances and hopes minutes of the meeting with the minister will be implemented in letter and spirit,” Israrullah said, adding that the revised syllabus would conform to Islamic teachings and the ideology of Pakistan.

JI had recently protested the presence of objectionable material in textbooks and even threatened to quit the PTI-led government over it.

JI provincial chief Professor Mohammad Ibrahim had stated early this month that his party had not been taken into confidence before preparation of syllabus for primary schools.

He had complained that the provincial government has removed lessons on the life of Holy Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be upon Him), His wives and four caliphs of Muslims from textbooks and inducted contents about Ranjit Singh, Raja Dahir, and Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan.

JI claimed that it had signed an agreement with its senior coalition partner in which it was decided that the controversial contents of textbooks by the previous government would be removed and that the new syllabus would be designed with the JI consultation.

Israrullah said the meeting of JI was held in Peshawar on Thursday night which discussed the recent agreement with the government regarding preparation of new syllabus for schools. Professor Ibrahim chaired the meeting.

The spokesman said the material related with teaching of Islam, Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and important Muslim personalities, including Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinah, would again be included in textbooks.

He said the India-occupied Kashmir was not shown as part of Pakistan in the map printed in textbooks, while lessons about Quaid-i-Azam were also removed from textbooks designed for children.

He said induction of lesson about Khan Abdul Ghaffar was not a big issue.

The government official said the objection over Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was turned down and JI leaders were convinced that like Abdul Ghaffar Khan, every politician was controversial.

He said the map incorporated in the Survey of Pakistan had been reproduced in the textbooks.

Published in Dawn, September 27th, 2014

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I thought some hate teaching materials would have been removed but Good morning is replaced by Salam malekum. What a change???

Is it going to better the quality of the education is the question to be asked.

 

[Jazzbot]

KP govt should never had made an alliance with JI morons.

 

[Sugarcane]

So, IK & PTI was fooling minorities yesterday with Diwali drama?

 

[xyxmt]

Excellent work. Naya Pakistan.This is a solid step towards solving all our problems. Kudos JI and PTI.

there is nothing wrong with showing your values in the text book, whats wrong with showing you the way you pretend you are eventhough you are not

 

[Kambojaric]

Beghairat Brigade said this years ago:

 

[jha]

Finally one province of Islamic republic is going the pure way..