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ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: The higher education commission (HEC) has revised the curricula of around 74 disciplines since the year 2000, says an official announcement here on Friday.
Three projects sponsored by the ministry of science and technology, ministry of education and ministry of law for the revision/development of the curricula were assigned to the HEC.
The HEC adopted modus operandi for review, revision and development of curricula through National Curriculum Revision Committee (NCRC) comprising nominees of universities, constituent colleges and research and development organizations.
APP ADDS: According to HEC sources, the curricula of 49 disciplines have been recommended for implementation by the universities while the rest would be referred to the educational institutions shortly.
The sources said the ministry of science and technology had allocated a sum of Rs9 million for the development of the curricula in three phases.
The HEC with financial support from the ministry of science and technology, during the first phase (2000-01), revised 26 disciplines which included computer sciences and information technology, pharmacy, agriculture, economics, food technology, veterinary parasitology, animal breeding and genetics, veterinary clinical medicine and surgery, livestock management, animal reproduction, animal physiology and pharmacology, animal nutrition, poultry husbandry, veterinary pathology, veterinary anatomy, veterinary microbiology, rural sociology, agronomy, horticulture, entomology, plant breeding and genetics, plant pathology, plant protection, crop physiology, soil science, agriculture education extension and food technology.
In the second phase (2001-02), the commission revised and developed curricula of 15 disciplines including biotechnology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, statistics, zoology, computer engineering, geology and physiology.
In the third phase (2002-03), the commission plans to revise 16 disciplines including chemical engineering, electronic engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, mining engineering, civil engineering, metallurgy and material engineering, industrial engineering, petroleum engineering, environmental engineering, textile engineering, biotechnology, agriculture chemistry, land water management, forestry, city and regional planning and engineering.
The commission under an approved development scheme of the ministry of education worth Rs7.20 million revised 31 disciplines during the years 2000, 2001 and 2002.
These include law, education, sociology, commerce, mass- communication, Islamic studies, international relations, economics, psychology, business administration, library science, political science, anatomy, anaesthesiology, forensic medicine, dermatology, medicine, ophthalmology, surgery, pharmacology, paediatrics, obstetric and gynaecology, radiology, psychiatry, ENT, orthopaedic, biochemistry, physiology, pathology and community medicine.
The commission also plans to revise curricula of 23 disciplines during the period 2002-03 including, dental chemistry, prosthetic, oral surgery, periodontology, orthodontics, oral pathology/oral medicine, dental anatomy, general history, Islamic history, Urdu, social work, fine arts, women’s studies, Pakistan studies, Arabic, criminology, archaeology, home economics subjects (food and nutrition, clothing and textile, child development, related arts and home management).
