KARACHI, Dec 2: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers’ Association (SPLA) has expressed concern over the non-issuance of model papers and new books for HSC course by the education boards in the province.

A SPLA meeting was held here on Sunday with its president Prof Syed Riaz Ahsan in the chair. It was attended by Prof Manzoor Hussain Chishti, Prof Siddiq Unar, Prof Ayub Marri, Prof Athar Hussain Mirza, Prof Yaqoob Chandio, Prof Iftikhar Mohammad Azami and others.

During the meeting the proposed scheme of studies at the HSC level and the possible problems in its implementation came under discussion. The meeting was told that the education department had not yet issued any notification regarding the division of the examination papers into three categories i.e. subjective, objective and short questions.

The participants expressed their concern that despite the passage of half of the academic year, none of the intermediate boards in the province had prepared model papers for the upcoming examinations.

They were of the view that the timely issuance of these model papers was of great importance as these papers gave an idea to the students as how to prepare for the exams and to score high.

The SPLA leaders said that the boards had also not pub-

lished and released new textbooks in the market in accordance with the new scheme of studies and no notification in this regard had so far been issued.

They urged the authorities to defer the implementation of the new scheme of studies till the issuance of model papers and new textbooks.--PPI