Centre For Social Justice

Working Group for Inclusive Education engages in research based analysis, monitoring policy-making processes and evidence based advocacy for reforms in education sector particularly relating to curriculum, education policy and textbooks. The Working Group engages in developing perspectives through discussions, dialogue with policy makers and influencers, to draw attention to facilitate inclusive, equitable and quality learning. The Working Group is composed of eminent educationists, researchers and policy experts from Pakistan. The Centre for Social Justice facilitates functions and coordination among the Working Group since its inception in December 2018.

List of members

S.No.	Member's Name	Designation
1.	Dr. A. H. Nayyar	Physicist, Researcher & Educationist
2.	Dr. Pervez Hoodhoy	Physicist, Analyst & Educationist
3.	Dr. Khalid Masud	Islamic Scholar
4.	Ms. Zubeida Mustafa	Journalist & Columnist
5.	Dr. Baela Raza Jamil	CEO, Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi
6.	Mr. Peter Jacob	Executive Director, Centre for Social Justice
7.	Dr. Riaz Ahmed Sheikh	Dean, Faculty of Social Science & Education, SZABIST University, Karachi
8.	Dr. Yaqoob Khan Bangash	Director, Centre for Public Policy & Governance, IT University, Lahore
9.	Dr. Farid Panjwani	Dean, Institute for Educational Development, Aga Khan University.
10.	Prof. Anjum James Paul	Chairperson, Pakistan Minorities Teachers’ Association
11.	Prof. Ashok Kumar Khatri	Institute of Languages and Linguistics, University of Punjab, Lahore
12.	Mr. Amjad Nazeer	Executive Director, IDRAC
13.	Ms. Saima Anwer	Senior Education Advisor, DFID
14.	Ms. Aanya Niaz	Researcher & Education Advisor
15.	Ms. Camilla Hadi Chaudhary	Lecturer, Middlesex University Dubai
16.	Ms. Rohaniyyih Nabilzadeh	Educationist
17.	Dr. Kalyan Singh Kalyan	Academic/ writer

Press releases issued

Working Group proposes the medium of instruction for public education

Working Group stresses on limiting religious content in public textbooks education

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List of Curriculum Experts

Articles on Single National Curriculum

S.No.	Title	Author
1.	Dissecting The Single National Curriculum	Dr. A. H. Nayyar
2.	Education: PTI’s plan exposed	Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy
3.	Pak-India education compared	Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy
4.	Classless education up ahead	Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy
5.	Teaching religion	Ms. Zubeida Mustafa
6.	To trust or not	Ms. Zubeida Mustafa
7.	A way out	Ms. Zubeida Mustafa
8.	One curriculum?	Dr. Faisal Bari
9.	Beyond the content	Dr. Faisal Bari
10.	Disequilibrium in education	Dr. Faisal Bari
11.	Education: PTI’s plan	Minister Shafqat Mahmood
12.	Smokers’ Corner: A Regressive National Curriculum	Mr. Nadeem F. Paracha
13.	Single road to disaster	Ms. Kamila Hyat
14.	Column: Intellectual Stunting	Mr. Harris Khalique
15.	Single curriculum	Editorial by Dawn
16.	The single national curriculum and the problems of education	Dr. Tahir Kamran
17.	Dragging us back down	Dr. Ayesha Razzaque
18.	Reading the curriculum	Dr. Ayesha Razzaque
19.	Public education priorities	Dr. Ayesha Razzaque
20.	Failure of imagination	Dr. Ayesha Razzaque
21.	Policy: Education for One and All?	Dr. Rubina Saigol & Neelam Hussain
22.	Political economy of the SNC	Dr. Anjum Altaf
23.	The SNC needs to be reconsidered	Dr. Anjum Altaf
24.	Education: a proposal	Dr. Anjum Altaf
25.	What’s wrong with the SNC?	Dr. Anjum Altaf
26.	Educating the nation	Dr. Anjum Altaf
27.	Medium of Instruction: Logic and Evidence	Dr. Anjum Altaf
28.	No minister, yes minister	Dr. Anjum Altaf
29.	Fair and fluent	Dr. Anjum Altaf
30.	A better way to teach	Dr. Anjum Altaf
31.	Language of instruction	Dr. Anjum Altaf
32.	Knowledge and power	Dr. Anjum Altaf
33.	Not to question why	Dr. Anjum Altaf
34.	Equal education	Dr. Anjum Altaf
35.	The SNC needs to be reconsidered	Dr. Anjum Altaf
36.	Education: a proposal	Dr. Anjum Altaf
37.	What’s wrong with the SNC?	Dr. Anjum Altaf
38.	One nation, one curriculum, many questions	Dr. Khurram Bhatti
39.	Dos and don’ts of uniform education - Part I	Dr. Naazir Mahmood
40.	Dos and don’ts of uniform education - Part II	Dr. Naazir Mahmood
41.	Learning equality	Mr. Ali Ansari
42.	How not to miss the opportunity	Dr. Rafi Amir-ud-Din
43.	Uniformity or unity in curriculum; what matters more?	Mr. Chaudhry Faisal Mushtaq
44.	Revamp the system	Mr. Khurram Zia Khan
45.	Dictating discourse, banning books	Mr. Shahrukh Nawaz Raja
46.	A single curriculum is no solution	Dr. Tariq Rahman
47.	Equality of opportunity	Mr. Ali Rafi
48.	Educating the masses in Naya Pakistan	Ms. Shabana Mehfooz
49.	One nation, one curriculum. Really?	Mr. Amjad Nazeer
50.	Single national curriculum	Editorial by Express Tribune
51.	Exams vs empathy: what matters more?	Mr. Chaudary Faisal Mushtaq
52.	Incessant challenges of quality education and promise of SNC	Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Shaikh
53.	Is single national curriculum a good idea?	Ms. Zeeba T. Hashmi
54.	The Single National Curriculum: A glitzy disaster	Ms. Ayesha Mirza
55.	So far so good	Editorial by Express Tribune
56.	Why a Single National Curriculum is Dangerous	Mr. Farhatullah Babar
57.	Single national curriculum: All hat and no cattle	Mr. Hassnain Javed
58.	Single National Curriculum Will Not Improve The Quality Of Education In Pakistan	Mr. Hassnain Javed
59.	Is a single-standard curriculum the answer?	Mr. Hannan R Hussain
60.	In a govt led by sportsman: no place for PE & sports in SNC	Ms. Ada Jaffery
61.	The Single National Curriculum: bridging gaps, or amplifying it?	Ms. Safia Mahmood
62.	Ending social injustice: Single national curriculum	Mr. Mohammad Ayub Sethi
63.	Single national curriculum	Ms. Nabila Chaudhry
64.	Tinkering with the future	Ms. Aanya Niaz
65.	Single National Curriculum Is A Diversion. Quality And Access to Education is What Matters	Mr. Amjad Nazeer
66.	Single National Curriculum and parents’ freedom to choose	Ms. Zeeba T. Hashmi
67.	New curriculum to level the playing field for Pakistan's youth	Mr. Javed Hassan
68.	SNC — an integrating or divisive concept?	Rustam Shah Mohmand
69.	Single National Curriculum (SNC) — A hollow slogan!	Mr. Kashif Mirza
70.	Single National Curriculum (SNC): The Paradox of Uniform Education	Sher Afzal
71.	The Single National Curriculum	Editorial by Balochistan Express
72.	Need of positive curriculum	Editorial by Pakistan Today
73.	Single National Curriculum and Our Traditional Trap	Mr. Sharifullah Baig
74.	Single National Curriculum And Challenges	Ms. Zeenat Shah
75.	Single National Curriculum – An Analysis and Suggestions	Mr. Shahbaz Khan
76.	Uniform National Curriculum: A Great Initiative	Mr. Rasheed Ali
77.	The Nitty Grittys Of Pakistan’s Upcoming Unified Education System	Mr. Muhammad Mustafa
78.	Don’t rush SNC implementation amid Covid	Mr. Rehan Piracha
79.	The Implementation of the 'SINGLE NATIONAL CURRICULUM' (SNC) in Pakistan: Challenges	Mr. Aakif Riaz
80.	The Implementation of the 'SINGLE NATIONAL CURRICULUM' (SNC) in Pakistan: Challenges	Mr. Aakif Riaz

Talk Shows & Discussions on Single National Curriculum

S.No.	Title	Experts / Speakers
1.	Single National Curriculum (Breaking Point with Malick, Hum News)	Dr. A. H. Nayyar, Mr. Mosharaf Zaidi, Dr. Nazar Mehmood, Dr. Anjum Altaf
2.	Single National Curriculum (Breaking Point with M. Maalick, Hum News)	Minister Shafqat Mahmood, Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy, Dr. Ayesha Razzaque
3.	Curriculum Textbooks & the Rise of Mandated Religion in our Education System (ITA)	Dr. Baela Raza Jamil, Mr. Peter Jacob, Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy, Dr. A. H. Nayyar, Dr. Farid Panjwani, Dr. Riaz Sheikh, Justice (R) Nasira Javed Iqbal
4.	Single National Curriculum: Implications And Opportunities (Naya Daur)	Dr. A. H. Nayyar, Dr. Baela Raza Jamil, Mr. Peter Jacob & Mr. Raza Rumi
5.	A Single National Curriculum: Policy Ambition or Fiction for Education in Pakistan? (LUMS)	Dr. Faisal Bari, Dr. Soufia Siddiqui, Dr. Riaz Ahmed Sheikh, Umbreen
6.	Single National Curriculum 2020: Apprehensions and Concerns(Irtiqa Institute)	Dr. Rubina Saigol, Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy, Dr. A. H. Nayyar, Mr. Peter Jacob, Ms. Zubeida Mustafa, Dr. Riaz Sheikh & Dr. Baela Raza Jamil
7.	Uniform Curriculum and educational standards(Subah se agey with Shiffa, Hum News)	Dr. Mariam Chughtai
8.	Uniform Curriculum(Ho Kya Raha Hai with Arif Nizami, 92 News)	Minister Shafqat Mahmood
9.	Single National Curriculum (Zara Hat Kay, Dawn News)	Minister Shafqat Mahmood, Mr. Wussat Ullah Khan, Mr. Zarar Khoro, Mr. Musharaf Zaidi
10.	Single National Curriculum (News Wise with Arifa Noor, Dawn News)	Dr. A. H. Nayyar & Dr. Mariam Chughtai
11.	Single National Curriculum(On the Front with Kamran Shahid, Dunya News)	Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy & Dr. Mariam Chughtai
12.	Single National Curriculum (GTV)	Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy, Dr. Umair Mahmood Siddiqui, Allma Amin Shaheedi
13.	Uniform education system in Pakistan(Dialogue with Rab Nawz Bajwa, APP TV)	Mr. Sajid Umar Gill, Prof. M. Faisal Thakar
14.	Single National Curriculum (Harf e Raaz with Orya Maqbool Jan, Neo TV)	M. Rafique Tahir
15.	Is single National curriculum a good idea? (Haq ki Baat, Haq News)	Mr. Arif Hameed Kiani, Ms. Mahnoor Qureshi
16.	Single National Curriculum (Jaiza, Sindh News Tv)	Dr. Riaz Ahmed Sheikh and Mr. Asim Sajjad Akhtar
17.	Single Book Policy and Single National Curriculum (Bolta Lahore with Awais Iqbal, Lahore Rang)	Dr. Shazia Iqbal, Mr. Fawaz Niazi, Mr. Ahmed Usman Shah
18.	Pakistan's Single National Curriculum: A step Forward or Backward (ThinkFest)	Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy & Dr. Mariam Chughtai
19.	Single National Curriculum: What is Pakistan's Federal Government's Plan? (BBC URDU)	Minister Shafqat Mahmood, Minister Saeed Ghani
20.	Uniform Curriculum across Pakistan (Eqbal Ahmed Centre)	Dr. A. H. Nayyar
22.	The Single National Curriculum, Federalism and School Re openings (Tabadlab)	Mr. Mosharaf Zaidi & Minister Shafqat Mahmood
23.	Single National Curriculum (SNC): Step Forward or Back?	Mr. Raza Rumi
24.	FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PLAN TO IMPLEMENT SINGLE NATIONAL CURRICULUM IN PAKISTAN (Zed Media)	Mr. Aamir Mughal & Mr. Ammar Yasir
25.	Single National Curriculum Projected by Ministry of Federal Education (Szabist)	Dr. Riaz Sheikh, Dr. Jam Imtiaz, Dr. Shahid Farooq & Dr. Naeem Akhtar
26.	The 'One Curriculum' Govt Is About To Introduce (Naya Daur)	Dr. Farid Panwani, Mr. Abdullah Momand, Mr. Omer Azhar, Mr. Ziyad Faisal, Mr. Sadfar
27.	Debate on Pakistan's Single National Curriculum	Mr. Mosharaf Zaidi & Minister Shafqat Mahmood
28.	Single National Curriculum (SNC): Step Forward or Back?	Mr. Raza Rumi
29.	FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PLAN TO IMPLEMENT SINGLE NATIONAL CURRICULUM IN PAKISTAN (Zed Media)	Mr. Aamir Mughal & Mr. Ammar Yasir
30.	Single National Curriculum Projected by Ministry of Federal Education (Szabist)	Dr. Riaz Sheikh, Dr. Jam Imtiaz, Dr. Shahid Farooq & Dr. Naeem Akhtar
31.	The 'One Curriculum' Govt Is About To Introduce (Naya Daur)	Dr. Farid Panwani, Mr. Abdullah Momand, Mr. Omer Azhar, Mr. Ziyad Faisal, Mr. Sadfar
32.	Debate on Pakistan's Single National Curriculum	Dr. Mariam Chughtai & Dr. Ali Usman Qasmi
33.	Single National Curriculum: Step Forward or Back	Dr. Khadija Khan
34.	Single National Curriculum: A way forward? (Learners’ Republic)	Dr. Fatima Dar, Mr. Rana Waqas Anwar, Mr. Abdus Sami Khan
35.	Single National Curriculum: Will it improve learning? (Learners’ Republic)	Dr. Baela Raza Jamil, Dr. Fatima Dar, Mr. Abdus Sami Khan
36.	Will Single National Curriculum Address Educational Crisis? (Peace Dialogue Series)	Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy
37.	Single National Curriculum and Mother Language (Naya Daur)	Dr. Jameel Paul
38.	Islam and Science. Single National Curriculum and drawbacks	Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy, Mr. Rahat Ullah
39.	Sawal Yeh Hai with Maria Memon on ARYNews	Dr. Mariam Chughtai , Dr. Ayesha razzaq
40.	Govt Finally Listening To Advice On SNC	Ailia Zehra (Naya Daur TV),Peter Jacob(CSJ),Kashif Aslam(NCJP)
41.	Yaksan Qaumi Nisab Ki Zarorat Kyun Mehsoos Ki gae?	Spot Light with Munizae Jahangir(Aaj News),Peter Jacob(CSJ),Dr. Rubina Saigol, Wajiha Qamar
42.	G For Gharidah \| 14-September-2021	G For Gharidah (News one) Dr Ayesha Razzaque \| Pervez Hoodbhoy \| Dr Mariam Chughtai