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Influence of Religion on National Curriculum Design of Pakistan: An Analysis
Abstract
This paper investigates influence of religion on National Curriculum design of Pakistan which envelops various empirical and theoretical references reflecting the influence of religion. The purpose behind the perspective of this study is to analyze and determine the influence of religion in the text books of curriculum of Pakistan. Being positivist in epistemological stance, the quantitative approach is applied. For Data collection, the questionnaire has been used as tool to gather responses from different people. The responses are assessed and analyzed from sample size of 56 people. The findings gathered from responses suggest that national curriculum is manipulated to build the national identity of particular community, and it does not inculcate the sense of equity and equality coupled with tolerance in all the sections of society which ultimately results in developing religious biased attitude and intolerance against people of other belief. Thus attention of educational experts, curriculum designers and stakeholders is desperately needed to revisit the curriculum design and amend the same in the larger interest of education and society as a whole.
Authors
Ishfaque Ali Kalhoro
Lecturer, Department of English Language and Literature, The Shaikh Ayaz University, Shikarpur, Sindh, Pakistan
Dr. Gulzar Ahmed
Assistant Professor, Department of Teacher Education, The Shaikh Ayaz University Shikarpur, Sindh, Pakistan
Dr. Shahid Hussain Mughal
Associate Professor, Department of Education, Sukkur IBA University, Sukkur, Sindh, Pakistan
Keywords
Cognitive Development, Curriculum, National Identity, Religion, Social Change
