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Pakistan to reform religious schools ISLAMABAD, Thursday (AFP) Pakistan approved a 100-million-dollar programme to reform some 8,000 religious schools, or madrassas, by introducing subjects taught at normal schools across the country, a minister said. "The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved ... 100 million dollars for the Madrassa Reforms Programme," finance minister Shuakat Aziz told a news conference. "It would bridge the gap between formal and Madrassa education." Aziz said formal education would be introduced in 8,000 private seminaries and that the government would provide them with grants, salaries for teachers, the cost of text books, teacher training and equipment. Under the madrassas programme, formal subjects including English, mathematics, social studies and general science would be introduced from primary to secondary levels, while English, economics, Pakistani studies and computer science would be introduced at high school level, Aziz said. Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf has been campaigning since early last year for the reform of Pakistan's religious schools. |
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