Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training has advised all provincial/area Textbook Boards to exercise due diligence to ensure that, private publishers are producing textbooks, in line with the objectives and contents of SNC. The ministry has also advised the textbook boards to facilitate the procedure of NOC without red-tapism and avoiding cumbersome administrative complications.

Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training also apprised the concerned authorities that new academic session would start now in August 2021 due to extention in examination dates to be held in May/June and also prolonged school closures in the academic year of 2020/21.

Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training, in consultation with provincial/area governments and all other stakeholders, has developed Single National Curriculum (SNC) from pre-1 to grade 5 which shall be followed by all public and private schools across the country from next academic year. On the direction of the ministry, National Curriculum Council, in consultation with all the stakeholders, has also devloped model textbooks aligned with SLOs prescribed by SNC, from pre-1 to grade 5.