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Curriculum development involves deciding what learners should know, how they should learn it and how achievement will be judged. Coverage includes needs analysis, aims and objectives, content selection and sequencing, learning experiences, curriculum design models, implementation, evaluation and revision. Curriculum is broader than a syllabus because it includes learning experiences and assessment as well as content.

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Moderate
  • A. National Education Policy 1978
  • B. First Educational Conference 1947
  • C. Education Commission 1959
  • D. None of these

Explanation: The 1978 policy suggested a National Education Council to provide broader coordination and policy guidance for the education system.

Correct answer: National Education Policy 1978
Hard
  • A. Curriculum revision
  • B. Merging Madarsa and Traditional Education
  • C. Effective participation of community in literacy programs
  • D. All of these included

Explanation: The 1978 policy included curriculum revision, attempts to bring Madrasah and traditional education into the wider system, and community…

Correct answer: All of these included
Hard
  • A. 100
  • B. 200
  • C. 300
  • D. 400

Explanation: The 1978 Education Policy planned the establishment of 200 new high schools. The figures 100, 300, and 400 do not match this stated target.

Correct answer: 200
Hard
  • A. 935
  • B. 1035
  • C. 835
  • D. 735

Explanation: The 1992 policy planned to increase the number of colleges from 535 to 935, an expansion of 400 institutions.

Correct answer: 935
Hard
  • A. National Education Policy 1992
  • B. National Education Policy 1972
  • C. First Educational Conference 1947
  • D. Education Commission 1959

Explanation: Liberal grants to universities were recommended in the 1992 National Education Policy to provide institutions with greater financial…

Correct answer: National Education Policy 1992
Moderate
  • A. National Education Policy 1998
  • B. New National Education Policy 1970
  • C. Education Commission 1959
  • D. All of these included

Explanation: The 1998 National Education Policy moved away from dependence on a single prescribed textbook and introduced the idea of multiple…

Correct answer: National Education Policy 1998
Hard
  • A. 1970-1972
  • B. 1978-79
  • C. 1998-2010
  • D. 1992-2001

Explanation: Cluster Centre Schools were included in the National Education Policy 1998-2010 as a way to organize and support groups of nearby schools.

Correct answer: 1998-2010
Moderate
  • A. National Education Policy 1998
  • B. First Educational Conference 1947
  • C. Commission on Education 1959
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: The National Education Policy 1998 planned to abolish ‘paper schools’, meaning schools that existed officially but lacked proper…

Correct answer: National Education Policy 1998
Moderate
  • A. 1992 National Education Policy
  • B. 1972 National Education Policy
  • C. 1998 National Education Policy
  • D. 1970 National Education Policy

Explanation: The 1998 National Education Policy proposed introducing Matric-Tech in 10 percent of secondary schools.

Correct answer: 1998 National Education Policy
Hard
  • A. National Education Commission 1959
  • B. National Education policy 1972
  • C. National Education Policy 1978
  • D. National Education Policy 1998-2010

Explanation: The Teacher Service Training Academy was proposed under the National Education Policy 1998-2010 to strengthen continuing professional…

Correct answer: National Education Policy 1998-2010
Moderate
  • A. National Education Commission 1959
  • B. National Education Policy 1998
  • C. First Educational Conference 1947
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Islamic teacher-training programmes were included in the 1998 National Education Policy to improve the preparation of teachers for Islamic…

Correct answer: National Education Policy 1998
Very hard
  • A. 50000
  • B. 49999
  • C. 45000
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: The 1998 policy set the target of opening 45,000 new schools to support the objectives of elementary education.

Correct answer: 45000
Very hard
  • A. 7%
  • B. 8%
  • C. 9%
  • D. 10%Public Policy

Explanation: The 1998 policy aimed to provide higher-education opportunities to at least 7 percent of young people aged 17 to 23.

Correct answer: 7%
Moderate
  • A. 1992
  • B. 1947
  • C. 1998
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: Development of technical and vocational education was a major provision of the 1998 National Education Policy.

Correct answer: 1998
Moderate
  • A. National Education Policy 1978
  • B. National Education Commission 1959
  • C. First Educational Conference 1947
  • D. National Education Policy 1998

Explanation: The 1998 policy proposed autonomy and degree-awarding status for reputed degree colleges, allowing capable institutions greater academic…

Correct answer: National Education Policy 1998
Moderate
  • A. First Educational Conference 1947
  • B. National Education Policy 2009
  • C. National Education Policy 1978
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: The National Education Policy 2009 called for standardized and institutionalized teacher-training, accreditation and certification…

Correct answer: National Education Policy 2009
Fairly easy
  • A. Elementary
  • B. Secondary
  • C. College
  • D. All of these

Explanation: Under the proposed structure, Grades XI and XII would be shifted from colleges into the school system as part of secondary education.

Correct answer: Secondary
Moderate
  • A. 2020
  • B. 2010
  • C. 2016
  • D. 2015Public Policy

Explanation: The National Education Policy 2009 set 2015 as the target for admitting all school-age boys and girls.

Correct answer: 2015Public Policy
Moderate
  • A. Annually
  • B. Accordingly
  • C. Manually
  • D. None of these

Explanation: The policy wording indicates that the official age group would be adjusted accordingly when the structure of education above primary level…

Correct answer: Accordingly
Moderate
  • A. National Education Policy 2009
  • B. National Education Policy 1972
  • C. First Educational Conference 1947
  • D. Education Commission 1959

Explanation: The National Education Policy 2009 explicitly emphasized making Pakistan’s education system internationally competitive.

Correct answer: National Education Policy 2009