Sindh Government to introduce life education for children

KARACHI: The Sindh government has taken a delayed but important step to add life skills education to be integrated into the syllabus of secondary students (grade 6-9), the Sindh Education Department stated on Wednesday.

The Sindh Education Department made the announcement through its official Twitter account.

The department said that the life skills education is being conveyed to the students of eight districts. The districts include Karachi, Hyderabad, Mirpurkhas, Umerkot, Khairpur, Nawabshah, Dadu, Shahdadkot.

The government is trying to approve the subject to be included in primary classes as stated that the provincial education department consulted with the civil society, teachers, parents and religious ulema to make the content according to the issues present in the Pakistani society.

According to the notifications:

“Life skills based education content includes 19 modules which teach children to be able to protect themselves, personal hygiene, nutrition, human rights, protection from disease such as hepatitis, and that a boy and girl are equal and have equal rights. This information is critical if we want to move forward with social development and build a society, which is safer for our children and to prevent further tragedies like Kasur,”

It further revealed that life skills based education is a part of the National Education Policy as well as the Youth Policy, empowering the students to gain knowledge in order to protect themselves.