Faisalabad: 

The 

Federal Minister of Education and Professional Training 

Government of Pakistan

Islamabad

Greetings and peace!

Pakistan Minorities Teachers' Association congratulates you on the approval and notification of the "Curriculum of Religious Education 2023 for grades 1-12, in lieu of Islamiat (Compulsory) for citizens belonging to religions other than Islam. Specifically, Religious Education Curriculum has been developed for seven religions, namely Bahai, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Kalasha, Sikhism and Zoroastrianism. The notification No.F.1-2/2022/AEA(Sc) dated January 22, 2024 has been issued by the National Curriculum Council Secretariat, Ministry of Federal Education & Professional Training, Government of Pakistan. The Religious Education Curriculum for Grades 1-12 will be implemented from the Academic Year 2025, replacing the subject of Ethics.

PMTA was making efforts for the subject of “Religious Education” for minority students since 2004. 

PMTA is highly thankful to the Government of Pakistan, National Curriculum Council Secretariat and all those organizations and the individuals who have supported PMTA for equal rights and equal opportunities to all students without discrimination.

With best regards.

Prof. Anjum James Paul

Chairman

Pakistan Minorities Teachers' Association (PMTA)

PMTA is making efforts since 2004 for education reforms through advocacy, lobbying and analyses on the textbooks of Pakistan to promote diversity and peaceful coexistence through the Pakistani education system.. Pakistani religious minorities are not enjoying fully constitutionally their civil and political rights and they are  facing challenges of equal citizenship, equal rights and equal opportunities. Due to religious persecution lives, beliefs, families and properties of religious minorities are always at risk. Pakistani public sector education system  promotes violence, intolerance, hatred and extremism through the language and images of the textbooks against non-Islamic religions, non-Muslims  and non-Islamic Civilizations. Thus Pakistani religious minorities become the direct target of the intolerance and extremism that Pakistani education system promotes.