Staff Reporter
Peshawar
Secretary Elementary and Secondary Education Department (SE&ED) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry has said that some videos being viraled on social media about Grade 4 Islamiyat book are based on misunderstanding and the book being referred to in this video is a canceled book.
He further added that the KP Education Department had taken action on it in May 2019, while action was taken against the culprits and the books also got returned from all the schools in the province and new revised books were handed over for the academic session 2020-21and the new Grade 4 Book of Islamic Studies handed over to students is free from all kinds of errors.
The Education Secretary further said that a notice has also been issued by Text Book Board Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday in which it has been clarified that the book of Grade IV of Islamic Studies has been canceled from May 2019 under code number PSP / GF-36-137-1920 and all its distribution and sale has been completely banned from May 2019.
The notice further states that any person or bookseller found involved in the process of distribution / sale of prohibited books will be prosecuted and school heads have been requested to make sure the use and availability of the corrected books. Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry has also requested the public, students and teachers to submit the old textbooks in which there was a mistake, if any, to the District Education Officers of their respective districts.
