KP to teach new curriculum to classes 9 to 12 from 2027
Approved textbooks become compulsory in every school in the province, and all educational boards will set examinations on the revised syllabus.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will teach the National Curriculum of Pakistan 2026 to matriculation and intermediate students, classes 9 to 12, from the 2027 academic year, and approved textbooks will be compulsory in every school in the province.
The Directorate of Curriculum and Teacher Education has issued instructions for implementing the revised curriculum. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Private Schools Regulatory Authority has separately directed private institutions to meet the new requirements. TechJuice and ProPakistani both reported the decision.
English, Urdu, Mathematics, Computer Science, Chemistry, Biology and Physics will be taught in classes 9 to 12. TechJuice reported that General Science will be included for students in classes 9 and 10 only.
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Textbook Board will prepare or revise textbooks to fit the new syllabus. All educational boards in the province will hold examinations on it.
No textbook prepared or revised under the curriculum can be distributed to schools before the Directorate of Curriculum and Teacher Education approves it.
Publishers will have to bring their material in line with the revised syllabus and clear the same approval before schools can use it, according to ProPakistani.
The Private Schools Regulatory Authority has asked principals to read the directives closely and complete the required changes before the 2027 academic year opens, ProPakistani reported.
Schools, textbook boards and publishers will all have to update teaching material and examination preparation for the revised curriculum, that report said.
Institutions that fail to comply face legal action under the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Supervision of Curricula, Textbooks and Maintenance of Standards of Education Act, 2011, according to both reports.
Neither report named the official who signed the instructions or said when they were issued. Neither gave a figure for the number of schools covered, or an estimate of what revising the textbooks will cost the provincial board.
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