Daily Times

LAHORE: Lahore-based textbook writer Nadeem Asghar has won the competition of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Textbook Board for the biology textbook for class 9.

The AJK board held a competition for publishers to ensure quality and updated syllabus for schools. In the competition for the class 9 biology textbook, five publishers from across the country took part and the book written by Asghar and published by Caravan Publishers was selected.

It is pertinent to mention here that most textbooks being published nowadays are authored by two or more authors, but Asghar was the single author of his book. He is currently a member of the National Curriculum Council along with the Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board chairman and the Punjab Examination Commission chief executive. He led a team of trainers for capacity building of curriculum developers and trainers of the Education Department of Balochistan in 2013 and was honoured with a Letter of Appreciation for this service. Earlier, he had been involved in the training of textbook authors and reviewers of Punjab. He served as a member of the team involved in the planning and execution of training to examiners of all examination boards of Punjab.

Talking to Daily Times, Asghar said it was a moment of pride for him that the AJK board had selected his book. He said the book would be published in English and Urdu languages to facilitate students. He said the Sindh Education Department had contacted him for training of its textbook reviewers and he would work with it soon.