The National Curriculum Council (NCC) in Pakistan has issued no-objection certificates (NOCs) for publishing religious books for seven minority groups enrolled in educational institutions supervised by the federal government.
The NBF (National Book Foundation) will publish the books after NOCs have been issued for publishing books on Hinduism, Sikhism, Christianity, Bahai, Zoroastrianism, Kalasha, and Buddhism. The constitution of Pakistan guarantees full educational rights to minority students, but there were no proper books on their religions, and they used to read books on ethics.
The curriculum for religious minorities had been prepared by NCC after getting detailed input from all seven communities, who agreed on the draft curriculum with consensus.
The government is likely to publish 35 books (one each for the seven religious minorities) for classes one to five and 21 books for classes six to eight based on the number of enrolled students.