Textbook evaluation of Pakistan studies book used in Pakistani schools

Abstract Textbook is the primary implement of education at the school and pre-university stages of instruction. In Pakistan, it is the only source of imparting education on all levels, because the teacher or lecturer don't teach or lecture but repeat what it contains and the students is encouraged or simply ordered to memorize its contents. Further, for the young student the textbook is the most important book in his little world: he is forced to …

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