The curriculum of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: An analysis of grade-IX English textbook with gender perspectives

Abstract

This research was aimed to study the English-Textbook curriculum of Grade-IX in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. A qualitative approach was adopted to study the textbook with gender perspectives. Blumberg (2008) studied Pakistan among the other countries and claimed that though changes in the laws were made to remove the gender disparities, there is still a lack of practical application. This study used the two main themes 1. nature of and 2. sensitivity of illustrations. This research followed nine steps to complete its process. All the themes and sub-themes have a male dominancy though the Constitution-1973 of Pakistan has claimed to remove the gender disparities. It was suggested that to improve feminine visibility, the government, the textbooks boards, and the directorate of the curriculumshould assure the equal distribution of contents between the genders in Pakistan.