PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtun-khwa Minister for Sports, Tourism, Museums, Archaeology and Youth Affair Syed Aqil Shah has said the province was the first in the country to introduce own textbooks after the passage of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution.
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He was speaking at the prize distribution ceremony among the children after a creative writing competition organised by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Textbook Board which was attended by 200 children from across the province.
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The minister said the province had a history of producing extraordinary personalities in various fields, including sports, literature and art. He lauded the Textbook Board for introducing the idea of Supplementary Reading Material in the curriculum.
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Supplementary Reading Material Project Consultant and educationist Farzana Maroof said creative writing competition was arranged for children for the first time in the history of the province.
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The educationist said 60 books on stories of various writers and 10 posters with important quotes had been published which would be distributed in the government schools. Textbook Board Chairman, Dr Fazal Rahim Marwat, said writing for children was a difficult job as the writers had to think from the perspective of children. He stressed the need of establishing libraries and sports ground at schools.
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During the competition the children wrote stories on various issues and the writers of the 10 best stories were awarded prizes and certificates.The child writers Urooj, Farooq, Dilawar Hayat and Minhajud Din from Peshawar, Muslim Khan from Swat, Rizwanullah Wazir from South Waziristan, Sajeela Karim from Bannu, Abdullah from Dir, Sarah Khan from Lachi and Faryal Wazir from Mardan were awarded cash prizes of Rs5000 each and certificates.
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