Alignment of National Curriculum with Textbooks of Mathematics for Grade V and General Science of Grade VIII in Baluchistan

Abstract

Textbooks are the main source of transferring knowledge to secondary school students in Pakistan. These textbooks are reflection of educational policy and national curriculum. Main objective of the current study is to observe the curriculum alignment with the textbooks of Grade V and Grade VIII. Qualitative research approach was adopted by using document analysis .Curriculum-textbook Alignment Rubric and Qualitative Analysis of C-T Alignment were used as tools for data collection. National curriculum and textbooks of General Science for grade VIII and Mathematics for grade V were analyzed. The results of the study reveal that
content and Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) of the textbooks are truly aligned with National Curriculum.