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    A study of reflection of national culture in foreign curriculum taught in Pakistani secondary schools
    (UMT, Lahore, 2007) TEHMINA AFZAL
    Literacy and education decide future of a nation. Curriculum determines the ways and objectives to be attained by a nation. Students are educated by it and contents of it dictate their mental growth and in turn shape future of a nation. All the students in the country should be brought up by similar mental urowth and similar curriculum. This is specifically important to create national coherence and unanimity. National culture is backbone for any nation's self-belief and self-respect. This is the passion that keeps all the different groups of nation together by bringing the idea of centrality and belongingness. Necessary information regarding national culture should be fed to children through their curriculum to make them proud future citizens able to run their country. There are number of parallel education systerhs running in Pakistan. Schools other than public origin are becoming more and more common and thus important. There are different types of foreign curricula in use in these private institutions. The primary purpose of the study is to determine the impact of foreign curriculum on Pakistani students, especially from the view point of their knowledge and tendency towards the national culture. The scope of study was limited to student completing their secondary education to see their knowledge depth. Questionnaires were distributed and students responded very well. Thorough analysis was done regarding aspects pondered and screening and discussion of results was done to assess the conclusions drawn