Learning Area: Early Cognition and Literacy
This learning area focuses on the language literacy skills and basic concepts that form the major aspects of a child’s development process. Language and literacy focuses on language skills development and the use of language for communicating, conceptualizing learning.

The programme’s major components include listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, covering both the English and Native Languages, as well as basic concepts of science and social studies.

Learning Area: Childcare, Social, Personal and Moral Development
This learning area focuses on a child’s physical development, health care and nutrition. A child’s personal experience during his/her early schooling years shapes ow their development and skills are enhanced during their later years. Major strands in the area include: physical development, nutrition, health, social, personal and moral development.

Learning Area: Music Movement and Artistic Development
This learning area emphasizes the enhancement of children’s creative abilities in music, movement and art. Children explore and express their thoughts and feelings through singing, theater, drama, puppet, poetry, story telling, dance, painting and other art initiatives. Students learn to express themselves with both familiar and new media and tools.

Learning Area: Emerging Numeracy
The Emerging Numeracy learning area introduces children to numerical concepts including working with numbers, size difference and properties (more/less, longer/shorter, thick/thin, inside/outside, on/below) geometric shapes and counting. Major curriculum strands revolve around the following concepts: numbers and number operations, data handling, pattern, shape and space.

Junior-Secondary Section Learning Areas:

Learning Area: English
English language development comprises Language and Literature. This learning area has “Instructional” and “Extended“ modes. The instructional programme focuses on language and literature and is offered as a day-to-day teaching and learning process in school. The Extended programme addresses language proficiency needs on a broader scale by creating opportunities for students to interact with the language beyond the classroom.

The extended programme covers “Speaking proficiency” (Class III - X); “Reading Initiative” (Class III - VIII); “Research Project” (Class IX - X) and “Creative Writing” (Class III - X).

Learning Area : Native Languages
Native languages play a part in maintaining regional identities, culture and contribute to national solidarity. Although Urdu is the primary focus, importance is placed on regional languages in order to develop a better understanding of different linguistic and ethnic groups and for promoting unity among students. The Native Languages include Urdu, Sindhi and other regional languages.

Learning Area: Mathematics
This learning area is designed to encourage learners to become mathematically literate by thinking, reasoning, communicating mathematically and appreciating the value of mathematics by applying this knowledge flexibly and confidently to solve real life problems. Major strands in this learning area include: Number and operations, Patterns and Algebra, Space and Shapes and Data Handling. Besides the formal curriculum, students are exposed to mental mathematics, puzzles and problem solving tasks to accelerate their learning.

Learning Area: Science
Beyond developing foundational knowledge, this learning area encourages students to explore, pursue new knowledge and develop an intelligent and responsible approach to science and technology.

In line with the National Curriculum’s conceptual framework, the Science area develops the four key learning skills - cognitive, emotional, social and spiritual development.

The science programme for Junior Secondary Class reflects the needs of the students by encouraging them to develop a scientific attitude and process skills, to practice scientific methods. The Junior Secondary Science programme is delivered in two major components:

Formal Instruction Programme
The Programme comprises skills, attitudes and understanding (science concepts). Approximately 80 percent of allotted time is spent on core topics focusing on intellectual competence, critical consciousness and high moral values. A correlation of topics, resources and process skills have been introduced at each level.

Extended Programme
To achieve the goal of teaching and learning science in junior secondary section, learners are involved in the extended programme of “Inquiring Minds,” which allows learners to develop skills of scientific inquiry.

Learning Area: Social Sciences
The Social Sciences includes the following subjects: Social Studies, Islamiat, Economics and Commercial Geography.

An inquiry-based approach helps students answer questions, problem solve and make decisions using process, communication and participation skills. This develops their thinking skills and gives students varied learning experiences in the same subject area.

The Social Sciences also utilises a thematic approach to help students gain a gradual and clear understanding of its varied aspects. The themes are:people, place and environment, time, continuity and change, culture, civic ideals and practices and production, distribution and conception.

Learning Area: Aesthetic Development through the Arts
This learning area has been established with the aim of providing exposure to the creative and aesthetic world inside and outside each student. Although in its very initial stages of development, the programme incorporates the basic elements of art and offers opportunities to students to explore their hidden potential in the fields of drama, visual arts, music, movement and dance.

Learning Area: PrISM
A student’s personality needs to be fostered in a special way. The PrISM Development Programme is focuses on a child’s Personal (Pr), Intellectual (I), Social (S) and Moral (M) development. These aspects are further developed into intra- and interpersonal development, and moral and social development sub-topics.