ITACEC PAK & ITACEC UKITACEC PAK

67-A, Abid Majeed Road, Lahore Cantt. PakistanTel: (92-42) 6689831-2Fax: (92-42) 6665642

itacec@gmail.com

ITACEC UK10-Queens Gate Place

London, SW7 5NX,Tel: 020 7733 3798

Mobile: 07775 903184ITAUK Tel: 020 7581 4450

itacecuk@hotmail.com

Vision

“To Promote Education as a Comprehensive Process for Human and Social Transformation”

Mission Statement

• TO actively promote standard setting in education as a comprehensive multi-dimensional learning experience

• BY creating contemporary education systems for optimum equity without discrimination

• AND endeavoring to address educational bottlenecks through timely resource mobilization & influencing of public policy.

“Credibility” ……..Does Matter

• Government

• Corporate Partners – Unilever, Nestle, ICI, Mobilink under CSR

• International Donor Agencies

• Pakistani Expatriates in USA & UK (ITACEC - UK)

• Individual Philanthropists

• And Govt. School Teachers, Students & Communities

OUR VALUED PARTNERS

ITA Pakistan & ITACEC UK

Early Childhood Education

Reading Club

Health Action

Program

Home Work Study CentreCommunity

Learning Centre

Summer School

Information & Communication Technology

WSIP

Govt. Girls Elementary School, Satellite Town Chiniot

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Pre AdoptionEnrolment

Post AdoptionEnrolment

From Despair to Hope…

Enrolment Trend

We are proud to have friends like Mr. & Mrs. Farooq Jamil who are committed to changing the future of Pakistan through education entitlements to the most deserving and most disadvantaged groups. 27 students from District Lahore, Jhang, Muzzafargarh and Nankana are linked with this ongoing scholarship scheme for their further studies in college after matriculation.

ITA’s Health & Environmental Education Program

Encouraging Professional Volunteers Dr. Waseema Bukhari’s Visit to ITA’s Partner Schools in Lahore

Capacity Building of Teachers on Personal & Social Health and Hygiene by Dr. Waseema Bukhari

Medical Screening of Students In Partner Schools by C.D.G. Health Department

Revitalizing Mochi Gate Garden A Success Story made possible by students and PHA

ICT program -- Two Strands

Community Learning CentersQuality Education: Schools

ICT for StudentsICT for Teachers Human Resource Development

Employment opportunities:Improved quality of Life

Linkages with like mindedEducation partners for

PromotingQuality education across the

World.

Information Communication Technologies (ICTs)

ITA’s Partner Schools Celebrating

Spring Festival with PHA

ICI Pakistan Ltd.

Vice President ICI, Mr. Asif Juma & his dedicated team visiting the school

Pre-Adoption Enrolment

Post- Adoption Enrolment

Pre-Adoption Teaching Staff

Post-Adoption Teaching Staff

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Brief Profile

MC Boys Primary School Tibbi Harrian District Shiekhupura

Nestlé’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) , Breaking New Grounds…

Promoting Learning through Play

“Dirt Is good because Dirt = Experience & Experience Is Good”

Partner Organizations

Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi

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Parks & Horticulture Authority (PHA)

Initiative of Surf Excel – A Brand of Unilever Promoting Experiential Learning

Selection of three Parks in Lahore ,Karachi, and Rawalpindi

Signing MOU of parks with District Governments for the period of one year

Installation of five play equipments in each park with the help of Rafi Peer Group

Attachment of one neighbouring school to each park by MOU for the period of one year

Mobilizing Corporate Social Responsibility for the promotion of Early Childhood Education in Pakistan

ITA accessed to the MOE to get permission to print and distribute 2500 copies of National Curriculum on ECE across 2500 schools in district Lahore (70:30 Govt and Private schools) and equal numbers of boys and Girls schools

ECE kit developed to link with the ECE Curriculum

200 teachers from 160 schools have been trained on ECE ( Two Days Workshop) based on national curriculum for ECE 2007.

Government and private schools of district Lahore were focused for this workshop including Govt. officials from Education Department LHR

This workshop was conducted for the promotion of safe and experiential learning through play

Inauguration of the First Park

Ideal Park in Township Lahore is the first of many other parks selected across the nation for Surf Excel’s initiative to give every child a right to play in a safe learning environment.

Date of Inauguration :

October 09, 2008

Global Hand Washing Day

October 15, 2008

in collaboration with Unilever

Child Labor Initiatives –Non-formal Programs for the Vulnerable

• Since 2002 ITA engaged in programs for child labor with a three pronged approach – Catch up programs for child labor children in education – the non-formal

package to help children get to schools – Improvement of area schools for mainstreaming children– Literacy for livelihoods including vocational training

• Health, social protection, life skills, enrichment activities and creative expression an integral part of the program

• Heavy linkage and learning across formal and non-formal • ITA has reached to 15000 children with 64% girls, 42% were

mainstreamed successfully in schools; high withdrawal level from the unsafe trades and 15% poverty reduction (recent ILO external evaluation).

• Sheikhpura, Nankana, Kasur, Lahore, Rawalpindi & Islamabad Capital Territory … a replicable program anywhere..many tools developed

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Funded By: United States Institute of Peace

Project Goal

Addressing conflict and diversity through dialogues and texts to promote national harmony

Project Objectives• Selected students (grades VIII-X) from 8-10 secondary schools across Pakistan  will  identify and

debate issues on identity, diversity and sources of conflict.

• Hold an essay competition, dialogues and online communication exchange with selected youth (gender balanced) from public and private schools in four provinces. 

• Develop learning materials, texts and posters for grades 8 to 10 to engage with cultural diversity; to respect and value living histories and positive cultural practices.

• Disseminate the materials generated to textbook boards, writers, the private examination boards and the national curriculum wing for influencing the writing of the textbooks and/or to be used as supplementary materials for grades VIII-X.

• Develop guidelines/manuals for teachers to use the learning materials and to conduct training workshops for teachers.

• Publish two research papers and at least 10-12 best essays highlighting the sources of conflict and recommendations for respecting diversity, histories for peace and harmony.

• Hold a national round table seminar in December 2007 to share the project experience, outputs,  and outcomes with relevant stake holders

Project Partner Schools

Name of School Type of School

Gender City

Fatimaya Education Network Private Co-Ed Karachi

Govt. Junior Model Pilot School

Government Girls Karachi

Yazdan Khan Govt. Model high school

Government Boys Quetta

Wilderness School Private Co-Ed Quetta

Beaconhouse School System- Johar Town Campus

Private Boys Lahore

Beaconhouse School System- Johar Town Campus

Private Girls Lahore

Sanjan Nagar Public Education Trust Higher Secondary School

Private Girls Lahore

City District Government Girls School Paisa Akbar

Government Girls Lahore

Islamai Collegiate School Peshawar

Government Boys Peshawar

Ongoing Initaitives Teacher Trainings

Impact Assessment Survey

Essays Booklet

Two Research Papers

National Seminar & Open Day Learning

Supplementary Texts-Sungtra Magazine on Citizenship

Project Activities Essay Competition

Excerpts from Student's Essays

Ist Structured Dialogue

The Networking Meeting PresentationMinutes of Meeting

Rakshanda Ovais – Teacher Educator, Fatimiyah Education Network

Perception Survey

• Together we have the power to make a difference

• Peace education helps us to understand what the roots of conflict are. It is not just limited to human development , but it also heals the society.

Project Title

“Enhancing Girls Enrolment in Remote Areas of Pakistan”

Project Goal

“To Improve Access and Quality of Primary Education for Girls”

Project purpose

Promoting Enabling Environment for Girls Education Through Social Mobilization and Capacity Building of Stakeholders

Donor Implementing PartnerGuarantee

PROJECT TARGET AREAS

09 WSIP Model Schools

36 Cluster Schools

JHANG(PUNJAB)

MULTAN(PUNJAB)

MUZAFFARGARH(PUNJAB)

RAHIM YAR KHAN(PUNJAB)

45 Target Schools Per District

Key Outputs of the Project

9 girls’ primary schools are physically rehabilitated for a Child Friendly & Safe Learning Environment.

Provision of Teachers and Teaching Learning Materials

Teachers’ Training (Intensive training in content mastery- primary level, child friendly teaching, outcome based methodologies and gender sensitive approaches.

Re-strengthening of School Management Committees (SMCs) / School Councils

Health Awareness and Life Skills Program for Schools and Communities

Children Participation in School Enrichment Activities

Catch up Program of recent drop outs in target schools in afternoons for mainstreaming with a support teacher

Links established with District Government and District Education Committees formed/strengthened.

Policy and Education Financing for sustainability through annual district education plans and active advocacy

AN INTERNATIONAL PREPARATORY WORKSHOP ON

Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) PakistanA National Initiative for Quality Education

August 6th–10th, 2008Institute of Education and Research,

University of the Punjab

SAFED and its Maiden Initiatives – ASER Pakistan 2008

The 5-day preparatory workshop had the following basic plan:

Day (1)Introductions; why, how, experiences of ASER in India; issues of samplingDay (2)Practice mapping, selection of households, testing and discussionsDay (3)Doing ASER in a village; practice surveys in a villageDay (4) Reporting results and analyzing information; creating a district report cardDay (5)Suggestions and modifications; communication and planning ahead

Objectives

• To get reliable estimates of the status of children’s schooling and basic learning (reading and arithmetic) at the district level;

• To measure the change in these basic learning and school statistics from last year; and,

• To leverage this workshop as a launching pad for ASER Pakistan in the latter part of 2008 through a national survey on measuring quality education annually until 2015.

• This workshop is the first step towards ASER Pakistan, an annual exercise in measuring learning levels. Starting from 2008, SAFED will conduct this exercise annually till at least 2015, thereby making it an important national statistical tool for educational quality and learning levels measurement.

Press Coverage for ASER

Twenty Pakistani Educators Completed a Four Week Workshop at Plymouth State University (PSU) in USA –

A 2004-2008 5 year teacher education initiative “ Teachers Without Frontiers”

    Sponsored by the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs (ECA) USA, implemented by PSU and Facilitated by Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA)

• The fifth round of Pakistan Education Leadership Institute (PELI) ended successfully at the Plymouth State University, New Hampshire USA on July 25th, 2008.

• Twenty participants completed an intensive four weeks of training and received Certificates of Professional Development in Demonstrating Active and Responsible Citizenship through Education in Environmental Stewardship and Cultural Heritage Preservation.

• To date 100 secondary educators have completed this program from 2004-2008.

• All 20 participants of PELI 2008 were awarded for: session attendance, sessions participation, and the completion of an effective master plan.

• All 20 participants hailing from: Sindh, Punjab, Islamabad Capital Territory, NWFP, FATA and AJ&K are to implement the master plan uniquely developed for their respective institutions/regions in Pakistan. They will receive a modest grant to facilitate various activities of the master plan

http://www.itacec.org/wtd_2008.htm

Services Performed by ITA – Generating Resources through Skills Over the past few years, due to growing demand, the directory of services being offered by ITA has expanded. Currently, services being offered by ITA include:

• Training of teachers, head teachers as leaders and managers, school councils/ SMCs and CCBs • District Education Planning, Markaz (cluster of UCs) Education Planning and School Development Planning

(SDPs) • Capacity building for running school enrichment programs (reading, health, environmental clubs, summer

camps, after school remedial programs, and non-formal programs  • Materials and module development  • Strategy design and institutional needs assessment in the education sector • Research and evaluation studies • Conference and workshop management • Documentation services for conferences • Logistics and arrangements for visitors to education projects • Program design, Selection Criteria design through consultation, Selection, Visa and N.O.C facilitation, pre-

departure orientation and post training follow up for teachers and students for out of country visits (USA especially).

• Design of media and communication strategies  • Production of Documentaries • Website development and management  • Tailor made services for specific clients

Our CLIENTS  include:

• Government of Punjab, Department of Education: Directorate of Staff Development (DSD) • Punjab Education Foundation (PEF) • City District Government Faisalabad • GHK , London,  UK  • Plymouth State University USA and State Department USA • UNICEF • UNILEVER  • Sanjan Nagar Public Education Trust • South Asia Forum for Education Development

“Change” is Possible…What do You think?