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ITACEC PAK & ITACEC UK
ITACEC PAK
67-A, Abid Majeed Road,
Lahore Cantt. Pakistan
Tel: (92-42) 6689831-2
Fax: (92-42) 6665642
[email protected]
ITACEC UK
10-Queens Gate Place
London, SW7 5NX,
Tel: 020 7733 3798
Mobile: 07775 903184
ITAUK Tel: 020 7581 4450
[email protected]
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
OUR VALUED PARTNERS
• 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
ITA Pakistan & ITACEC UK
Early Childhood Education
Reading Club
Information & Communication
Technology
Health
Action
Program
WSIP
Summer
School
Community
Learning Centre
Home Work
Study Centre
From Despair to Hope…
Govt. Girls Elementary School, Satellite Town Chiniot
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Pre Adoption
Enrolment
Post Adoption
Enrolment
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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
Information Communication Technologies (ICTs)
ICT program
Quality Education: Schools
ICT for Students
ICT for Teachers
Linkages with like minded
Education partners for
Promoting
Quality education across the
World.
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Two Strands
Community Learning Centers
Human Resource Development
Employment opportunities:
Improved quality of Life
ITA’s Partner Schools Celebrating
Spring Festival with PHA
ICI Pakistan Ltd.
Brief Profile
MC Boys Primary School Tibbi Harrian District Shiekhupura
Pre-Adoption
Enrolment
Post- Adoption
Enrolment
Pre-Adoption
Teaching Staff
Post-Adoption
Teaching Staff
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Vice President ICI, Mr. Asif Juma & his dedicated team
visiting the school
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
and
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 nonformal 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
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
Type of
School
Gender
City
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 SystemJohar Town Campus
Private
Boys
Lahore
Beaconhouse School SystemJohar 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
Name of School
Fatimaya Education Network
Project Activities
Essay Competition
Excerpts from Student's
Essays
Ist Structured Dialogue
The Networking Meeting
Presentation
Minutes of Meeting
Rakshanda Ovais – Teacher
Educator, Fatimiyah
Education Network
Perception Survey
Ongoing Initaitives
Teacher Trainings
Impact Assessment Survey
Essays Booklet
Two Research Papers
National Seminar & Open
Day Learning
Supplementary TextsSungtra Magazine on
• 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.
Donor
Guarantee
Implementing Partner
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
PROJECT TARGET AREAS
JHANG
MULTAN
MUZAFFARGARH
(PUNJAB)
(PUNJAB)
RAHIM YAR KHAN
(PUNJAB)
(PUNJAB)
45 Target Schools Per District
09 WSIP Model Schools
36 Cluster Schools
Key Outputs of the Project
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9 girls’ primary schools are physically rehabilitated for a Child Friendly & Safe Learning
Environment.
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Provision of Teachers and Teaching Learning Materials
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Teachers’ Training (Intensive training in content mastery- primary level, child friendly teaching,
outcome based methodologies and gender sensitive approaches.
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Re-strengthening of School Management Committees (SMCs) / School Councils
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Health Awareness and Life Skills Program for Schools and Communities
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Children Participation in School Enrichment Activities
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Catch up Program of recent drop outs in target schools in afternoons for mainstreaming
with a support teacher
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Links established with District Government and District Education Committees
formed/strengthened.
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Policy and Education Financing for sustainability through annual district
education plans and active advocacy
SAFED and its Maiden Initiatives – ASER Pakistan 2008
AN INTERNATIONAL PREPARATORY WORKSHOP
ON
Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) Pakistan
A National Initiative for Quality Education
August 6th–10th, 2008
Institute of Education and Research,
University of the Punjab
The 5-day preparatory workshop had the following basic plan:
Day (1)
Introductions; why, how, experiences of ASER in India; issues of sampling
Day (2)
Practice mapping, selection of households, testing and discussions
Day (3)
Doing ASER in a village; practice surveys in a village
Day (4)
Reporting results and analyzing information; creating a district report card
Day (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)
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The fifth round of Pakistan Education Leadership Institute (PELI) ended
successfully at the Plymouth State University, New Hampshire USA on
July 25th, 2008.
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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.
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To date 100 secondary educators have completed this program from
2004-2008.
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All 20 participants of PELI 2008 were awarded for: session attendance,
sessions participation, and the completion of an effective master plan.
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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
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:
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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, predeparture 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:
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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?