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By Khadija Khan May 23, 2006

ECD INITIATIVES UNDER NORTHERN PAKISTAN EDUCATION PROGRAMME (NPEP) BY AKESP Experiences and Lessons. By Khadija Khan May 23, 2006. Historical Background. Nursery grade was initiated by communities in the DJ schools in late 90s Need analysis carried out in NAC in 2001

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By Khadija Khan May 23, 2006

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  1. ECD INITIATIVES UNDER NORTHERN PAKISTAN EDUCATION PROGRAMME (NPEP) BY AKESP Experiences and Lessons By Khadija Khan May 23, 2006

  2. Historical Background • Nursery grade was initiated by communities in the DJ schools in late 90s • Need analysis carried out in NAC in 2001 • ECD proposal submitted to the AKES,P National Board • ECD teacher training courses started in 2004

  3. Strategic focus areas • Professional development –short and long courses • Curriculum & material development • Outreach program • Impact and performance evaluation

  4. ECD Curriculum Areas • Language development • Literacy & numeracy • Early sciences • Social, personal & moral development • Music, movement & artistic development

  5. Student Development/Learning Outcomes

  6. Activities in the two focused schools • Two teachers, one from each attended Early Childhood Education and Development Certificate Programme at AKU-IED in 2005 • Developed initial teaching and learning material such as home made tools, blocks, flash cards, poems, zigzag story books, musical instruments, etc.

  7. Activities Cont’d……………. • AKES, P and IED provided basic low and no cost material to the two focused schools • Followed the National Curriculum document in the two focused schools because earlier only text books were focused • Traditional classroom set-up changed and applied High/Scope Teaching Approach

  8. Activities Cont’d……………. • Scheduled follow-up visits undertaken jointly with PDCN • Developed daily routines such as social gathering, circle time, concept time, lunch time, independent learning in learning areas and games • Developed learning areas for language, Numeracy, Early Sciences, Construction, Art and Music

  9. Activities Cont’d… • Six case studies carried out to meet the educational needs • Developed students profiles and trained the teachers to assess them • Involved VECs in decision making and day to day management of ECD

  10. Activities Cont’d… • Appointed volunteer teachers to assist the trained teachers • Conducted meetings with parents and VECs for awareness, food, health, cleanliness, moral development and behaviour • Conducted teacher parent meetings to discuss individual issues of students

  11. Outcomes in the focused schools • Improved confidence in children and teachers • Improved language development • Demonstrated social and moral skills • Improved teacher students and teacher parent relationship • Developed gross and fine motor skills • Followed curriculum based teaching and learning • More involvement of VEC in ECD activities

  12. Pre-intervention classroom situation in the two focused schools

  13. Reflections of children

  14. Post-intervention classroom situation in two focused schools

  15. Different learning areas

  16. We can play music

  17. Get ready we have to go to school

  18. I can sing a song

  19. Let us construct a lovely classroom

  20. We are physically fit

  21. I love drawing

  22. I am happy and confident

  23. We can sequence the letters

  24. We have different opportunities for learning

  25. Can we see your drawing please?

  26. We share our food

  27. Today food was delicious

  28. I love Maths learning area

  29. Now Maths is easy

  30. My daughter is sick, I am going to doctor

  31. I want to become a doctor

  32. Madam! Do you see any change?

  33. Plans for 2006 • Conduct ECD base-line survey • Review the draft curriculum and finalize it • Review the ECD training materials • Conduct ECD in-house training for grade prep teachers

  34. Plans for 2006 Cont’d… • Capacity building of teachers for continuous formative assessment of students • Finalize MLSs for ECD grades • Awareness programmes (meeting, workshops and seminars) for parents/ communities and other stakeholders though CDP

  35. Challenges • Competency & capacity of human resources that is available • Understanding the contextual demands and responding to it • Shortage of classrooms & material in schools • Lack of community awareness • Mono and multi-grade classroom • Measuring progress and development - ongoing • Designing evaluation and research for further development

  36. The End

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