Access to Quality Education for Girls in Pakistan

1. Progress Updates May, 2013 CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY GIRLS AGED 2-12 HAVE ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION WITH IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

2. Project Outreach & Mapping Pakistan Target Districts MULTAN MUZAFFARGARH RAHIM YAR KHAN SHIKARPUR Number of Schools 22 Enrolled Students 3363 Number of Schools 107 Enrolled Students 21832 ECD Centres 8 (760 Students) Number of Schools 70 Enrolled Students 11474 ECD Centres 4 (383 Students) Number of Schools 105 Enrolled Students 18637 ECD Centres 4 (438 Students)

3. Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) - the centre for education • and consciousness, is a Public Trust. • Formed & registered under Trust Act in June 2000, under Societies Act in 2006 • ITA’s primary focus is on comprehensive education reform, • working strategically with public sector to influence policy • and systems.

5. Program Portfolio in District Muzaffargarh • Whole School Improvement Program (WSIP) • Dubai Cares Girls Education/Flood Emergency Project (Completed) • Dubai Cares-Oxfam Enhancing Girls Enrollment Project (Completed) • Oxfam Girls Education Project (Completed) • Healthy Pakistan Mission (Unilever Pakistan) (Continue) • ASER(Annual Status of Education Report) 2012 (Continue) • CHAON (Completed) • PEF Trainings 2012 (Completed) • Tools for Schools (Unilever Pakistan) (Completed)

6. Project Progress Project Title Children, especially girls aged 2-12, have access to quality education with improved infrastructure and safe learning environment Duration April 2011 till June 2013 Number of Partner Schools 105 Project Location Kot Addu

7. Project Progress Project Title Children, especially girls aged 2-12, have access to quality education with improved infrastructure and safe learning environment Duration April 2011 till June 2013 Number of Partner Schools 105 Project Location Kot Adu

8. Project Progress (TLMs) Project Title Children, especially girls aged 2-12, have access to quality education with improved infrastructure and safe learning environment Duration April 2011 till June 2013 Number of Partner Schools 105 Project Location Kot Adu

9. Teaching Learning Material (TLMs)

10. Project Progress Project Title Children, especially girls aged 2-12, have access to quality education with improved infrastructure and safe learning environment Duration April 2011 till June 2013 Number of Partner Schools 105 Project Location Kot Adu

11. Project Progress Project Title Children, especially girls aged 2-12, have access to quality education with improved infrastructure and safe learning environment Duration April 2011 till June 2013 Number of Partner Schools 105 Project Location Kot Adu

12. Teacher’s Training

13. Summer School Themes of Summer School “Promoting Understating of managing Natural Disaster-DRR through Active Citizenship Skills” “Promoting reading for learning and literacy through Phonics based method-CPB • Activities • Story Telling • Performance on Story • Paintings/posters • Model Making • Essay Writing • Speech Competition • Health & Hygiene Activities. • Role Play • Big Book • ASER Tools Assessment • Open House

14. Girls Clubs..

15. School Council & Community Meetings Annual SDP meeting with the involvement of School Council, Teachers and Students

16. International Literacy Day Walk on International Literacy Day

20. New Room Pre-Construction Post Construction Toilet

21. Boundary Wall Pre-Construction Post Construction

22. Provision of Furniture Note: School Furniture Provided at 70 Partner Schools with Construction

23. Project Progress Early Childhood Development Day Care Centres (Sanjha Vehrah) • Established 07 Early Childhood Development Centers / SV (SanjhaVerah) at KotAdu / Muzaffargarh • SVs are community based units catering to children aged 06 months to 04 years and their mothers, embedded in maternal and child health, nutrition, learning stimulation (ECE), strong parenting and social support • Sensitizing 660 mothers regarding care and development of children. • Trained 500 mothers to promote kitchen gardening. • Vocational training of beauty care to 45 mothers with the collaboration of TEVTA Establishment of 07 ECD Day Care Centres / SanjhaVerah

24. ECD Centres / Sanjha Verah “SANJAH/ PANJHO VEHRA/O”(SV/PV) literally translated as “OUR COURTYARD” In Seraiki & Sindhi conveys several meanings : an abode of togetherness , protection and development, ownership, community participation and empowerment; SV is a holistic Early Childhood Development approach, for Strong Early Foundations for children and mothers /care givers

25. Health & Nutrition: Safe Learning Environment: Monitoring of Developmental Milestones, vaccination Cooking by Mothers –Nutritious food for Children

26. Learning Activities with children • Use of ECE Kit • Self Introduction • Concept of Family • Local and national festivals • Basic mathematical concepts • Story telling • Identification of fruits & vegetables • Profession • Shapes • Concept of Light & heavy • Rhymes and Lories • Games with Toys & Puppets • Role Plays • Group Work • Life Skills based Activities • Face to Face Time • Greeting Circle • Creative Art • Health Activities • Cooking Activity –Nutirtion etc

27. Project Completed • Key Achievements • Rehabilitated 03 Partner Schools • Provided school furniture in 03 Rehabilitated schools • CFS, Health/hygiene, DRR/Gender training provided in 46 schools. • Provided 10 para teachers as per need identified in partner schools till February 2013 • School Enrichment Program – Life Skills, session with students, follow-up with teachers, etc • School Council/Community meetings. • Provision of Reading Kits in 46 Partner Schools Project Title “Helping Girls into Schools Through School Improvement & Advocacy” Project Duration April 2011 till December 2012 Number of Partner Schools 46 Project Location Muzaffargarh

28. Project Completed Key Acheivements • Physical Rehabilitation 9 target schools -provision of • furniture & TLMs • Teachers - Continuous Professional Development 20 • days annually • Formation and Strengthening of School • Councils/SMCs • WASH - Students, Teachers & SMC members • District Education Planning & Strengthening (DoE) • Policy & Advocacy for sustained quality and access Project Title Enhancing Girls Enrolment in Remote Areas of Pakistan Duration: 2008-2011 Number of Partner Schools 46 Project Location Muzaffargarh

29. HPM (Healthy Pakistan Mission) • The purpose of this project is to create awareness among the students and teachers and to tell them about the importance of the Health & Hygiene as it reduce the absenteeism rate of the students. Mostly students are out of schools due to different diseases like (fever, flu, and diarrhea). Program summary of year 2012 is given below: • 150 schools (75 Muzaffargarh,75 KotAddu) were the target out of which 100 schools was covered before the summer vacations and 50 schools covered after summer vacations. • In Each School a training session was organized regarding Hand washing, personal Hygiene. • Total 39550 teachers & students participated in the activities.

30. Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) is a survey regarding the quality of education and learning levels for the age group 5 -16. ASER seeks to fill a gap in educational data by looking to provide a reliable set of data at the district level, that is comprehensive, creditable and easy to understand. • The purpose of ASER survey is: • To get reliable estimates of the status of children’s schooling and basic learning (reading and arithmetic) at the district level • To measure change in these basic learning and school statistics over time-annually • ASER survey has been completed in Muzaffargarh for • the year-2012. Final report/Finding available at www.aserpakistan.org

31. Projects Completed PEF(Punjab Education Foundation) Trainings CHAON (Children against oppressions and neglect) Tools for Schools in collaboration with Unilever-Pakistan • In this project ,42 training sessions were organized in 42 PEF Schools. • This training program established a low-cost, in-service training system which provides untrained teachers with new skills, better teaching aids, and continuing professional support. In four month project , training session for Govt. teachers were organized. 139 school teachers participate in this training. Objective of training was to Make Child friendly school (CFS) In ten flood affected schools of district Muzaffargarh, this project was implemented. Student’s furniture, black boards, maps, posters &gift hampers were distributed in that schools.

32. Future Plans • Piloting of new Learning Program “Access plus Learning” at one village (Chak 523 TDA) in Kot Adu (April 25 till June 30, 2013) • Healthy Pakistan Mission supported by Uniliver Pakistan • ASER 2013 Survey

33. Accelerated Learning & Enrolment Program – ChaloParhainBarhain .. Low Cost High Impact Innovation • Strategy for 2010 – 2020 • – Large Scale - Measureable Impact on Learning and Enrolment with sustainability - A 12 month intervention • Area of Operation: Lowest Performing Union Councils will be selected on the basis of: • ASER Survey • Govt. Data (Reform Road Map, Other Reports) • PEC Exams/other equivalent/ ASER test • Mapping of Un-enrolled Children • Maximum 10 – 15 Schools per Union Council

34. SCOPE OF WORK AT VILLAGE/MOHALLA LEVEL • SURVEY • ASER Survey of up to 60 households to identify Out of School Children (OOSC) & Learning Levels in a village • School Based Survey of all students grade 3-5 to identify children at risk of drop outs • Survey Administration: Team of 03 surveyors for survey: • School Survey with CPB test : 03 days • Household Survey: 02 days • Data Entry & Report Compilation: 02 days • Outcome: Baseline Village Report Card indicating Children Learning Levels & % of OOSC for action Continue ….

35. Mainstreaming the Program with Govt. Education Sector Plan & Depts. of Education • Sharing the program with Govt. /Province/District and agreeing with its phase I roll out- low performing Dist/UCs • Agreement in principle that school heads/teachers will be part of the program and learn its core areas during the training and roll out • Agreement that for 30 days children at risk from dropping out (ASER test /low learning levels) can be pulled out for the Lit Camp 10 days at a time X 3 times • Support to the same school for Para teacher/s for 9 months; SMC/SC strengthening SDP making; children’s leadership camps and learning materials as per need • Agreement that shortage of teachers will be addressed for those schools on priority basis • Agreement that all successful components will be mainstreamed through govt. systems - Review each month

36. B. PROGRAM INTERVENTIONS – 10 Month • 1. Literacy Camps - Enhancing Learning Levels – Located in Village Schools • 02/03 volunteers Will be hired • Training will be imparted to volunteers by ITA • Literacy Camps during School timing ( April – May ) or (Aug/Sept.- Oct)- 2 hours • Volunteer /s to remain in school after conducting camps • Multiple Camps can run simultaneously for maximum 150 Children per village Continue ….

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