Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA)






ITA's Bi-Annual Strategic Review meeting
World Teachers’ Day 2009 Recommendations

Pakistani Educational Leadership Institute (PELI) 2009
Ministry of Education Applauds Training of Pakistani Teachers at the Plymouth State University USA & Seeks an Active Database of Trained Teachers across the Country Mr. Shahid Ahmed, Additional Secretary Ministry of Education lauded the efforts of the US Government, Plymouth State University and Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) for providing training to Pakistani teachers, pre-dominantly from the public sector. He suggested that a debriefing is essential upon return of the 20 secondary level teachers from USA in August 2009, as is a third party evaluation of the 120 total educators who have received training in USA since 2004. ....... more

A National Dialogue on Reclaiming Cultural and Social Diversity: mobilizing youth for national harmony and peace- sharing the outputs and impact for shifts in learning practices 16-17 Nov 2008


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23 December ,2009 SAFED/ ITA in collaboration with Lahore School of Economics is Organizing a seminar on " Understading Pupil's achievements in Pakistan" on January 6th 2010 at Auditorium-1, Lahore School of Economics, City Campus Lahore............read more 15 December ,2009 Idara-e-Taleem-o-Agahi (ITA) conducting a 3-day training workshop(*“English Language: Thinking,Expression,Reading & Writing”) on 15-17 December, 2009 at ITA Head Office Lahore......... 11 November ,2009 Idara-e-Taleem-o-Agahi (ITA) successfully conducted a 2-days training workshop on 10-11 November, 2009 in 3 tehsils of district Multan.........read more. 2 November ,2009 ITA in collaboration with Punjab Education Foundation, is conducting 4 CBT and 2 SLDP trainings on 2^nd November to 7^th November in Bahawalpur. 28 October ,2009 English Language Teaching Through Critical Exploration, was held on 27th – 28th October 2009 at the Directorate of Staff Development ...........read more 28 September ,2009 Institute for Professional Learning is organizing faculty training at ITA’s Head Office. It’s a six days training starting from 29th September, 2009 to 3rd October 2009 (12:00 pm – 6:30 pm) ...........read more 17 September ,2009 CSRC is conducting three workshops at Lahore during October, 2009. Civil Society Resource Centre, (formerly NGORC) A Project of Aga Khan Foundation, conducts ‘outcome-based’ training programmes that enable learners to demonstrate the knowledge and capabilities acquired ...........read more 22 August,2009 The six day workshop ““ Spaces for Young Women: Research, experimentation and practice” concluded on August 22, 2009 at Kinnaird College for Women in collaboration with the South Asian Women Network – Education from Jamia Millia Islamia University Delhi, and the South Asia Forum for Education Development (SAFED) based in Pakistan .....read more 17 August,2009 South Asia Forum for Education Development (SAFED) in collaboration with the South Asia Women Network (SAWN) –, Ankur and Kinnaird College for Women “ Spaces for Young Women:Research, experimentation and practice”............... read more 8^thAugust,2009 A two day training concludes at ITA Head Office/ Institute for Professional Learning on “ Engaging with the District Government: Advocating Pro-poor Service Delivery”. Amir Ejaz and Mukhtar Ahmed from CPDI were the resource persons at the workshop. M Arshad, Deputy Secretary Finance had also been invited to address the workshop participants. The workshop was organized by OXFAM Pakistan and was attended by its partner organizations including: ITA representatives from many districts, Aurat Foundation and HELP 6^thAugust,2009 A two day Training of Trainers workshop concluded at the Institute for Professional Learning (IPL) /ITA in Lahore on Early Childhood Education (ECE) National Curriculum 2007, in preparation for the roll out of the ECE curriculum in two districts of Punjab, Multan and Rawalpindi supported by UNILEVER Pakistan, Dirt is Good / Surf Excel Initiative. ITA has prepared the manuals and guidelines in Urdu and English along with an adaptation of the Taleemi Kit for ECE inspired by the Teachers Resource Centre (TRC) pehla taleemi basta…. 1^stAugust,2009 Selected Districts: August 2009 is earmarked for Early Childhood Education (ECE) training supported by UNILEVER for its brand Surf Excel under the Dirt is Good Initiative. 14^thJuly,2009 July 14th Training will commence for the teachers of the Female Matriculation Graduation Program in Islamabad to cover the districts of DIKHAN and Charsadda in ITA's office in Islamabad. The Matriculation Academy will begin its work on July 25th. 2009 13^thJuly,2009 July 13th School Leadership Management Training commences today for headteachers of Lahore District. This is a two day course led by Ms. Fauzia Butt in ITA"s Lahore District Office. 13^thJuly,2009 Swabi July 13th 2009.* A three day middle school training will be held at Gulaan Elementary School conducted by ITA trainers during the week commencing July 13th 2009 Like all trainings in emergencies this too will ensure that INEE standards of minimum care are integrated. 11^thJuly,2009 July 11th Training completed for the first cohort of teachers of the Female Matriculation Graduation Program in Gwadar.. teachers awarded certificates for the six day training. The Matriculation Academy will begin its work on JUly 20th. Gwadar District is the first one to complete the training and luanch the academy with 17 students. This is a PAIMAN/USAID initiative for reducing maternal and infant mortality rates in Pakistan through qaulified community mid wives 8^thJuly,2009 Swabi July 8th 2009. A four day training for primary school teachers and managers will commence at the Shah Mansoor Camp I by a group of trainers from ITA supplemented by Rozan for psycho social support.. Other than Gulaan elementary school all other primary learning initiative partners will send their teachers. Like all trainings in emergencies this too will ensure that INEE standards of minimum care are integrated. 6^thJuly,2009 Punjab- On July 6th 2009 ITA’s teams across Punjab will be conducting 12 Punjab Education Foundation(PEF)’s trainings entitled *Cluster Based Training (CBT)* and *School Leadership Development Program (SLDP)* in districts. This is a fast paced training covering at least 500 teachers and head teachers in low cost private schools of Punjab. 6-11^thJuly,2009 Gwadar July 6th - 11th , 2009 ITA’s training team will be conducting a six day training in Gwadar in connection with the Female Matriculation Graduation Program (FMGP), where matriculation in science group is the basic pre-requisite to complete the 18 months Maternal, Neonatal & Child Health (MNCH) Community Mid Wife program ......read more 4^thJuly,2009 The six days training workshop will be conducted for the districts of Charsadda & D.I Khan in NWFP and Zhob, Sibi, Jafferabad and Gwadar for Balochistan districts during the month of July. ITA will be conducting the workshop for all 8 science group subjects through its training teams to cover content, pedagogy, assessment and matric academy management which will be run in the Government Girls High Schools in the said districts. 1-3^rdJuly,2009 Lahore: July 1-3, 2009, six participants from ITA are attending training entitled “Exploring Rights of the Child as Learners and Teachers” conducted by Simorgh on Human Rights Education for practitioners. 12^thJune,2009 “The Saturday Kids” The student with learning disability in your classroom INCLUSIVE EDUCATION:COPING WITH “MAINSTREAMING” CHALLENGES WORKSHOP has been succecfully conducted at ITA in LAHORE ......read more 20^thMarch,2009 2 days SLDP Traning will be held on 20 & 21 March 2009. 1. Subject based short courses for teaching of Science, Math and English 2. Educational Leadership and Management 2^ndMarch,2009 Continues professional development programs held by ITA in collaboration with Punjab Education Foundation in February... read more 15^thFebruary,2009 INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT -TRAINING WING- ISLAMABAD held a two days training workshop on 13th and 14th February 09 at IPD Training Center. DG Environment, Ministry of Environment appreciated the efforts ......... read more
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04^th December,2009 An innaugeral ceremony was held at CDG junior model Girls High School Paisa Akhbar Lahore that is one of ITA's partner schools of Lahore......read more 04^th December,2009 The Anita Ghulam Ali Teachers Award is transparent and based on merit. 164 nominations have been received from all over the Pakistan for ECE-AGA Award 2009......read more 17^thNovember,2009 THE Lahore High Court on Monday set aside a notification of the Punjab Schools Education Department, authorising the Punjab Examination Commission (PEC) for holding class-V and class-VIII exams for all government......read more 5^thOctober,2009 Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) has been leading social dialogues on WTD each year since 2004 along with a survey to influence policy makers at all levels through focused recommendations......read more 16^thSeptember,2009 Al-Mustafa Welfare Society donated some bags, Copies & Poem Books for the ITA-Partner School....... read more 10^thSeptember,2009 On Thursday 10th Sep 09, ITA arranged an acknowledgement ceremony at CDG Junior Model Girls High School Allama Iqbal Road Lahore (ITA’s first partner schools in CDG Lahore)...... read more 8^thSeptember,2009 Most URGENT: National Education Policy--Protest at National Press Club tomorrow at 11am...... read more 2^ndSeptember,2009 Idara-e-Taaleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) has established a vocational training centre where a four - month beauty training course is being offered under CLC...... read more 23^rdAugust,2009 SECRETARY General Woman Wing Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz Group and Advisor to Chief Minister Punjab Begum Zakia Shahnawaz has stressed the need for documenting curriculum reforms process and using powerful narratives from the marginalized sections of society to inform the textbook writing process...... read more 15^stAugust,2009 Summer School program is incorporated in ITA’s main activities to enrich school education through different hand-on activities and project based learning..........read more 15^thAugust,2009 Agahi Education School System conducted Summer Camp -Free of Any Charges Agahi Education School System- an initiative of Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) to rehabilitate a government ghost school – conducted a three weeks’ summer camp up to primary level without any charges. It was quite free for the children of local community, studying in the school .........read more 16^thAugust,2009 ITA invited for a discussion with the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, Ms. Judith A. McHale to brainstorm on improved relations with US through Education outreach and people to people exchanges across the two countries for sustained up-gradation of quality of life and learning possibilities. The discussion was frank and productive coordinated by Constance Colding Jones , Officer of Cultural Affairs, and Ms. Leslie M. Phillips, Assistant Cultural Affairs Attache of the U.S. Embassy Islamabad, Pakistan 15^thAugust,2009 Islamabad ITA hosted a dialogue on Initiatives in Education – India & Pakistan .. Prospects for South Asian Networking........read more 14^thAugust,2009 HAPPY AZADI DAY ! .. to all of us with prayers that we stand up to the challenge of making Pakistan, a land of tolerance, learning, peace, and human progress in its myriad manifestations........read more 10^thAugust,2009 Curriculum Reforms in Pakistan – A Glass Half Full or Half Empty? A paper was recently presented by Baela Raza Jamil, Chairperson Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) and Coordinator South Asia Forum for Education Development (SAFED), at the Seminar on School Curriculum Policies and Practices in South Asian Countries at the National Council for Education Research & Training (NCERT) Delhi, India. August 10-12, 2009 .. read paper (www.itacec.org... ) and send comments : Email: address: itacec@gmail.com .. 08^thAugust,2009 ITA Tables Serious Reservations on the draft New Education Policy: ITA provided feedback on the latest draft of the New Education Policy Aug.1, 2009. The comments were passed on to the Pakistan Coalition for Education (PCE) for wider circulation, discussion and campaigning ........read more 03^rdAugust,2009 Archbishop Saldanha condemns killing and carnage in Gojra, calls for closure of Christian institutions for three days mourning in Punjab........read more 24^thJuly,2009 Summer Camps resume in Lahore Schools -- A Journey of Happiness & Learning ........read more 11^thJuly,2009 July 11, Dr. Waseema Sheikh from Boston arrived on July 10th and began her five week volunteer work at Shah Mansoor Camp I in Swabi District. She will also work with Host Community IDPs in Rawalpindi Drop in Centres as well. She will be working for the Camp wide facilities as well as ITA's Gulaan Elementary School and Muskaan Mother and Child Centre 11^thJuly,2009 July 11, Lahore Baela Raza Jamil , attends the third meeting of the Sub-Committee on Teachers’ Issues.. to discuss criteria for selection of teachers for incentives based on quality indicators at school level. Baela Raza Jamil was made a member of the Committee on Teachers’ Issues on June 18th, 2009 under another initiative of the Chief Minister Punjab....... read more 10^thJuly,2009 July 10th 2009 : Dr. Waseema Sheikh Bokhari , ITA’s trusted and committed health volunteer, will join the IDPs work in Islamabad Swabi and Rawalpindi with ITA’s team for one month.. She is an amazing healer and health practitioner .. originally trained in Lahore, upgraded at Harvard, Wisconsin and Boston....... read more 4^thJuly,2009 Islamabad July 4th 2009 – The sixth batch of Pakistani Secondary Level Educators left for New Hampshire USA to attend a four week training on science education, conflict resolution, and English literacy with cultural heritage as an interdisciplinary sub-text at the Plymouth State University (PSU) The 11 females and 9 males were from FATA, NWFP, AJK, ICT, Punjab, Balochistan and Sindh. Out of 20, 16 were from the public sector institutions. Constance Colding Jones Cultural Affairs Officer U.S. Embassy Islamabad, and Mr.Shahid Ahmed, Additional Secretary Education, Ministry of Education gave away the tickets and training kits. They suggested a debriefing session upon their return in Islamabad ......read more 3^rdJuly,2009 Islamabad July 3, 2009 – Pre Departure Training will be held in Islamabad, for the sixth batch of the Pakistani Education Leadership Institute (PELI) at the Plymouth State University (PSU) New Hampshire USA. The one day training will conclude in the ceremony where 20 participants (secondary level teachers/educators) will be formally handed over tickets by Constance Colding Jones Cultural Affairs Officer U.S. Embassy Islamabad, prior to their journey to USA for the four week training program entitled “Science Education & Conflict Resolution”. After the conclusion of this four week training they will be expected to implement Master Action Plans for the in-country phase of their work......read more 2^ndJuly,2009 Chiniot July 2nd 2009, District Government to Construct a Ladies Indoor sports stadium for Girls of Govt. Girls Elementary School, Satellite Town Chiniot with allocation of Rs. 30 million......read more 2^ndJuly,2009 Pakistani Youth in Action: Summer Internships at ITA 2009......read more 1^stJuly,2009 District Government to Construct a Ladies Indoor sports stadium for Girls of Govt. Girls Elementary School, Satellite Town Chiniot with 30 million rupees.......read more 24^thJune,2009 On 24th June 09 “Aagahi Centre” – a drop in center has been established in Lahore focusing on child labor ......read more 17^thJune,2009 Pakistan Project Scoops Education Awards for Good Practice: Achieving Quality in Education and Delivering Education in Difficult Circumstances. at the 17th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministerial Meeting in Kaula Lumpur Malaysia ......read more 12^thJune,2009 Economic Survey 2008-09 Just Released ........read more 12^thJune,2009 The World Day Against Child Labour will be celebrated on 12 June 2009 ........read more 06^thJune,2009 ITA kicks of its Two Days’ Bi-Annual Strategic Review meeting in Islamabad. An energizing envisioning exercise , historical timeline of ITA and mapping of programs across the country was undertaken by a group of 18 managers … The day long exercise was very insightful for institutional internalization .. The team visited Saidpur Village in the evening enjoying Islamabad's pleasant weather and restored heritage. ........read more 05^thMay,2009 Child Labour program and approaches adopted by ITA have been selected for the Commonwealth Education Good Practice Awards 2009........read more 04^thMay,2009 Healing & Learning Community Centres - ITA’s Response to IDPs in Host Communities and Camps ..Rawalpindi & Shah Mansoor Swabi- May 4, 2009 ........read more 28^thMarch,2009 Anita Ghulam Ali Teachers’ Award 2008 – Repositioning Teachers in Pakistan - Award Ceremonies Kick off in Karachi on March 28th, 2009........read more 28^thMarch,2009 Reservations on Education Policy. Mar.12 ........read more 28^thMarch,2009 Chairperson as Panelist at the SEF Symposium on Public Private Partnerships on March 28th........read more 24^thMarch,2009 Baela Raza Jamil, Coordinator SAFED and Chairperson ITA India Visit–March 18-22,2009....read more 24^thMarch,2009 UNILEVER Pakistan Branding for Hygiene Education: Distributing Dental Hygiene and Hair Care Products in Rahim Yar Khan Schools ... read more 23^rdMarch,2009 May 23, 2009 CNN team Mr. Samuel Joseph Hillson Haynor and Ms. Sana Nayyar make a documentary for the IDP's Camp in Swabi assisted by ITA's team in Islamabad.. read more. ........read more 4^thFebruary,2009 Concerned Citizens Deposit a Letter and 18000 Signatures on SWAT/FATA & NWFP Genocide for the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon with the UN Resident Coordinator on February 3, 2009 ......... read more 3^rdFebruary,2009 ITA Selected as A Finalist for Commonwealth Education Good Practice Award 2009 ......... read more 21^stJanuary,2009 Two Round Table Dialogues held with Parliamentarians on the draft National Education Policy (NEP) by the Pakistan Coalition for Education (PCE)......... read more 18^thJanuary,2009 ITA training teams from the Institute for Professional Development (IPD) concluded a 6 days’ subject based training......... read more 8^thJanuary,2009 The carnage in Swat and FATA resulting in burning and shutting down of girls and virtually all education institutions... read more 1^stJanuary,2009 The countdown begins to the Sixth PELI Summer Training Program at Plymouth State University USA!... read more 19^thNovember,2008 The Pak-U.S.Alumni Association was formed ......... read more 18^thNovember,2008 Minutes of 5th Meeting of the District Coordination Committee ......... read more 17^thNovember,2008 A National Dialogue on Reclaiming Cultural and Social Diversity......... read more 14^thNovember,2008 Celebration of Health Screening Day organized by ITA....... read more 21^thOctober,2008 5 Social Dialogues Held in Pakistan for WTD 2008............ read more 17^thOctober,2008 5-Days Teachers Training Workshop on Citizenship Education under the project of USIP............ read more 15^thOctober,2008 Celebration of Global Hand washing Day organized by ITA in collaboration with Unilever............ read more 14^thOctober,2008 Professional Development to Raise Status of Teachers ............... read more 11^thOctober,2008 World Teachers’ Day 2008 .. Teachers Matter For Quality Education............ read more 11^thOctober,2008 World Teachers' Day 2008 Held at Bureau of Curriculum............ read more

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