"We shall absolutely ALL vote in the coming general elections!” they spoke in spontaneous chorus; they also shared their preferred party! These group of women in Gul Abad village Mardan district, were indeed very perky. They demanded 'what about our needs for literacy and numeracy, why are we being ignored?". They fully endorsed their young girls a ...

Mohsin sat on the edge in the middle of the class, but was unable to connect and I also could not make eye contact with Fatima Zahra sitting in the last row.  Fatima struggled with tens and units whilst Mohsin sat passively until someone said ‘oh mam he loves to come here but he is a slow learner’.   My instincts as an educator trained in principles of i ...