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Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) or the “Centre of Education and Consciousness” Public Trust, established in 2000, is a civil society organization focused on addressing the profound education crisis of Pakistan through action and policy research, service-delivery and advocacy. ITA has been a strong education champion across Pakistan with field programs covering complex aspects of: Access, Learning, Quality, Evaluating Low-Cost Private Schools, Inclusion, Child Protection, Gender Justice and Education, Tolerance, Citizenship, Health and Hygiene Interventions, and Technical and Vocational Training Programs with government, communities and public and private school systems. |
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ASER 2021 was released nationally on 10th March, 2022. Ms. Kim Bradford Smith, Education team lead, FCDO; Ms. Noreen Hasan, Education Specialist, UNICEF Pakistan; Ms. Suraiya Zaman, Parliamentary Secretary for Education, Govt. of Gilgit Baltistan; Col (R) Dr. Amirullah Marwat, Chairman, National Commission for Human Development (NCHD); and Mr. Fahd Husain, Journalist and ASER Ambassador participated in the launch event held at Planning Commission in Islamabad. The event was attended by all major stakeholders from civil society, government, and the private sector. In addition to the national launch, ASER was also released provincially in Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Jammu & Kashmir, and Gilgit-Baltistan in March and April 2022.
ASER has collaborated with the Karachi Urban Lab (KUL) to work on a Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) funded research on studying the social and technical infrastructure of Karachi to improve cooling in cities in the context of global warming and urban poverty.
ASER has also been working to improve enrollment of Out-of-School Children (OOSC) in schools through active collaborations with industry, government, donor agencies, and civil society to take selected union council clusters. After conducting household surveys in selected union councils, ITA will provide stakeholders with learning solutions to promote 100% enrolment along with important life-skills and ed-tech resources. |
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Pakistan Learning Festival successfully conducted storytelling and art and craft sessions on PLF Stall at Lahore International Book Fair (13, 14, 15 of May) |
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| Eid Card making workshop and storytelling session on “How the Zebras got their stripes” with Director General CPWB. |
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Digi Kutab Khana
Digi Kutab Khana in Birir Kalash Chitral doing wonders with kids by taking them on the journey of learning.
The sustainable impact of Digi Kutab Khana in uplifting communities and reforming future generations.
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| Kitab Gari session at FCC Primary Lahore on May 18, 2022. |
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Young Author Award (YAA)
The Young Author Award 2021-2022 winners are announced. |
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ITA in Collaboration with Meta is successfully conducting engagement activities across districts of Pakistan. We Think Digital by Meta is a digital literacy sensitization program for youth aged 13 to 18 on using digital space safely and securely. The program effectively introduces the concept of digital citizenship, digital identity and also addresses the common threats and solutions, we as a netizen might face while using the digital space. Under this program, our provincial and district trainers, well equipped with digital skills are engaging users in the most remote areas of Pakistan. The inceptions workshops have formally started from Gilgit Baltistan in Gilgit City and Hunza. |
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A two day training was conducted in 30 partnered public schools on the areas identified through training need assessment. The training was conducted using the Govt of Punjab’s Training Manual/Handbook on SCs. SCs were made functional through the training, and they were informed about their role as per the school education department’s policy. The training enables them to actively participate in maintaining the school record/inventory, funds allocation and utilization of funds, school development plans, enrollment campaigns through community influences and mobilizing OOSC especially, those who were dropped out during the COVID-19 period. |
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Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi with the aim to expand reading habits among primary grade students has kicked off Phase 2 of the Pakistan Literacy Project “Classroom Library Program”. In collaboration with the School Education Department, classroom libraries will be established in 10 new schools in Lahore and Bahawalpur, whilst support will continue to be provided to the existing 24 schools in the same districts. In order to run the program smoothly one of the key factors is the involvement of the school leaders and community members. To this end, we have organized meetings with the school staff (head teacher and teachers) as well as the community members of the new schools to set clear expectations about the program and provide an opportunity for the school to enhance students learning through reading |
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Girls’ Education and Enterprise Alliance (GEEA) Leaders from Muzaffargarh who have been trained in leadership and advocacy since 2021 conducted sessions on leadership for social change in 35 schools with over 638 beneficiaries under the Girls’ Lower Secondary Education Project (GLSEP) by UNESCO. The sessions focused on qualities of effective leaders in small communities, and planning for social change using SMART goals and SWOT analysis. Each session was 2 hours, and included activity and dialogue based learning.
At GEEA, our nominated GEEA Leaders exhibit the skillset to lead educational activities in their communities, especially with young girls in their areas. Peer-learning models, especially directional peer learning, in communities where GEEA leaders reside can help foster an active culture of education which has two-fold benefits: it allows for girls in these communities to develop skills which will improve learning gains, and provide GEEA leaders with a platform to exercise their leadership and dedication to the cause of girls’ education in a regular and systematic manner. |
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On 1st may LSK students and teachers celebrated Labour Day in campuses. Student took part in different activities. Art and craft session also held for this purpose. Mother’s day celebrated in schools with mothers of community students. Mothers participated in different games like mehndi competition, make up competition etc.
LSK Teachers and students attended Book Fair held in Expo center Lahore where LSK students took part in story telling session and Art and Craft session at ITA stall.
Eid celebrations were organized in all campuses to motivate children and refresh them after eid holidays.
Computer students are attending video making/editing classes and now onward they will record “fun k rang bachon k sang session” by themselves and they will edit too. In LSK TVET, Order work is continue and artisans are generating income steadily. |
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ITA Participated and placed a stall at 35th Lahore International Book Fair, Expo Center. All of ITA Publications were placed for buyers at the stall with creative and fun filled activities for the attending children. Children had great time at ITA Stall with ITA Publications having 28 Adapted books and more. |
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ITA distributed menstrual hygiene kits to beneficiaries in Bahawalpur under Asman se Batain Funded by Malala Fund. |
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ITA celebrated Mothers Day 2022 by presenting 28 adapted books in Urdu by ITA Publications from Room to Read Global Collection Presented to Saba Edhi for reading with children. |
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