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0 Acknowledgement ................................................................................................................................ 2

1 Program Overview ................................................................................................................................ 3

2 Project Background ............................................................................................................................... 4

2.1 Project Methodology: ................................................................................................................... 4

2.2 The project goals: .......................................................................................................................... 4

2.3 The 2009-2010 Award & Its Key Components: ............................................................................. 5

3 The Interim Report June to September 2009 ....................................................................................... 6

4 Phase III: The Post-PELI Period in Pakistan (October to December 2009) ............................................ 7

4.1 MAP Implementation Follow Up................................................................................................... 7

4.1.1 MAP Contracts and Disbursements, 2009 ............................................................................ 7

4.1.2 MAP Implementation Monitoring Visits, 2009 ..................................................................... 9

4.1.3 MAP Reports & Pictures, 2009 ............................................................................................ 14

4.2 PSU Brochure .............................................................................................................................. 22

4.3 Newsletter, 2009 ......................................................................................................................... 33

4.4 Delhi Conference ......................................................................................................................... 33

4.5 Continuing Alumni Outreach Initiatives ...................................................................................... 42

4.5.1 ITA Government Initiatives ................................................................................................. 42

4.5.2 Alumni Connectivity Meeting ............................................................................................. 42

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0 Acknowledgement ITA is indebted to multiple institutional partners and professionals across Pakistan who continue to

contribute to the success of the in-service professional development program initiated at the Plymouth

State University (PSU) in 2003-2004. To date, six successful batches have benefited and added to the

pool of ‘teachers without frontiers’ in Pakistan and in helping us meet program milestones.

Special gratitude is extended to the heads of: Agha Khan University- Institute of Education (AKU-IED),

The Citizens Foundation (TCF), Department of Education Balochistan, University of Education, Lahore,

Directorate of Staff Development (DSD), Ministry of Education Training Wing, National Institute of

Science and Technical Education (NISTE), Federal College of Education (FCE), Department of Education

NWFP, Directorate of Education FATA, Department of Education, Punjab and Department of Education

AJK.

ITA also acknowledges continued support and confidence of Ms. Sarah Jane Steen President, Plymouth

Statue University (PSU), the meticulous facilitation and dynamic leadership provided by Ms. Blake Allen,

Director, Pakistani Educational Leadership Institute.

The meticulous guidance and valued support from: Mr. Adam Meier, at the State Department Bureau of

Education & Cultural Affairs (ECA), USA; the US Embassy Pakistan, Ms. Constance Jones, Cultural Attaché

the visa facilitation teams in Islamabad and US Consulate Lahore, is especially acknowledged.

ITA’s Plymouth State University Coordination Team

Pakistan

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1 Program Overview

This report covers Phase III of the 2009-2010 award of Pakistan Education Leadership Institute (PELI)

at the Plymouth State University (PSU) entitled “Active and Responsible Citizenship through Education

in Stewardship of the Environment & in Cultural Heritage Preservation”. The major activities taking

place in this Phase were:

MAP 2009 Implementation Follow Up including the disbursement of the first installment of

funds and MAP Implementation Monitoring Visits

The publication of the 2009 Newsletter

Preparation for the Capstone Conference to be held in March, 2010 at Delhi, India

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2 Project Background

Since 2003 PSU and ITA have been involved in a collaborative program of work funded by the U.S

Department of State, Bureau of ECA to promote quality education in Pakistan, particularly at the

secondary level. This has been implemented through professional development summer institutes in the

US for the Pakistani educators which have promoted goodwill and understanding between the people of

United States and Pakistan.

ITA has been selected as a service provider to: i) design the framework and criteria for participants’

selection in collaboration with the government, ii) obtain nominations, iii) facilitate selection and

finalization, iv) obtain No Objection Certificates (NOCs_ for all public sector teachers/trainers, v)

facilitate the visa process, prepare all nominees for visa interviews, vi) pre-departure orientation, and vi)

follow up the alumni upon their return.

ITA has also facilitated in research tracking and has now begun the monitoring of the master action

plans of the latest cohort of alumni in 2009-2010.

The above-mentioned MAPS are a new phase in the PSU-ITA collaboration. This is the follow on phase

with hands on implementation of skills learnt at the Summer Institute 2009 in important areas of:

responsible active citizenship; heritage and cultural preservation incorporating information technologies

in learning and dissemination.

This is in accordance with the work program for FY 2007-2008 to 2009-2010 jointly developed by PSU &

ITA.

2.1 Project Methodology: A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between PSU and ITA provides the framework and outlines

the basis for an ongoing program of work and services to be performed, between the two partners for

the duration of the grant.

The formal MOU was signed in December 2008 by Baela Raza Jamil, Chairperson, ITA, Beena Raza,

Education Coordinator PELI-ITA, Ms. Blake Allen, Program Director at PSU & Mr. Stephen J. Taksar, (Vice

President for Finance and Administration)

The main project goals of the Institute are:

2.2 The project goals: Transform institutional and individual understanding of environmental stewardship and cultural

heritage preservation.

Foster dialogue amongst diverse cultures found within both Pakistan and the United States related to environmental stewardship and cultural heritage preservation.

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Share expertise amongst all the program participants, including Pakistani educational practitioners, Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi staff, Plymouth State University faculty, New England educators, and community leaders from collaborating institutions, agencies and NGO’s in Pakistan and the United States.

Develop capacity for change at the community level in environmental stewardship and cultural heritage preservation through active and responsible citizenship.

Specifically, the program focuses on assisting educators in implementing culturally appropriate, best

pedagogical practices, with schools as live delivery sites.

2.3 The 2009-2010 Award & Its Key Components: A four week Institute in July 2009 hosted by Plymouth State University for Pakistani educational

leaders.

A one week Academy that took place during the Institute to foster cultural exchange between Pakistani and New England educators.

Development of Master Action Plans by Institute and Academy participants to foster change in participants’ home communities in the areas of environmental and cultural heritage preservation.

Awarding of small project grants to support implementation of Action Plans to institute educational change in Pakistan.

Integration of technology as a tool for fostering exchange during and following the Institute.

Follow-up site visits to support, assess and evaluate ongoing implementation efforts by program participants in Pakistan.

Summative and formative evaluation of all program components throughout the life cycle of the grant.

Phase I covered two reporting periods: i) December 2008 to March 2009 and ii) April – June 2009. Phase

II covered the reporting period from June to September 2009.

This is the Third Interim Report covering the period October to December 2009.

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3 The Interim Report June to September 2009

As per its mandate, ITA has already submitted a thorough interim report from June to September 2009.

This report detailed ITA’s activities during the PELI phase and part of the Post PELI Phase. The activities

included:

Database Management by ITA during the PELI phase. This included updating the profiles of PSU

Alumni 2004 to 2009

Continuous Updating of the ITA Website with news from PELI 2009 and news related to previous

PELI Alumni

Coordination with participants and PSU staff

Coordination with travel agent for return travel arrangements and smooth facilitation of all

participants

Post Training Sessions at Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad

Finalization of implementation strategy of MAPs and their submission to ITA

The submission of the report was a trigger for ITA to request release of funds from PSU as per the

schedule in the MoU to support continued work as per agreed key program activities. The requested

money was duly released.

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4 Phase III: The Post-PELI Period in Pakistan (October to December

2009)

4.1 MAP Implementation Follow Up The PELI Alumni 2009 returned with Master Action Plans detailing the activities they would undertake in

Pakistan in order to utilize the skills and knowledge gained at PELI. Every Alumni signed a contract

binding them to implement these MAPs.

ITA is the funds disbursing body for MAPs. These funds are released in two installments. The first one

comes due on the signing of the MAP. The second is released at the completion of the MAP

implementation. ITA therefore monitors the implementation of the MAPs in order to ensure that the

Alumni have properly discharged the responsibilities undertaken.

With respect to its responsibility of disbursing funds to the PELI Alumni 2009, ITA has performed the

following activities:

4.1.1 MAP Contracts and Disbursements, 2009

ITA has ensured that all 19 PELI Alumni 2009 have signed MAP contracts. It has disbursed the first

installment of funds to the Alumni whose contracts are in hand. Those Alumni whose contracts are not

yet in hand have been contacted and their contracts are being collected.

ITA held three review and reflection meetings, in Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore at which Alumni

contracts were distributed, signed and collected. These meetings have been reported in the previous

Interim Report submitted to PSU (June to September 2009). There were some Alumni who were unable

to attend these meetings and their contracts were therefore not submitted at the time.

Those Alumni whose contracts were in hand were telephonically contacted and their account numbers,

account titles and addresses were obtained. ITA’s finance department then prepared and posted the

relevant cheques.

As the contracts of the remaining Alumni were received by post, the Finance Department was informed

and the Alumni in question was sent the first installment for MAP Implementation by cheque.

Samples of a signed MAP contract, the collection of relevant data for funds disbursement and the status

of funds disbursed are attached as Annex 4.1.1.

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PSU Alumni Payment Schedule

Sr.

Name A/c No.

Fianl

Report Status

Cheque # 1

Cheque # 2

Contact

Number

A/c Title Cheque Address

Address 1st Installment

($)

1st Installment (Rs.)

last Installment

($)

last Installment (Rs.)

Total

Amount

(US$

Total Amou

nt (Rs.)

66% @ 80 34%

1 Aalia Rashid

010-2010-5 (UBL Bank, Qissa Khwani Bazar, Peshawar)

8283972

0345-9189811 / 0333-9211820

Arshad Ahmed

Aalia Rashid c/o Irshad Ahmed, Fine Cloth House, Kaifi Khani Bazar, Peshawar Phone 091-2214935

S.S.T, Department of Education FATA/ NWFP

$241 19,280

$124 $365 19,280

2 Amjad Ali

7460-9 (HBL Exchange Branch Lahore)

8283973

042-5216523 / 0300-4795606

Amjad Ali

House 17, St 2, Samnabad, Okara Saving Account

Lecturer, University of Education,Lahore

$241 19,280

$124 $365 19,280

3 Amra Younus

021-5014605/ 0334-3285531

Assistant Manager Training, The Citizen Foundation, Karachi

$241 19,280

$124 $365 19,280

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4.1.2 MAP Implementation Monitoring Visits, 2009

The next step was for ITA to arrange the MAP monitoring visits. This process also required getting into

telephonic contact with the PELI 2009 Alumni. The Alumni were requested to state a preferred time

during the month of January for the ITA team to undertake a Monitoring Visit. These preferences were

then taken into account while creating MAP Implementation Monitoring Visit Plan.

A record of Alumni preferences and the MAP Implementation Monitoring Visit Plan thus created follows.

At the time of writing, this plan has not yet been completed due to various reasons.

Some Alumni have not yet been given a date for carrying out the relevant activities by the

authorities they are answerable to.

Others are working around the security situation in their areas. Ms. Sima Shuja from

Miramshah, Waziristan, states that she cannot invite ITA personnel to view her MAP simply due

to security threats. Her school is the only one open in the region and the school itself is receiving

threats because of it.

Still others are coping with administrative issues preventing proper implementation eg of the

two alumni belonging to Islamabad, one has been appointed to a different organization and the

other is coping with organizational restructuring in his own institution. Thus, the plan is subject

to modification as and when further information trickles in.

Pertaining to the last point, it must be noted that alumni from the Punjab have actually received

promotions due to the skills obtained from PELI. It is these promotions that are having the unexpected

impact on MAP Implementation.

MAP Implementation Monitoring Plan as of 06-12-09

Name Designation and Institution

Contact Number

Visit

FATA/NWFP

Aalia Rashid


0345-9189811 / 0333-9211820

25th Monday 2010; Government Girls High School, Wazir Bagh, Peshawar: Speech

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Competition

Sima Shuja Head Teacher, Department of Education, NW Agency, FATA

0928-300765 / 0333-9122830

Invitation dependent on security situation. Will invite only if security situation allows.

Naseem Afridi

Head Teacher, Department of Education,F.R Kohat

091-5860893 No Answer

Syed Hussain

Assitt. Director, Department of Education FATA, Peshawar

091-9210166/ 0300-9009067

Finished MAP, only write up is left.

Khalid Khan Dpty.District Officer, Department of Education, NWFP

091-6555103 / 0301-8900969

26 Jan 2010: Berlin Adda School at Tangi: Nature Walk

Zaki Ullah S.S.T, Department of Education NWFP

0333-9326798

27 Jan 2010: Government High School Budaber: Anytime between 8:30 to 2:00 pm

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Fazeelat Saeed

S.S.T, Department of Education, N.W.F.P

092-3613712 / 0345-5407753

28 Jan 2010: Governemnt Girls Higher Secondary School, Pirpia Village (Right turn from Peshwar Road); 10 am

PUNJAB

Amjad Ali Lecturer, University of Education,Lahore

042-5216523 / 0300-4795606

Monday, 11th January 2010: 8:30 to 10:30: Seminar at the University of Education, Okara

Anila Aziz Senior Subject Specialist, G.C.E.T, D.G Khan

064-9260383 / 0307-7512250

No Answer

Muhammad Zafar Iqbal Tahir

Senior Subject Specialist, G.C.E.T,Jhang

047-6332981 / 0301-6002337

Will give specific date next week.

SINDH

Amra Younus


021-5014605/ 0334-3285531

Will provide specific date of visit in two weeks. MAP Implementation will take place in February

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Kausar Waqar

Instructor, AKU-IED, Karachi

021-6347611 / 0333-2113711

22nd Jan 2010: Seminar at AKU-IED from 3:30 to 5:00 pm

Nahid Parween Anwar

Assitt. Instructor, AKU-IED

021-6319015 / 0300-2795069

Will send her schedule by tomorrow. Probable dates of Implementation: 16th Jan/30th Jan

ISLAMABAD

Mohammad Abbas Bhatti

Senior Training Officer, NISTE, Islamabad

051-9250540 / 0300-8352537

Not begun MAP yet due to organizational changes. Will send modified MAP for approval as soon as possible.

Syed Talat Khurshed

Director, Federal College of Education, Islamabad

051-9257484/ 0333-5145579

Not begun MAP yet due to new appointment as Director General, Higher Education Commission. Will send modified MAP for approval at the beginning of next week

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AZAD AND JAMMU KASHMIR

Muhammad Younus Khan

Senior Science Teacher, Department of Education,Bagh, AJK

0346-5933027

Will provide a specific date of visit by Friday

BALOCHISTAN

Munir Ahmed

Dpty.District Edu.Officer, Department of Education, Gwadar, Baluchistan

0321-2256304 / 0333-2032024

Finished MAP and sent report

Rukhsana Nazeer

S.S.T, Department of Education, Bela

0333-7986144/ 0853-620339

No Answer

Shahida Bibi

S.S.T, Department of Education, Hub

085-310124 / 0334-3158149

No Answer

Summarized Visit Plan

Amjad Ali (Okara)

11th Jan

Nahid Perveen (Karachi)

16th Jan or 30th Jan

Kausar Waqar (Karachi)

22nd Jan

Aalia Rashid (Peshawar)

25th Jan

Khalid Khan (Charsadda)

26th Jan

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Zaki Ullah (Peshawar)

27th Jan

Fazeelat Saeed (Pirpia Village)

28th Jan

4.1.3 MAP Reports & Pictures, 2009

Three alumni , namely Mr. Amjad Ali of Okara, Punjab, Mr. Munir Ahmed of Balochistan and Ms. Aalia

Rashid of NWFP have submitted pictures and/or reports of the MAP implemented so far. These are

described below:

4.1.3.1 Mr Amjad Ali

4.1.3.1.1 Report:

Topics: Current

Class: B.Sc., B.Ed

Time Duration 2 Hours (From 830 to 1030am)

Date 14/12/2009 Monday

Resource person: AMJAD ALI from University of Education Okara Campus.

Summary:

I gave a presentation on the topic current which included the direction of a current and measurement of

a current. Before discussing the topic of current, I gave a brief introduction about charge production,

properties of charge, conservation of charge and quantization of charge. I showed physical examples of

a charge by, for example, rubbing the hand together. After this, we discussed a current, the unit used for

a current and the sign convention for it.

Method of Teaching:

UBD (charts) and related materials

Activity based Methodology

Feed back Questions

What is the effect of battery on current?

What is the affect on current if we change the polarity of a battery?

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4.1.3.2 Ms Alia Rashid

4.1.3.2.1 Pictures of MAP(“Need to Protect Environment”)

These are schoolgirls cleaning their school ground. The last picture (bottom right) shows the garbage

simply lying around in the area.

4.1.3.3 Mr Munir Ahmed Nodazai

4.1.3.3.1 Report:

Master Action Plan Template (PELI,2009)

Name: Mr.Munir Ahmed Nodazai, Deputy District Officer Education, Gwadar

Unit Title: Teachers Training in Environmental Education, Global warming, Wetland, Watershed, pollution and environmental issues of District Gwadar.

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Grade Level: 30 Schools teacher from Primary, Middle and High Schools.

Unit Length: One Month

Unit Material Resource people, master trainer, banners, placard, charts, & Resources: written articles, multimedia sources, stationary.

Training for 30 Teachers in Primary School Gazarwan, Gwadar from 21-26 December,2009

Day-1

Venue: Primary School Gazarwan

Date: 21 December,2009

Day : Monday

Time: 9:00 to 1:30

Contents of the Day

Presentation on Watersheds and Wetlands

Economical benefits and threats to coastal wetlands

Participation of Community for conservation of wetlands and watersheds and environmental Advocacy program for coastal community

Documentary on wetlands and watershed. Activities of the Day

Group activities

Presentation by group leader of each group

Group Discussion

Question answer session

Lesson planning Activities in training session.

Day-2



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Day : Tuesday

Time: 9:00 to 1:30

Contents of the Day

Importance of forest

Definition of pollution

Various types of pollution

Documentary on planet earth Activities of the Day

Group activities


Group Discussion


Lesson planning Activities in training session

Day-3



Day : Wednesday

Time: 9:00 to 1:30

Contents of the Day

Environmental issues of District Gwadar.

Impact of these issues on human life.

Factors causing and exacerbating environmental issues

Measure to mitigate these issues

Activities of the Day

Group activities


Group Discussion


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Day-4


Day : Thursday

Time: 9:00 to 6:00

Exposure visit to Differet sites of Tehsil Jewani

Visit to Jewani Wetland

Visit to WWF conservation and information centre Jewani

Visit to Jewani Bay

Presentation on biodiversity of Jewani.

Visit to the site of old Water supply system during the British rule Activities of the Day

Briefing on Wetlands

Briefing on biodiversity of Tehsil Jewani

Plantation of one Mangrove tree by each participant

Fishing

Interview of Fishermen

Relaxation

Day-5



Day : Friday

Time: 9:00 to 1:30

Contents of the Day

Definition of Global Warming

Concept of Green House effects

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Factors of Global Warming

Mitigating Measures against Global Warming Activities of the Day

Group activities


Group Discussion



Day-6



Day : Saturday

Time: 9:00 to 1:30

Contents of the Day

Speeches on environmental Education, Global Warming, pollution, watersheds and wetland

Distribution of Certificates

Vote of thanks

Learning Activities

Resource person lectures

Training contents.

Lesson planning in training session and class.

Magazine & Newspaper articles training session and class.

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Group Discussion during training session and class.

Presentation in training session as well as class.

Demonstration in training session and in class.

Practical works in training session and class.

Assessment procedures in training session and class.

Writing project on Environmental Education.

Exposure visit of Different sites.

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4.1.4 MAP Reports & Pictures, 2008

ITA is in the process of completing a booklet on the MAP Reports of PELI Alumni 2008. A specific

template for reporting has been designed and a sample report provided on this template is included

below.

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Completion Report

Preservation of Educational Culture:

Resource Centre for Future Teachers

Facilitator: Misbah Javed Kiani

Lecturer, Federal College of Education,

Islamabad [email protected]

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Project Title : Preservation of Educational Culture: Resource Centre for Teachers

Facilitator: Misbah Javed Kiani

Project: Preserving, show-casing and disseminating educational and regional culture

through a resource centre at a teacher education college.

Target audience: A total of 89 students from MA Education (Parts 1 and 2) M.Ed, and

Bs.Ed.

Where: Federal College of Education (FCE), H-9, Islamabad

Duration: December 2008- ongoing

Main Objective

Enriching the teaching/learning experience through introspection, an examination of the community and its culture, and by merging both these knowledge sources in purposeful teaching material development

Enduring Understanding Essential Questions

. The impact of personal experiences on an

educator’s teaching practice

. How does the local culture interact with the

educational practices of a region?

Knowledge Skills

. Various aspects of various regional cultures

of Pakistan, both past and contemporary

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. Portfolio development

. Teaching material, AV aids and low cost

teaching aids development

.Resource and information sharing

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Mark of Distinction

This MAP implementation has an interesting design. Students were given orientation for the task

assigned throughout the implementation phase, and not just at the beginning. For example they visited a

folk heritage museum after they were assigned the task of putting together an event on various regional

cultures of Pakistan.

This project also makes interesting connections across the diverse areas of cultural heritage and

teaching practice.

The scope for outreach and sustainability is immense as the resource center can be maintained

without incurring any further or cost or intense investment of time. The fact that it functions as a lending

library of teaching material makes it a unique resource for teachers.

Process

Resource Material

Artifacts

Art material

Low cost material that was recycled to create learning material

Introducing the Project

The facilitator organized a workshop to sensitize her students to the need of such a resource centre.

In order to overcome the issues of coordinating students schedule with her own, and to get the students involved in this project, the facilitator made these activities part of their English, Islamic Studies and General Science courses.

In order to sensitize the students to the need of preserving culture_ be it national, regional or personal_ the students were taken on a trip to the Rohtas Fort on 25th January, 2009. Students gathered information about the fort during the visit.

Implementation Phase Activities

a) Material Development

One of the tasks students were required to do was to start developing teaching material for different grade levels. They prepared classroom presentations in their professional courses. They developed teaching kits for elementary and secondary students. Initially they developed models and charts for the teaching of Islamic Studies, Science and English. They presented their work in class. They evaluated each others work; they gave feedback on each presentation. An air of healthy competition kept them motivated to excel in the task.

The facilitator made the students share their own experiences of studying Islamic Studies before assigning them the task of developing their own AV aids for the subject. The facilitator shifted her pedagogical focus on ethics as she asked the students to research and analyze topics such as how their own and their parents beliefs (about religion, music, sex, everything) different and how these beliefs were formed.

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Students were encouraged to introspect and process their own feelings before taking up developing fresh teaching material. One technique used for this purpose was reflective journal writing in which students wrote their autobiographies and explored events that socially, physically and emotionally affected them. This was integrated into the teaching of the course on Educational Psychology.

Workshops organized by the Facilitator (Annex 1)

In the Implementation phase a two-day workshop was organized on “Developing Low Cost, No Cost material for Science Subjects” at the FCE. Mr.Ekeshahra from Japan was the resource person.

Students of M.A Education (Elementary & Secondary), who are involved in the project,

attended the workshop. On day one the resource person showed some videos that

demonstrated ways of utilizing low cost material in science subjects. In his second session he

involved students in experiments. He helped them develop material under his supervision and

guidance.

Mr Ekeshahara generously made a gift of the CDs to the FCE. He also offered to

volunteer his time for this workshop. (The FCE did pay him a small cash gift.)

A second workshop on the teaching of Science was offered by Ms. Samia Doggar, another PELI Alum who is also a lecturer at FCE.

Another workshop on material development was conducted by Ms Sadia Sarwar. She focused on developing material for different age brackets, preparing teaching kits.

A workshop on ‘Creativity in Learning at Primary Level.’ Students were assigned the task to develop AV aids using low-cost material such as ice cream sticks, dough (to make alphabets and fruit and vegetable shapes), lentils.

Students learned skills in glass painting, vase painting, embroidery stitches from different regions of Pakistan in a workshop offered by Ms Bushra from the Home Economics Diploma course faculty of the FCE

b) Cultural Preservation Activities

Students were assigned a major project to arrange an event on the theme ‘Promoting Unity through the Different Cultures of Pakistan.’

To give them an insight into the various indigenous cultures, students of B.Ed., Bs.Ed. and MA and M.Ed were taken on a field trip to the Lok Virsa (folk heritage) Museum in Islamabad. There they saw the rich and diverse local cultures, took notes and pictures to use in their project. The visit was very informative for all the students and faculty.

Before being assigned the next task, students were offered a workshop by the facilitator and a colleague Ms. Shumaila on portfolio development.

Students also worked on preserving and show-casing material related to their field, that is education. This was a difficult task as there was no existing precedent at the FCE.

Although students hail from all over Pakistan, including from the FATA and FANA (tribal

and northern areas), each bringing with him/her a unique educational culture, yet no portfolios

had ever been made, no documentation work ever done to share these unique backgrounds.

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The facilitator felt the need for show-casing all this rich experience and making it a part of the

institutional memory.

Students participated in a competition in which they had to depict regional cultures,

develop portfolios for each culture including multiple aspects of that region including recipes

and folk tales.

The material thus developed was displayed in a resource centre, a narrow space created by the facilitator by partitioning one of the classrooms using old cupboards found stored at the institute. The facilitator herself keeps the keys of the cupboards. A volunteer student who is in-charge takes the keys from her when the material has to be taken out, as there is no institute employee who can be formally designated this task. Even the cleaning of this little space has to be supervised by the facilitator! (The material was kept in boxes for sometime before this space was created by the facilitator.)

The resource centre currently includes: a) Portfolios of different regional cultures of Pakistan b) Model lesson plans c) Three-dimensional models for science learning d) Regional artifacts (some purchased from the market and some brought by students from

different areas.) e) Traditional clothes f) Traditional modes of transportation

The facilitator plans to add to this display

a) Pictures and information on award-winning teachers of Pakistan, and celebrated educators from all over the world.

Looking Forward

The facilitator plans to launch a website to share model lesson plans, cultural artifacts and how educational practices and the local cultures interact. This would be done in partnership with other teachers.

Part of the facilitator’s plan is to develop co-curricular content based on culture studies.

Challenges

The biggest challenge in implementation of the MAP was the facilitator’s own busy schedule in the college. Apart from taking her regular classes, she is class-in-charge for MA Education Part 1 and Part 2, in-charge of co-curricular activities, the college magazine, and is on the admission committee too. Other than this she is also an MPhi scholar. Secondly, the students were also busy with their course work; it was difficult for them to find time to work on the MAP activities.

To solve this problem, the facilitator checked her students’ schedules and worked around their

free time. Also, she integrated the MAP activities in their regular courses so that students could get

credit for what they were doing and thus feel motivated to participate.

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Lessons Learned

The facilitator would not want to alter much about the way the project evolved during the implementation. She would like to supplement these activities with some others (See Looking Forward).

Outcomes

Since the resource centre works like a lending library, students of the institute can access this material and use it in their classrooms after they graduate. Not only the FCE graduates, but other teachers too can issue the learning material for a set period of time.

The resource centre has model lesson-plans that may be issued also. Educators from the Federal Directorate of Education, Islamabad, and from the National University of Modern Languages also borrow material from here.

The students who participated in the MAP implementation received excellent reports on their teaching practicum from external supervisors, deputed by the Punjab University.

Other Activities by the Alum

The facilitator contributed her story to the UNESCO project, ‘Empowered Teachers Stories’, through which the best 100 stories were selected from all over Pakistan in order to celebrate the role played by teachers. (Annex 2)

In the Words of the Alum

I had heard of environmental protection and preservation of heritage, but the way they (the

museums in the US) had preserved local artifacts, even newspapers, was an eye-opener for me. It was an

inspiration for me to find new connections between heritage and educational practices.

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Annex 1

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Annex 2

Breaking the Silence

Misbah Javed Kiani

When I joined a public sector college as a lecturer in Education, I was brimming with ideas. I wasn’t even

aware that my ideas would be considered so new and revolutionary in a college not so far from my alma

mater, where I learned these teaching strategies.

I designed my courses, Seminar in Psychology and Seminar in Curriculum. I also added seminars

as a course requirement, in which students have to take a burning issue related to their particular

course and research that topic through, literature review, gather data through questionnaires and

interviews, design logs, pamphlets, brochures and banners, invite guests from the relevant field and

engage the media. Until then, these courses had not been planned in such a manner by instructors.

Classroom presentation was the more popular format among my colleagues.

This novel idea was a problem for my colleagues and the administration. Who ever heard of a

seminar at this level? What is Ms. Misbah thinking? Why she is involving her students in such a tough

task? This is so irrelevant for pre-service teachers (students). What a waste of students’ time and

money!

What made matters worse was that I encouraged my students to plan their seminars around

sensitive topics such as sexual harassment in the work place, depression among eunuchs due to

society’s attitude, suicidal ideation among students, the role of punishment in learning. Everyone had a

problem with that__ my colleagues, the students’ parents, the college administration_ everyone, except

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the students because I had created a vision in them. The young minds were fertile ground for these

ideas to take root.

Starved for a chance to express themselves, to do some research autonomously, to be heard,

my students jumped at the opportunity. Even if I had wanted to back-track, my students were not to be

deterred. Not a single one of them.

Huma was one of my students working on the issues of eunuchs. Her mother came to see me

one day. She was very disapproving of the whole idea. I tried to help her understand that we are not

promoting eunuchs but only trying to create understanding and sensitivity towards a segment of our

society that already exists. She did not see it that way. She didn’t want such a taboo subject on her

daughter’s resume. I finally gave in and agreed to switch Huma over to another group.

Huma was of another mind. When I told her of her mother’s concern and tried to change her

group, she vehemently refused, saying she had done all the spade-work for the seminar.

It was the day of the seminar. We had invited people from the media and the leader of the

eunuch community in Rawalpindi. The whole college community turned up, some out of genuine

interest and some to witness what they thought would be a total fiasco.

The event was a total success.

When the leader of the eunuch community came on stage and gave a speech, he moved

everyone in the audience with a description of his community’s problems. He was so moved he didn’t

know what to say “I have been invited to functions just to dance and sing but I was never… no one from

our community ever invited before on an educational platform like this, no one has ever given

importance to our community, but I am very thankful to the instructor and her students who did this

great job by highlighting our problems”. He was overwhelmed with emotion.

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All my critics were silenced.

It wasn’t I as a person but a mind-set that had been victorious that day; the mind-set that

believes in talking about issues in order to find their solutions, the mind-set that trusts young people’s

talent and respects their opinions.

Today, the new director of our college specially requests me to arrange these seminars.

I had taken a risk by opening up taboo subjects, by stepping back and allowing my students to

take center-stage, even by pulling out boxes of the packed multi-media projector from the college

cupboards. Nobody knew how to use the machine. Nobody wanted to learn and take the risk of

damaging it. Except me. I called up the dealers of the machine and requested them to come and show

me how to operate it, which they did. That was all it took. A little bit of effort and a whole lot of trust, in

my students, and in the process of learning as a critical exploration.

These little efforts make a big difference. Taking this spirit to take challenges forward, my

students arranged seminars related to different issues in their teaching practicum in different schools of

Islamabad.

The author is a lecturer at the Federal College of Education, Islamabad.

Retrieved from the UNESCO website http://www.teachereducation.net.pk/stories.html

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4.2 PSU Brochure The PSU Brochure, first created and printed in 2008 is in the process of being updated. IOnce updated,

it will be placed on ITA’s website. It can be viewed at

http://www.itacec.org/document/psu/psu_brochure_horizontal.pdf

Currently, the previous brochure can be viewed at this site. This is also attached as Annex 4.2.

4.3 Newsletter, 2009 A Newsletter dedicated to the activities of the PELI Alumni is issued every year. The purpose is to

publicize alumni activities and to ensure that the alumni are updated on each other’s doings. The fifth

issue of this Newsletter is in progress.

In order to issue this Newsletter, PELI Alumni were requested to contribute articles, the best of these

articles were selected and, with the assistance of various contributions, the Newsletter was prepared

and printed.

4.4 Delhi Conference In order to maintain and improve the quality of professional learning delivered, a Capstone Conference reflecting on the PELI is held at-least once every years. This conference includes PELI Alumni as well as key stakeholders from Plymouth State University and the US Embassy. The purpose is to review and reflect on the Institute itself and to share lessons learnt from in-country experiences after the PELI, especially those emanating from MAP implementation. ITA is in the process of coordinating 2010’s Capstone Conference. This will take place in Delhi, India, from 21st to 26th March 2010. Participants will include representatives of PSU, PELI Alumni, representatives of the US Embassy and Indian educators. The theme of the conference is, “Cross Cultural Explorations & Extensions in Environment, Heritage & Citizenship Education” This follows up on the theme of PELI 2009, exploring how it was implemented in Pakistan and what lessons were learnt from it. PELI alumni will be expected to share their experiences in order to reflect, review and improve upon them. In order to coordinate this conference, ITA has undertaken the following activities:

a) Prepared and submitted an estimated and detailed budget for the conference. b) Identified, in collaboration with PSU, PELI Alumni who can take part in this conference.

Contacted the relevant Alumni and confirmed their availability. c) Identified Indian counterparts to take part in this conference? d) Utilized its network to help obtain accommodation at the lowest possible prices. e) Prepared a draft Invitation letter for the conference.

The relevant documents follow below.

b) Identifying and Tracking PELI Alumni invited to the Conference

No. Name Yes Place

Sindh, Karachi

http://www.itacec.org/document/psu/psu_brochure_horizontal.pdf

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1 Kausar Waqar Yes Karachi

2 Rakshanda Ovais

Yes Karachi

3 Faiza Ghulam Nabi

Yes Karachi

Balochistan

1 Shahida Bibi Yes Hub, Balochistan

2 Munir Ahmed Yes Gawadar, Balochistan

Punjab

1 Beena Raza Yes Lahore

2 Aroona Hashmi Yes Lahore

3 Saiman Robin Yes Lahore

4 Muhammad Zafar Iqbal Tahir

Yes Jhang

5 Razia Din Muhammad

Yes Lahore

NWFP

1 Khalid Khan Yes Dept of Ed, NWFP

2 Zaki Ullah Yes Dept of Ed, NWFP

3 Muhammad Waseem

Yes NWFP

4 Khurshed Ahmed

Yes University of Peshawar, NWFP

Islamabad

1 Saima Khusro Yes Islamabad

FATA

1 Sima Shuja Yes N.W. Agency, FATA

2 Samina Yousaf Yes Mohmand Agency, FATA

AJK (Either/Or Possibility):

1 Saeeda Sultana Dar

Yes Muzaffarabad, AJK

2 Khawaja Tariq Shafi

Yes Bagh, AJK

c) Arranging Accomodation for Participants of Conference

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[email protected] Dear Mr. Gandhi Ref. conversation with Mr. Sherwani our current needs for room bookings are as follows: Number of Rooms Required : 4 double rooms and 1 single with breakfast Number of days - Arrival/Dep dates; March 20-27, 2010 Hotel Preference- Sundarnagar as week long workshop is at Habitat Centre Please quote us the best rate possible. We shall send you the names of 9 persons very shortly after confirmation of rates. Regards Baela R Jamil

Six rooms IIC Doubles Singles

Six at Habitat Doubles Single

Five Sherwani Doubles 4 Single 1

Six Singles for US participants (3 IIC)

Two Singles Counterparts Pakistan

Two Singles KW and TS - IIC

No. Full Name Department/Institution Place Place of Stay

Sindh,

1 Dr. Kausar

Waqar

Instructor, AKU-IED Karachi IIC (booked) single

PRatham

2 Ms. Rakshanda

Ovais

P.D Teacher Fatimiyah

Education Network,

Karachi

3 Ms. Faiza Ghulam Nabi

NGORC – Pakistan Karachi IIC Double with

Ayesha (booked)

Vivek

Baluchistan

4 Shahida Bibi S.S.T, Department of

Education, Hub

Hub, Balochistan

5 Munir Ahmed Deputy District

Education Officer,

Department of

Education

Gwadar,

Balochistan

Habitat (double)

booked Pratham

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Punjab

6 Beena Raza Coordinator, ITA Lahore Habitat

(Single/double)

booked Suman -

7 Aroona Hashmi Lecturer, Institute of

Education and

Research, University of

the Punjab

Lahore

8 Saiman Robin Teacher, Sanjan Nagar

Education Public Trust

Girls High School

Lahore

9 Muhammad Zafar

Iqbal Tahir

Senior Subject

Specialist, G.C.E.T,

Jhang

Jhang

10 Razia Din

Muhammad

Teacher Trainer/

Principal Idara-e-

Taleem-O-Agahi

Lahore Habitat (booked)

Pratham

NWFP

11 Khalid Khan Deputy District Officer, Deptt of Education, NWFP

Habitat D (with munir) Pratham

12 Zaki Ullah S.S.T Deptt of Education, NWFP

13 Wasim Khan

Research Officer WWF – NWFP

14 Khurshed Ahmed..

Subject Specialist

University Public

School, University of

Peshawar

NWFP

15 Ms. Sima Shuja Head Teacher,

Department of

Education

N.W. Agency, FATA

16 Samina Yousaf Principal G.G.H.S. Mohmand Agency, FATA


17 Saeeda Sultana Dar

Teacher Trainer

Directorate of

Education Extension

Muzaffarabad, AJK

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18 Tariq Shafi English Language Teacher, Higher Secondary School Birpani

Bagh AJK IIC Single (booked) Pratham

Islamabad

19 Saima Khusro Teacher F.G.G.M School

Islamabad Habitat with Razia D

Conference Organizers

20 Mahvesh Khan Coordinator Research in Teacher Education and Alumni Support

Islamabad

21 Ayesha Fazal ur Rahman

Coordinator Training and Documentation

Islamabad IIC Double 20-27 with Faiza Ghulam Nabi (VIvek)

22 Baela R Jamil Chairperson Islamabad/Lhr Habitat D (Suman)

Delegation from the Government

22 Mr. Fazle Manan Director, Directorate of Education, FATA

Peshawar Single

23 Mrs. Nabila Iqbal Dep. Director Planning Directorate of Staff Development Punjab

Lahore Single

Delegation from US Plymouth

24 Blakeman H. Allen

Habitat (booked Uma) Single

25 John Martin Laconia High School

US Habitat (booked Uma) Single

26 Erik Anderson Winnisquam High

School,

US IIC through Vivek- S

27 Gail Bourn , Elm Street School

US IIC Vivek – S

28 Mary Ann

McGarry,

Plymouth State

University

US (to be done at H)

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29 Kelly Nelson, Linwood High School

US IIC VIvek S

Arriving March 18 th and departure March 29th 2010

Blake Allen, project director

Erik Anderson, Winnisquam High School,

Gail Bourn, Elm Street School

John Martin, Laconia High School

Mary Ann McGarry, Plymouth State University

Kelly Nelson, Linwood High School

d) Draft Letter of Invitation for the Conference

Baela Raza Jamil

Coordinator Programs

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

House No 2A St. 40 F-6/1,

Islamabad December 15, 2009

Dear Ms. Baela Raza Jamil, Invitation to Attend A Unique Weeklong Conference in New Delhi India, March 22-26, 2010

Cross Cultural Explorations & Extensions in Environment, Heritage & Citizenship Education

It is our pleasure to invite you and a team of 22-24 educators from Pakistan for a unique week

long Capstone Conference titled “Cross-Cultural Explorations: Examining Educational

Leadership Within the Context of Civil Society”

This is the Pakistani Educational Leadership Project, South Asia Regional Conference, New

Delhi, India, March, 2010 funded by the United States Department of State, Bureau of

Educational and Cultural Affairs.

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This fully sponsored (Travel/Meals/Accommodation/learning materials), week long conference

will take place in Delhi at the India Habitat Centre from March 22-26, 2010. The participants will

represent alumni of the Pakistani Education Leadership Institute (PELI), Indian educators and a

team from Plymouth State University, New Hampshire, USA.

Since Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) Public Trust (www.itacec.org), working across Pakistan

and South Asia, has been entrusted as the lead institution to coordinate this conference, this

letter is being sent as a combined Invitation to all participants listed below.

No. Full Name Department/Institution Place

Sindh,

1 Dr. Kausar Waqar Instructor, AKU-IED Karachi

2 Ms. Rakshanda Ovais P.D Teacher Fatimiyah

Education Network,

Karachi

3 Ms. Faiza Ghulam Nabi

NGORC – Pakistan Karachi

Baluchistan

4 Shahida Bibi S.S.T, Department of

Education, Hub

Hub, Balochistan

5 Munir Ahmed Deputy District Education

Officer, Department of

Education

Gawadar, Balochistan

Punjab

6 Beena Raza Coordinator, ITA Lahore

7 Aroona Hashmi Lecturer, Institute of

Education and Research,

University of the Punjab

Lahore

8 Saiman Robin Teacher, Sanjan Nagar

Education Public Trust

Girls High School

Lahore

9 Muhammad Zafar Iqbal

Tahir

Senior Subject Specialist,

G.C.E.T, Jhang

Jhang

10 Razia Din Muhammad Teacher Trainer/ Principal

Idara-e-Taleem-O-Agahi

Lahore

NWFP

http://www.itacec.org/

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11 Khalid Khan Deputy District Officer, Deptt of Education, NWFP

12 Zaki Ullah S.S.T Deptt of Education, NWFP

13 Wasim Khan

Research Officer WWF – NWFP

14 Khurshed Ahmed.. Subject Specialist

University Public School,

University of Peshawar

NWFP

FATA

15 Ms. Sima Shuja Head Teacher,

Department of Education

N.W. Agency, FATA

16 Samina Yousaf Principal G.G.H.S. Mohmand Agency, FATA


17 Saeeda Sultana Dar Teacher Trainer

Directorate of Education

Extension

Muzaffarabad, AJK

18 Tariq Shafi English Language Teacher, Higher Secondary School Birpani

Bagh AJK

Islamabad

19 Saima Khusro Teacher F.G.G.M School Islamabad

Conference Organizers

20 Mahvesh Khan Coordinator Research in Teacher Education and Alumni Support

Islamabad

21 Ayesha Fazal ur Rahman Coordinator Training and Documentation

Islamabad

22 Baela R Jamil Chairperson Islamabad/Lhr

Delegation from the Government

22 Mr. Fazle Manan Director, Directorate of Education, FATA

Peshawar

23 Mrs. Nabila Iqbal Dep. Director Planning Directorate of Staff Development Punjab

Lahore

It is expected that each participating educator will:

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Compare, contrast, and share ideas about how to affect and lead change;

Share a project that demonstrates challenges and/or successes in the classroom or community;

Develop a project with counterparts from other countries to be posted on relevant

websites.

It is important that each participant develop a Power-Point presentation with visuals/images/ handouts along with brief notes (two pages or so) on their work in Pakistan after attending PELI. This is vital to have a meaningful exchange with U.S. and Indian educators. These are requested as formal documents in your portfolios.

The invitation letter is to help you expedite the visa process for Delhi and Agra (a day trip study visit). All arrangements will be taken care of at our end for the duration of the weeklong program.

Sincerely and with best regards

US Embassy India Representative

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4.5 Continuing Alumni Outreach Initiatives ITA continues to facilitate all PELI alumni in utilizing the skills and knowledge they have obtained in accordance with the objective of creating a pool of “Teachers without Frontiers”. The Alumni are deeply involved in various activities undertaken by ITA. In 2009, ITA undertook an initiative facilitated by the US Embassy to link up with Pakistan Government’s Ministry of Environment. The first meeting held was reported upon in the Final Report, 2008, submitted to PSU in November 2009. This meeting led to continuing linkages as follows.

4.5.1 ITA Government Initiatives

On Monday, 07th Dec 2009, Ms. Ayesha Fazal (Coordinator Training and Documentation) and Ms. Mahvesh Khan (Alumni Coordinator) met with the Secretary Environment, Mr. Kamran Lashari and six members of his team. The discussion that took place focused upon the Ministry of Environment's efforts to spread awareness and create action on environmental issues within schools. This is being done according to two strategies. One is to ensure that "Green Clubs" exist in all schools. A pilot of this has taken place in Islamabad, with such clubs already set up in about 150 schools. The second strategy is to hold competitions for: 1- Best Green School 2- Essay/Poster/Speech ITA has been requested to create, provide and disseminate relevant materials and information as well as use its network to recommend judges for these competitions. Since ITA’s network includes a large number of PELI Alumni especially trained to work with Environmental Issues, this opens up a major opportunity for the PELI Alumni, in keeping with ITA’s vision of creating Teachers without Frontiers. Ms. Ayesha and Ms. Mahvesh had another meeting with Mr. Lashari’s Team on Monday, 14th December 2009, where they obtained relevant materials from the Ministry and discussed how to take forward the plan.

4.5.2 Alumni Connectivity Meeting

On Thursday, 31st December 2009, an Alumni Connectivity Meeting was held at the ITA Lahore Office. The purpose was to launch a regional hub for Punjab as a prototype for other planned regional hubs. The invitees were Alumni belonging to Punjab. The meeting began with a discussion on the MAPs of the 2009 Alumni. This enabled those Alumni who had attended PELI before 2008 to learn about and benefit from MAP implementation experiences of the later Alumni. Any problems or issues faced by the Alumni in implementing their MAPs were shared. The MAP reporting template devised by ITA was also discussed.

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When the discussions on the MAPs were completed, the idea of the Alumni hub and the various methods for setting it up and running it were discussed. A decision was taken to set up a PELI group on Facebook. The two hour meeting ended with a presentation on the Institute for Professional Learning (IPL) launched by ITA. Tea was served at 4:30.

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The registration sheet and agenda of the meeting is attached as Annex 4.5.2.

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ANNEXES

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Annex

4.1.1

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PSU Alumni Payment Schedule

Sr.

Name A/c No.

Fianl

Report Status

Cheque # 1

Cheque # 2

Contact

Number

A/c Title Cheque Address

Address 1st Installment

($)

1st Installment (Rs.)

last Installment

($)

last Installment (Rs.)

Total

Amount

(US$

Total Amou

nt (Rs.)

66% @ 80 34%

1 Aalia Rashid

010-2010-5 (UBL Bank, Qissa Khwani Bazar, Peshawar)

8283972

0345-9189811 / 0333-9211820

Arshad Ahmed

Aalia Rashid c/o Irshad Ahmed, Fine Cloth House, Kaifi Khani Bazar, Peshawar Phone 091-2214935


$241 19,280

$124 $365 19,280

2 Amjad Ali

7460-9 (HBL Exchange Branch Lahore)

8283973

042-5216523 / 0300-4795606

Amjad Ali

House 17, St 2, Samnabad, Okara Saving Account

Lecturer, University of Education,Lahore

$241 19,280

$124 $365 19,280

3 Amra Younus

021-5014605/ 0334-3285531


$241 19,280

$124 $365 19,280

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Annex 4.2

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Annex 4.5.2

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Agenda

Punjab Alumi Meeting

Pakistani Educators Leadership Institutes (PELI) 2004 to 2009 at the Idara-e-Taleem o Aagahi (ITA) Lahore Office

Venue: ITA 67 A, Abid Majeed Road,

Lahore Cantt. Ph 92-42-6689831-2 Date: 31st Dec 2009

02:30-02:45 Introductions and Objectives of the Meeting

02:45-03:30 Presentations and Discussions on Master

Action Plans (MAPS) 2009 03:30-04:00 Discussion on Alumni Hub 04:00-04:30 Discussion and solution of Alumni issues 04:30 Tea

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