CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY GIRLS AGED 2-12 HAVE ACCESS TO

QUALITY EDUCATION WITH IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE AND

SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

Progress Updates

May, 2013

Project Outreach & Mapping

PakistanTarget Districts

MULTANMUZAFFARGARH

RAHIM YAR KHAN SHIKARPUR

Number of Schools 22Enrolled Students 3363

Number of Schools 107Enrolled Students 21832 ECD Centres 8 (760 Students)

Number of Schools 70Enrolled Students 11474 ECD Centres 4 (383 Students)

Number of Schools 105Enrolled Students 18637ECD Centres 4 (438 Students)

• 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.

Program Portfolio in District Multan

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)

Project Progress

Project Title Children, especially girls aged 2-12, have access to quality education with improved infrastructure and safe learning environment DurationApril 2011 till June 2013Number of Partner Schools

21Project LocationJalalpur Pirwala

Activity Target Achieved Interventions

Provision of missing facilities

20 (Schools) 21 (Schools)

Boundary wall, New Room, Toilet Block, Repair & Maintenance etc

Project Progress

Project Title Children, especially girls aged 2-12, have access to quality education with improved infrastructure and safe learning environment DurationApril 2011 till June 2013Number of Partner Schools

21Project LocationJalalpur Pirwala

Activity Target Achieved Interventions

Furniture 20 (Schools) 20 (Schools)

Kids Room, Bench Desk & Teacher’s

Science kit 20 (Schools) 20 (Schools)

Project Progress (TLMs)

Project Title Children, especially girls aged 2-12, have access to quality education with improved infrastructure and safe learning environment DurationApril 2011 till June 2013Number of Partner Schools

21Project LocationJalalpur Pirwala

Activity Target Achieved Interventions

Reading Kit, 20 21 90 Story Books

ECE Kit 20 22 Play Cards etc

Health Kits & First Aid Box

20 22

Sports Kit 20 22

Monthly Art Material

20 22

Teaching Learning Material (TLMs)

Project Progress

Project Title Children, especially girls aged 2-12, have access to quality education with improved infrastructure and safe learning environment DurationApril 2011 till June 2013Number of Partner Schools21Project LocationJalalpur Pirwala

Activity Target Achieved Interventions

Teacher’s Training

40 39 Subject based, ECE, DRR, Health & Hygiene, Annual School Planning

Provision of Para Teachers

12 12 1 for each school as per need

Project Progress

Project Title Children, especially girls aged 2-12, have access to quality education with improved infrastructure and safe learning environment DurationApril 2011 till June 2013Number of Partner Schools

21Project LocationJalalpur Pirwala

Activity Interventions

Celebration of International Advocacy Days

Global Action Week, World Teachers Day, International Children Day, etc

Children’s /Girls Participation in WSIP & Advocacy

School Improvement

Teacher’s Training

Summer SchoolThemes of Summer School 1.“Promoting Understating of managing Natural Disaster-DRR through Active Citizenship Skills”2.“Promoting reading for learning and literacy through Phonics based method-CPB

Girls Clubs..

School Council & Community Meetings

Annual SDP meeting with the involvement of School Council, Teachers and Students

International Literacy Day

Walk on International Literacy Day

New Room

Toilet

Pre-Construction Post Construction

Boundary WallPre-Construction Post Construction

Provision of Furniture

Note: School Furniture Provided at 70 Partner Schools with Construction

• 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

Learning Activities with children

Project Completed

Project Title“Helping Girls into Schools Through School Improvement & Advocacy”Project DurationApril 2011 till December 2012Number of Partner Schools

46Project LocationMuzaffargarh

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 TitleEnhancing Girls Enrolment in Remote Areas of Pakistan

Duration: 2008-2011

Number of Partner Schools

46Project Location

Muzaffargarh

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 Completed

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 Multan, 75 Jalalpur Pirwala) 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.

HPM (Healthy Pakistan Mission)

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

• Piloting of new Learning Program “Access plus Learning” at one village (Chak Mohana Sandhila) in Jalalpur Pirwala (April 25 till June 30, 2013)

• Healthy Pakistan Mission supported by Uniliver Pakistan

• ASER 2013 Survey

Future Plans

Accelerated Learning & Enrolment Program – Chalo Parhain Barhain

.. 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

A. 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

SCOPE OF WORK AT VILLAGE/MOHALLA LEVEL

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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

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

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B. PROGRAM INTERVENTIONS – 10 Month