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Action Plan Guidelines This is your working document

What do you want to accomplish

Who is going to do what

When is it going to get done

What resources did you see this week that you’d like to adapt for use

What resources do you need for your plan Tell us what helped you most, what is missing, and what needs

improvement As you work, post your Action Plan on the Ed Academy Community so that others may

observe your work (www.inteledacademy.org)

Post your final presentation to the Community on a USB Memory Stick

Please Title and name the file, identifying your location

Do not write or save over the template, keep it for later reference

A report out of accomplishments is due Nov. 15

Work with your Intel Education Manager to submit

Note: sample completed Action Plans from 2011 are on the Intel website: http://www.intel.com/education/isef/isef/overview.htm

Action PlanEducator Academy

May 2012

Pakistan

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Action Plan

Intel ISEF

Educator AcademyMay 2012

Pakistan

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Pakistan - Introductions

Mrs. Shehnaz Mazhar Siddiqi

Additional Secretary (A&T)

Ministry of Education, Government of Sindh Pakistan

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Mission Statement

To promote Science and Technology towards children and the youth to enable them to realize their individual potential to fulfill the ideology enunciated in the constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan and to create the next generation od innovators and motivate the young students to excel in science and engineering.

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Objectives1.Improve Teacher qualitya)Teacher rationalizationb)Merit based teacher recruitmentc)BEd 4 years d)ADE 2 year program with US AID support

2.Student Assessment Program (SAT)a)Motivate the next generation of innovators with science, technology and engineering

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Long Term Goals

• Revolutionize the education system at the school and college level to inculcate a sense of inquiry. Science education to provide a sound basis for scientific research and technological development in the country.

• Expand the outreach of the scientific research and awareness programs through Public-Private partnerships to involve rural and under severed masses in all provinces.

• Develop indigenous capacity of public sector institutions to sustain science promotion activities on a large scale.

• Impact assessment by Columbia University - USA

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Short Term Goals• Capacity building of science fair coordinators at School Education

Department, Punjab• Create a team of leadership for the School Education Department of

Punjab to sustain the mega science fair project to hold 36 district level, 9 divisional and 1 provincial level science fairs.

• Support Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to built a science project for 24 districts all across the province.

• Capacity building of science teachers to develop and inculcate inquiry and research based methodologies in classrooms

• Increase mentoring program and holding science camps through Federal Ministry of Science & Technology.

• Increase the ratio of students opting for research based science subjects at high school level (grades 9 and 10) to 50% from the existing proportion choosing the science option which is about 35%

• Increase the number of finalists participating at Intel ISEF to 10 (6 projects), the existing number is 5 finalists (3 projects)

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Action Plan

Objectives ActionMeasure success

Who's responsible

Deadline

Capacity building of science fair coordinators

Training of School Education Department staff to learn the mechanism of holding large scale science fairs

Holding of 36 district, 9 divisional and 1 provincial science fairs from Oct- Nov 2012 onwards

Fair Director, Qaiser Rashid, School Education Department, Punjab and Khadija

July 2012 to June 2013

Create a team of leadership 

Create a team of leadership of the School Education Department of Punjab to sustain the mega science fair project

Deputy Education Officers to supervise the 36 district, 9 divisional and 1 provincial science fairs in Oct- Nov 2012 onwards

Fair Director, Qaiser Rashid, School Education Department, Punjab and Khadija

July 2012 to June 2013

Increase mentoring programs

Hold science camps and mentoring works for the participants of local science fairs

Federal Ministry of Science & Technology through Pakistan Science Foundation to hold mentoring science camps all across Pakistan

Mr. Amjad Hussain, Joint Scientific Advisor, MoST and Khadija

Nov- Dec 2012

Plan for Intel ISEF local fair related activities in Sindh Province

Holding of orientation workshops for public sector institutions and their participation in local provincial fair with ownership & support from the govt.

Participation of public sector in local ISEF activities

Schools & Literacy Department, Government of Sindh, Khadija, Ashutosh and RTA

June – July 2012

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Action Plan

Objectives ActionMeasure success

Who's responsible

Deadline

Increase the number of finalists participating at Intel ISEF

Work with Sponsors, Donors & Intel Foundation for supports

10 students and 6 projects to participate in 2013

Intel foundation, Khadija & Ashutosh

Sep- Oct 2012

Organize training Workshops for Teachers on Science Research

Science teachers trainings on IFS and STT content

1000 teachers trained Federal Ministry of Science Technology, RTA and Khadija

Q3’ & Q4 2012

Build reputation through PR to promote and create awareness for Intel ISEF

Coordinate to use FM radio channels and other sources of electronic and print media to involve more schools and regions

The number of print and electronic coverage through out country.

PR Manager, PR Agency, Ashutosh and Khadija

On going

Introduce Intel ISEF to more provinces, cities, schools

built a science project for 24 districts of KPK

Holding of 5 divisional and 1 provincial science fairs in Oct- Nov 2012 onwards

Prof. Qasim, Director Higher Education, KPK Province, RTA and Khadija

Aug-Sep 2012

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Intel ISEF Educator Academy

Reflection - To be done…• As a result of your participation in the 2012

Educator Academy, reflect on your experience – Highlight what your team felt was the key learning from

the Educator Academy• All key notes and the country sharing session.

• The mature country best known methods on STEM programs

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Intel ISEF Educator Academy

Reflection: • As a result of your participation in the 2011 Educator

Academy, reflect on your experience Highlight what your team felt was the key learning from the Educator Academy: – an wonderful opportunity to refresh training on Intel ISEF

through attending Shop Talks.

– Learned and shared experiences on how to improve local Intel ISEF Fair.

– Opportunity to check what students

• What impressed you the most?:– Opening ceremony.

– Quality of the shop talks.

– Curriculum day.

– The organization of all the event.

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Intel ISEF Educator Academy

Reflection: • Which Shop Talks were the most beneficial for your team?:

– Russ Fisher-Ives

– Cora beth Aben

– Robert Yost.

– Jack Franchetti.

– Sergi Mosyakin

– SRC Panel.

– Sharon/Karen shop talk

– Intel ISEF Students Panel.

• What would you improve: – Follow 3 steps to systemic improvement of science education and

increase # of schools participation.

– Improve the inquiry science in schools.

– Students to present themselves and deal effectively with media.

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Optional Pictures Slide

• Please upload from you iPhone - Images