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 Pakistan Target Districts MULTAN MUZAFFARGARH RAHIM YAR KHAN SHIKARPUR Number of Schools 22 Enrolled Students 3363 Number of Schools 107 Enrolled Students ECD Centres 8 (760 Students) Number of Schools 70 Enrolled Students ECD Centres 4 (383 Students) Number of Schools 105 Enrolled Students ECD 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 Duration April 2011 till June 2013 Number of Partner Schools 21 Project Location Jalalpur Pirwala ActivityTargetAchievedInterventions 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 Duration April 2011 till June 2013 Number of Partner Schools 21 Project Location Jalalpur Pirwala ActivityTargetAchievedInterventions Furniture20 (Schools) Kids Room, Bench Desk & Teacher’s Science kit20 (Schools)

Project Progress (TLMs) Project Title Children, especially girls aged 2-12, have access to quality education with improved infrastructure and safe learning environment Duration April 2011 till June 2013 Number of Partner Schools 21 Project Location Jalalpur Pirwala ActivityTargetAchievedInterventions Reading Kit, Story Books ECE Kit2022Play Cards etc Health Kits & First Aid Box 2022 Sports Kit2022 Monthly Art Material 2022

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 Duration April 2011 till June 2013 Number of Partner Schools 21 Project Location Jalalpur Pirwala ActivityTargetAchievedInterventions Teacher’s Training 4039Subject based, ECE, DRR, Health & Hygiene, Annual School Planning Provision of Para Teachers 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 Duration April 2011 till June 2013 Number of Partner Schools 21 Project Location Jalalpur Pirwala ActivityInterventions 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 School Themes 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 Activities Story Telling Performance on Story Paintings/posters Model Making Essay Writing Speech Competition Health & Hygiene Activities. Role Play Big Book ASER Tools Assessment Open House

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-ConstructionPost Construction

Boundary Wall Pre-ConstructionPost 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 Duration April 2011 till December 2012 Number of Partner Schools 46 Project Location Muzaffargarh 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 Title Enhancing Girls Enrolment in Remote Areas of Pakistan Duration: Number of Partner Schools 46 Project 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 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 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 Final report/Finding available at

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 Continue ….

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 Continue …. B. PROGRAM INTERVENTIONS – 10 Month