1. www.brac.net BRAC Pre-Primary Education in Hard- to- Reach Areas of Pakistan

2. www.brac.net Education Emergency in Pakistan 9.2 million children are out of school (UNICEF, 2014) Ranked 106 out of 113 countries as per EFA Development Index (Unesco global monitoring report 2015)

3. www.brac.net Literacy in Pakistan (Population over 10 years old) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – 52% 44% 62% 60% http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/pslm/publications/pslm_prov_dist_2012-13/education.pdf

4. www.brac.net Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Risks and Difficulties Geography – bordering Afghanistan Conflict and violence in the area Distrust of NGOs

5. www.brac.net Attitudes Towards Education Conservative communities: Low priority for girls’ education Rights of women are suppressed Employment of women, especially outside of the local community is discouraged

6. www.brac.net History of anti-educational incidents in KPK 22 schools bombed (mostly girls’ schools) between 2007-2012 in Swabi Shooting of Malala Yousafzai in 2012 in Mingora, Swat The Peshawar School Shootings in December 2014

7. www.brac.net Early Childhood Education Project 1 year of pre-primary education 200 ECE schools set up Targeted poor, marginalised, rural and out of school children in 3 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province Enrolled 6,000 children aged 4 - 5 Particular focus on girls from poor communities Encouraged community involvement and support for pre-primary education Provided local women with training and jobs as teachers

8. www.brac.net Focus Inclusive early childhood education (gender, disability, ethnicity) Child centred joyful learning School readiness Drive up primary enrolment

9. www.brac.net How did we do this? Schools within the community Engaging women from the same community as teachers and staff Community consultation Sensitive to cultural norms Involvement of parents Active & effective school management committees Keeping a low profile (no signboards) MoU with KPK provincial government

10. www.brac.net Results Children developed a basic knowledge of alphabet and numbers Better social, emotional and behavioural outcomes ECE graduates are active, confident and outperforms their peers in government primary schools (midterm review) 93% retention of students in grade 2 from 1 st cohort

11. www.brac.net Lessons learned Engaging female teachers from the same community Community acceptance and buy in Girls’ access to education through pre- primary schools Cooperation of local government

12. www.brac.net C4D Initiative Continue to promote girls’ education in the wider community to foster long-term change in attitudes towards girls’ education in KPK