IdaraeTaleemoAagahi Center for education and consciousness

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Idara-e-Taleem-o-AagahiCenter for education and
consciousness

• Making the most of learning and teaching..
• A Holistic Social Experience

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What is Early Childhood Education?

• Learning undertaken by young children in the
  home, in nursery schools, preschools, and in
  kindergartens

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Why Early Childhood Education?

• The early years are recognized as a vital stage
  in childrens physical, linguistic, intellectual
  and emotional development .
• ECE refers not only to what is happening within
  the child, but also to the care that child
  requires in order to thrive .

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Why Early Childhood Education in Government
Schools?

• Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi launched its school
  improvement program in run down Government School
  in 2000 the work coincided with the launch of the
  education sector reform and public private
  partnership initiatives.
• ECE is an incentive program for improving
  access and retention, addressing well-being of
  the very young at the household and school
  levels
• It is ITAs firm belief that to achieve
  sustainable and quality universal primary
  education there must be investment in the very
  young through ECE.

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ITAs Program Regenerating schools regenerating
communities

• Being committed to EFA goals and the
  effectiveness of early childhood education, ITA
  explored with the Dept. of Education City Dist
  Govt Lahore to set up ECE in its partner
  government\EXMCL schools catering for 3 years a
  class even katchi.
• A program for early childhood education
  naturally helped ITA to link the school with the
  local community, trigger classroom improvement in
  the primary section and change attitude of
  teachers and parents with marked results in
  practices and impact.

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Direct interventions for Early Childhood
Education program
No of Schools
No. of Schools where ECE material is being used
other than Lahore/Sheikhupura
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Learning materials

• TRC Taleemi Basta
• Alif Laila Qaida Kit and CD on Alif Bay Pay
• Big Books (Punjab Middle Schooling project)
• CDs on ECE
• Scheme of work from the Sindh Education
  Foundation(SEF)
• Building blocks of Alphabets, counting Alif Bay
  Pay
• Pocket board with learning aides
• Soft boards
• Washing lines
• Material in Goshas or learning corners language
  (Urdu,English),Math, ,Science,Library,art and
  health on rotational basis.

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Curriculum in use

• National curriculum on early childhood education
  guidelines
• Punjab Text Book Board
• Supplementary materials
• TRC materials Pehla Taleemi Basta Alif Laila
  Quaida Kit

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Material Used!
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Capacity building of teacher in following areas

• 8 day training workshop based on following areas
• Concepts of early childhood education
• Classroom management especially for early
  childhood classes
• Teaching strategies for early years
• Preparation and Use of teaching aids
  (playdough,pocket board. jigsaw puzzles)
• Time tabling
• Assessment of ECE child
• Mentoring and team teaching
• ITA School Improvement Network Partner school
  Sanjan Nagar School in Lahore is a strong shadow
  school for ECE support and best practice

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Training Program
Mentoring team Teaching
ECE Training!
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Timings of ECE Daily Activities 4 hours daily
800am-1200 pm Daily routine is important
because it Helps children understand the
concepts Helps teacher to manage time
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Images for classroom use
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Methodology of the program

• Activity based
• Work in Goshas/learning corners, flash cards
• Pocket board
• Group work
• Health program .. Family health
• Nutrition program .. Mid day milk

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Assessment

• Portfolio of each child
• Assessment Performa for each child
• Each child admission form also a base line on the
  child profiling both developmental and health.

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New initiatives School to School Cross Country
Links

• Link with Cannonbury Primary School in UK with
  CDG Girls Primary School Yakki Gat (walled city)
  Lahore.
• The main objective of this intervention is to
  make a link for school improvement
  strengthening for early Foundation years.

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Other Linkages

• Link with Alif Laila Book Bus Society
• Link with College of Home Economics in material
  development and internship program

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Future plans

• ICT and School to School links
• Sharing of teaching learning practices by both
  sides though online communication and teacher
  exchange program in Yakki gate school
• Replication of these online linkages with schools
• Expanding and Strengthening of ECE program in
  Government Schools and local communities as a
  collaborative exercise with the NFE and Education
  Departments
• Training and Capacity Building for ECE
• Forming a support group for ECE at the district
  level and becoming engaged with ECE network at
  national level
• ITA is a willing partner for ECE expansion in
  Punjab in Pakistan