Connecting Classroom PakistanBangladeshUK

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Connecting Classroom Pakistan/Bangladesh-UK

• British Council

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Who we are

• The United Kingdoms international organisation
  for educational opportunities and cultural
  relations
• More than 70 years experience in public diplomacy
• Offices in 109 countries
• Building lasting relationships broadening the
  UKs world view

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Create opportunity for people worldwideNational
Languages StrategyDCFS International
StrategyEvery English pupil will have an
international experience while at school
What we do
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Funded by DCSF and FCO (Foreign and Commonwealth
office)

• DCSF programmes support
• National Languages Strategy
• DfES International Strategy
• Every English pupil will have an international
  experience while at school
• Every English school and college will establish
  a sustainable partnership with an equivalent by
  2010
• FCO programmes support
• School partnerships support UK govts public
  diplomacy (promoting intercultural dialogue)

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Connecting classrooms - projects

• Sub-Saharan Africa clusters of 3 UK schools
  form partnerships with 2 similar clusters from
  different African countries (9 schools in total)
  83 partnerships exist at present involving 772
  schools (in 18 African countries and the UK).
• http//www.britishcouncil.org/learning-connecting
  -classrooms.htm
• UKIERI (UK India Education and Research
  Initiative). Clusters of 4 schools in the UK
  link with clusters of 6 in India next deadline
  will be in April.
• http//www.ukieri.org/
• Middle East A UK secondary school links with
  two schools from the Middle East (a boys school
  and a girls school) currently recruiting for
  two events in the summer term.
• http//www.britishcouncil.org/learning-uk-middle-
  east-school-partnerships.htm

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Connecting Classrooms- new projects

• Central South Asia (Pakistan, Afghanistan and
  Bangladesh) (clusters of three schools and
  involvement of the LA or similar working with a
  cluster of five on intercultural dialogue, active
  citizenship, skills for employment) Please
  contact us for further information
• East Asia (South Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia,
  Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand and Japan) clusters
  of 10 secondary schools carry out projects on
  Enterprise, Tomorrows World, Science and
  Invention, Climate Change, Sports and Health -
  Project jointly designed by the BC and the QCA
  (and similar organisations in the other countries
  inc Wales!). Please contact us for more
  information

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Connecting Classrooms Pakistan/Bangladesh-UK

• Collaborative projects between young people
• Professional Development for teachers and
  headteachers
• Policy engagement at Ministry and local/district
  level

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Cluster modelEach cluster consists
of 8 schools five schools in Pakistan will
partner with three schools in the UK to make a
cluster

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Structure of clusters

• In PK clusters will consist of state schools, a
  private school and a madrassah

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Collaborative projects - themes

• Intercultural dialogue
• Active citizenship
• Skills for employability (eg ICT, English
  language/literacy, business skills)

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Birmingham and Bhit Shah

• Various types of schools involved can help
  address community cohesion
• Focus of project is intercultural exchange
  curriculum areas social studies, geography,
  civic/citizenship, English/literacy
• Practical outcomes
• - pupil discussions exchanges of perceptions and
  of objects
• Teachers to share practice around teaching of
  literacy and English as well as poetry resources
• Raising of disability awareness
• Joint newsletter
• Teachers exchange of good practice re approaches
  to inclusion, use of specialisms (UK side) and
  involvement of parents and the community (PK
  side)

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Next steps

• Talk to teachers and pupils in each school to get
  involvement and project ideas
• Put together a group of three schools spanning
  the entire age range
• Talk about the benefits and challenges of working
  in a cluster
• Think about the issues of equity within the
  partnership
• Complete the application form
• Decide who will represent the cluster at the
  contact seminar in June (two school
  representatives plus one from the LA)

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Equity in Partnerships

• In our experience of global school partnerships
  the UK schools is likely to set the agenda and
  take the lead in the partnership.
• GLADE (Yeovil) and CDEC (Cumbria)
• When you visit my country you are an honoured
  guest, when I visit your country I am seen as a
  resource
• African participant in school linking programme

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Community Cohesion

• Mainstream schools and supplementary schools
  together with a partner school in another country
  on joint projects around community languages to
  support the global dimension in education.
• Grant of up to 5000 available to support joint
  visit by the UK side plus joint curriculum work
• Next deadline 1 May
• Information and application forms available soon
  at http//www.britishcouncil.org/schoolpartnership
  s-study-visit-funding.htm

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DCSF International School Award

• Our ambition is,
• over time, for all
• schools to gain
• the Award
• DfES International
• Strategy, 2004

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