Girls Education: Punjab Road Map to Reforms, Pakistan

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Girls Education Punjab Road Map to Reforms,
Pakistan
Schools Department Government of
Punjab Dubai March 5-6 2012
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Initiatives of School Education Department for
the Promotion of Girls Primary Education in Punjab

• Enrollment
• 2008-09 26 million girls students were enrolled
  in primary classes (Grade 1 to 5)
• 2009-10 25,88,266 girls
• 2010-11 25,80,700
• Free Text Books are being provided from Grade 1
  to 10 in government schools since 2006.
• Primary girls schools upgraded to middle
  level.2008-09 452009-10 1602010-11
  207

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• Missing facilities were provided in 1427 Girls
  Primary Schools in the year 2010-11.
• Recruitment
• 2009-10 - 11,510 ESEs (Female Elementary School
  Educators) for Primary Schools were recruited.
• 2011-12 - 7,052 ESEs (Female Science Teachers)
  for the Girls Primary Schools are being recruited.

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• Stipends to girl students to encourage them
• 2009-10 4.15 million girl students (Grade 6-10)
  were provided stipend _at_ Rs. 200/- P.M with the
  condition of 80 attendance per month.
• 2010-11 4.54 million girls students (Grade
  6-10) were provided stipend.
• School Education Department is vigorously
  pursuing to achieve the milestones delineated in
  the Chief Ministers Road Map on Education
  Reform, focus of this program is on
• 100 enrolment without gender bias
• 100 retention without gender bias
• Provision of quality education.

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In 2010

• Lead Teacher Educators on Early Childhood
  Education (ECE) were trained in 06 batches (25
  participants per batch) in collaboration with
  UNESCO.
• Induction Level Training of newly recruited
  Elementary School Educators (ESEs) including
  teachers for the girls primary schools (year
  2010).
• Training of primary school teachers (2 weeks) in
  36 districts in 03 batches 83,326 teachers were
  trained.
• 5 days training of District Teacher Educators on
  Early Childhood Education (ECE) in 24 districts
  2078 teachers trained.

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In 2011

• I.T. training of District Teacher Educators
  (DTEs) of 24 districts in Phase-I and II at Govt.
  College of Elementary Teachers (GCET)/District
  Teacher Support Centre (DTSCs) in 04 batches/20
  DTEs per Computer Lab 1894 teachers trained.
• 2 weeks training of Primary School Teachers on
  Lesson Planning in 36 districts (09 batches
  155,846 teachers trained).
• District level training of newly recruited
  Educators 19,191 teachers trained.

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Partnerships for Girls Education ..

• Dubai Cares, ITA OXFAM complementing the
  endeavors of School Education Department.
• Enormity of the task requires intensive and
  extensive, and at the same time, concerted
  efforts by all our partners, NGOs Donors.
• We acknowledge the role and contribution of both
  ITA Dubai Cares for their commitment for
  promotion of quality education specially in the
  flood affected/disaster stricken areas.
• Projects of ITA on Early Childhood Development
  (ECD), women empowerment and school
  infrastructure development are valuable.
• Therefore we are partners and this partnership
  would be the key to progress for meeting MDGs.

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