GOVERNMENT OF SINDH
EDUCATION & LITERACY DEPARTMENT
REFORM SUPPORT UNIT
Karachi dated: 21st April, 2014
NOTIFICATION
RSU//SESP/ECE/POLICY/2014: In consequences of the recommendations of the 2nd policy
dialogue on “Introduction of Early Childhood Education (ECE) in Sindh”, Reform Support Unit,
Education and Literacy Department; Government of Sindh is pleased to notify the Technical Working
Groups (TWGs) for formulation of Sindh ECE Policy. The members of the TWGs are as under;
1. Policy & Advocacy
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Group Member Name
Ms. Saba Mahmood, CPM
Director
Director General
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Director
Director
Ms. Shahla R Din
Mr Ghulam Madani Memon
Ms. Shah Sultana Tahir Ali
Mr. Suleman G Abro
Ms. Baela Raza Jamil
Ms. Ghazala Rafique
Mr. Bakhsh Ali
Organization
Reform Support Unit
Bureau of Curriculum
Provincial Institute of Teacher Education
Sindh Teacher Education Development
Authority (STEDA)
School Education, Karachi
UNICEF, Pakistan- Sindh
DEVCON
Rupani Foundation
SAWFCO
Idara-e- Taleem-o-Aagahi
AKU IED/HRD
Plan International Pakistan
Status
Chairperson
Member
Member
Member
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Secretary
2. Curriculum & Text Books
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Director
Director General
Director (Technical)
Director
Ms. Tabinda Jabeen
Ms. Neelofar Ali
Ms. Amber Shaikh
Mr. Nadim Farooqi
Dr. Kausar Waqar
Bureau of Curriculum
Provincial Institute of Teacher Education
Sindh Text Book board
School Education, Mirpur Khas
Teachers Resource Centre
Rupani Foundation
SAWFCO
Idara-e- Taleem-o-Aagahi
AKU IED/HRD
Chairman
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
3. Teacher's Education Program
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Director
Director , CPD
Additional Director
Director
Mr. Kazi Ayaz Mahessar
Ms. Nighat Hassan
Representative
Mr. Rafique Tunio
Ms. Huma Sikandar
Ms. Yasmeen Meghani
Mr. Abdul Razzak
Sindh Teacher Education Development
Authority (STEDA)
Provincial Institute of Teacher Education
Teacher Training Institutes
School Education, Hyderabad
UNESCO
Teachers Resource Centre
Rupani Foundation
SAWFCO
Idara-e- Taleem-o-Aagahi
AKU IED/HRD
Plan International
Chairman
Secretary
Member
Member
Member
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Member
Member
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Member
4. Learning Standards & Assessment
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1 Provincial Coordinator
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Director
Director
Mr. Aslam Khatti
Ms. Amber Shaikh
Mr. Nadim Farooqi
Ms. Seema Lassi
Organization
PEACe (Bureau of Curriculum)
Sindh Teacher Education Development
Authority (STEDA)
School Education, Larkana
DEVCON
SAWFCO
Idara-e- Taleem-o-Aagahi
AKU IED/HRD
Chairman
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Member
Member
Member
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Member
5. Parents & Community
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Ms. Sania Khursheed,
Consultant
Director ITE
Deputy Director
Mr. Abdullah Khan
Mr. Hameed Mallah
Ms. Sanober Nadeem
Mr. Zulfiqar Bachani
Mr. Saleh Muhammad
Mangi
School Management Committee, RSU
Provincial Institute of Teacher Education
Bureau of Curriculum
Rupani Foundation
SAWFCO
AKU IED/HRD
AKU IED/HRD
Chairman
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Plan International Pakistan
Secretary
The Terms of Reference (ToRs) of the TWGs are as under;
1. Develop recommendations for ECE Policy and develop minimum standards of the ECE to
ensure the quality of early childhood education and development programs,
2. Identify opportunities for, and barriers to, collaboration and coordination among the child
centered organizations for child development, child care, and early childhood education
programs and services;
3. Develop recommendations for increasing participation of children in all program activities like;
advocacy campaigns, curriculum development etc;
4. Develop recommendations regarding the establishment of a unified data collection system for
public early childhood education and development programs and services at provincial level;
5. Develop recommendations regarding professional development and career advancement plans for
early childhood educators in the Sindh province;
6. Make recommendations for improvements in state early learning standards and, where
appropriate, develop high-quality comprehensive early learning standards.
7. Select different themes for the research studies for the future planning
8. Recommend the best models for the public private partnership to adopt the ECE centers
9. Suggest the advocacy campaigns for making the part of Education Policy.
SABA MAHMOOD
Chief Program Manager
C.c. to:
1. P.S. to Secretary Education and Literacy Department, Government of Sindh
2. All members of Task Force on ECE intervention in Sindh
3. Office Record
ZAHID ABBAS JATOI
Focal Person ECE Task Force