Promotion of Quality Education through Public Private Partnership
THE HOPE
June 16, 2006
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Punjab Education Foundation (PEF)
Volume 1, Number 1
Patron In-Chief
Introduction
Dr. Allah Bakhsh Malik
Managing Director
The Hope, a quarterly, is the first official Newsletter of Punjab Education
Advisory Committee
Foundation to disseminate news on promotion of quality education in
Mr.Wajid Malik
DMD(Operations)
Mr. Rana M. Arif
DMD ( Finance)
Public Private Partnership. The Newsletter shall cover facts, events and
Editorial Board
picture
activities of PEF and partner organizations. In this media dominated age
we must convey the true
Ms. Salma Aziz
Editor
Mr. Imran Butt
Ms.Huma Rizvi
to
mind.
the
PEF
established
Punjab
public
was
under
the
Education
Contents
Foundation Act of 1991
Introduction
Message from
Managing Director
• PEF Schemes:
Cluster- Based
Teachers’ Training in
Public Private
Partnership. (CBT-PPP)
Foundation Assisted
Schools. (PEF-FAS)
Teaching in Clusters by
Subject Specialists.
(PEF-TICSS)
Education Voucher
Scheme.(PEF-EVS)
• Seminar Report
as
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an
statutory
autonomous
body
to
encourage and promote
education in the private
sector operating on noncommercial
basis.
PEF
was restructured under the Punjab Education Foundation Act 2004, to
promote ‘Quality Education’ through Public Private Partnership. PEF is
ushering in ground breaking changes in the form of model lessons,
evocative question papers
and cluster-based training
of
teachers.
The
Holy
Prophet (PBUH) said, “A
Vision of The PEF
tiny drop of practice is
“Promotion of Quality Education
superior
through
Public
knowledge
Partnership,
encouraging
Private
and
supporting the efforts of private
sector
through
technical
and
financial assistance, innovating
and developing new instruments
to champion wider educational
opportunities at affordable cost
to the poor.”
drop
to
of
surpasses
practice”.
Education
a
and
sea
a
of
tiny
earnestness
the
sea
of
Punjab
Foundation
is
promoting the cause of
education with earnestness, resilience and dedication.
Board of Directors
• Mr. Shahid Kardar
(Chairperson)
• Gp.Capt.® Cecil Chaudhry
• Mrs. Rubina Tariq Jilani
• Prof. Khawaja Masud
• Mrs. Shaista Pervaiz Malik
• Mr. Tahir Yousaf
• Mrs. Nasreen Kasuri
• Dr. Fareeha Zafar
• Secretary Finance, Pb.
• Secretary Education, Pb.
• Secretary Lit. & NFBE, Pb.
• Secretary Social Welfare, Pb.
• Secretary P&D Deptt. Pb
• Vice Chancellor, University
of Education, Lahore
• Managing Director, PEF
(Director/Secretary)
CBT Partners
• Ali Institute of Education,
Lahore
• AFAQ, Lahore
• LIME, Lahore
• Learning Zone, Sialkot
• SCOPE Lahore
• ABES Rawalpindi
• SEC Islamabad
• Qadir Foundation Bhakkar
• ALAMS School, Mianwali
• RDO, Multan
• RADO, Chakwal.
CBT Statistics
• CBTs Conducted
= 72
• Teachers Trained = 3345
• Schools Benefited = 767
• Districts Reached = 29
• Tehsil Reached = 36
Message From Managing Director
Symmetrical information is extremely important for organizational
growth, suave promotion of education,
appropriate
development
and
implementation of the programs in Public
Private Partnership. It’s a matter of great
pleasure and satisfaction that PEF is
initiating ‘The Hope’ a newsletter to ensure
the dissemination of information to all
stakeholders and partners working with the
Foundation in various programs through
Public Private Partnership. I am sanguine
Dr. Allah Bakhsh Malik
that the Newsletter will contribute a lot in
terms of successful implementation of the programs, valuable
feedback and proper coverage of the educational activities.
Cluster- Based Teachers’ Training
(CBT-PPP)
Teaching is a learning process and learning strives to bring attitudinal
changes. Cluster Based
Teachers’ training (CBT)
is a project of the Punjab
Education Foundation to
promote
quality
mentoring through Public
Private
Partnership.
Through
CBT,
PEF
empowers the teachers
of the schools providing
CBT Workshop Session
education to less affluent
sections of society. We,
at PEF are acutely aware that in an age of constant flux, change is the
only constant. We, therefore help the teachers jettison obsolete
teaching
methodologies
and adopt the very new in
the field of Pedagogy.
Since teaching is a blend of
content knowledge and
methodology, the focus is
on activity based teachers’
training to educate the
students through joyful
learning environment. CBT
Certificate Distribution Ceremony
has turned out to be the
most successful program of
PEF. The response of teachers is so encouraging that it defies belief.
Foundation Assisted Schools (FAS)
FAS Statistics
• Partner Institutions =54
• Distribution:
Rural
31
Urban
13
Slums
10
• Gender:
Co-education: 37
Male schools: 5
Female Schools : 12
• Geographical
Distribution:
•
Chakwal = 10
•
Sialkot
•
Bahawalpur = 10
•
Lahore
•
Khushab = 10
•
MNT, Lhr = 1
•
CARE =2
= 10
= 10
Bunyad = 1
In its last meeting held on May 22, 2006, the Board of Directors decided
to extend coverage and expansion of FAS program to 100 schools as
against the existing 54 in the districts where FAS Program is already
operational on the basis of contiguity, backwardness and logistic
capabilities. Five more districts have been added i.e. Narowal, Gujrat,
Bhakkar, Bahawalnagar and Mianwali.
(Hafizabad)
High Performing Institutions (PEF-FAS-QAT)
(Sheikhupura)
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Foundation Assisted Schools is the flagship program of Punjab Education
Foundation. Under PEF- FAS, financial assistance is provided to the
schools on per child
enrolment basis. Schools
in rural and slum areas
are attended by students
from the marginalized
and
less
affluent
households. The schools
having
fee
structure
ranging from Rs. 50 to
300 are selected on the
basis of the criteria
Quality Assurance Test by PEF
announced by the Board.
The
Foundation
is
supporting more than 22,000 students in 54 schools in five districts
(Lahore, Sialkot, Khushab, Bahawalpur and Chakwal) at the moment.
Punjab Education Foundation has also adopted schools of three NGOs,
namely Care, Bunyad and MNT in Sheikhupura, Hafizabad and Lahore.
To maintain quality standards and learning outcome of students, the
Foundation administers Quality Assurance Tests (QAT) in partner
schools on Quarterly/ Six monthly basis. Two thirds numbers of
students of the partner education institution must score at least 40%
marks for the continuation of Partnership.
Financial Assistance
Sr. #
Name of School
%age
Released =
1
MNT High School, Shahpur, Multan Road, Lahore
100%
Rs.3,61,44,900
2
Zaib Public School, Talagang, Chakwal
98.27%
3
Leader house Secondary school, Chakwal City
96.77%
4
Crescent Grammar School, Sialkot
96.63%
5
Al Badar Girls High School, Yazman Bahawalpur
96.47%
6
USWA Public School, Jhamra Chakwal.
96.00%
7
Al-Rehman Secondary School, Bahawalpur.
95.83%
8
Sanjan Nagar Public Education Trust, Lahore.
94.73%
9
Presto Public School, Line Park Chakwal City
94.11%
10
Khalid Memorial Secondary School, Chakwal.
90.27%
New District Included
1. Narowal
2. Gujrat
3. Bhakkar
4. Bahawalnagar
5. Mianwali
Academic
Development Unit
(PEF- ADU)
• Ms. Huma Rizvi,
(Coordinator ADU)
• Mr. Rana Wasim,
Subject Specialist English
• Mr. Shahzad Anwar,
Subject Specialist
Mathematics
• Mr. Qamar Abbas,
Subject Specialist
Chemistry
• Ms. Salma Aziz,
Subject Specialist Biology
TICCS Partner
Schools
• Ch. Rehmat Ali Memorial
Trust Girls High School,
Township Lhr.
• Ch. Rehmat Ali Memorial
Trust Boys High School,
Township Lhr.
• Govt. High School, Township
Lhr.
• Govt. High School,
Baghbanpura, Lhr.
Education Voucher Scheme
(PEF-EVS)
Education Voucher Scheme is another ambitious program of the Punjab
Education Foundation. In a quest to address the needs of quality
education of low income households, PEF is planning to launch
Education Voucher Scheme to enable the poor households to send their
children to quality schools of their choice. As a pilot project, the
provincial metropolis has been selected and PEF is in the process of
gathering data from urban slums /katchi abadis to develop an
instrument for launching EVS.
PEF has made an arrangement with Open Society Institute (OSI) to
design the EVS for low income households. The EVS would be
subsidized/free education initiative for the urban slums/ katchi abadi’s
children at PEF’s expense. All households of the urban slums/ katchi
abadis would be eligible to get educational vouchers. PEF – EVS will
ensure equity, productive efficiency, freedom of choice and social
cohesion.
Teaching in Clusters
Specialists (TICSS)
Subject
The low cost schools in rural and less affluent urban areas can not
afford qualified teachers of impeccable professional standing due to
financial constraints. A good subject specialist could be arranged within
a salary range of Rs
20,000 —25,000 and in
a school which pays its
• Naveed Foundation High
School, 227 – G.T. Road , Lhr.
teachers
a
average
salary
• Latif Educational High School,
229- G.T. Road, Lhr.
Rs.3000
—
he/she
can
• Pak Foundation High School
for Girls, Walton Road, Lhr.
catalytic
• Pak Foundation High School
for Boys Branch, Walton
Road, Lhr.
by
meagre
of
Rs.5000,
play
role
a
in
uplifting its educational
standards and bringing
innovations
in
a
• Qurban & Surraya Educational
Trust, Walton Road, Lhr.
number of spheres in
• New English Secondary
School, More Singhpura,
G.T. Road Lhr.
idea was to arrange a
the school’s milieu. The
subject specialist who would be teaching in a cluster of schools, visiting
• Younas English High School,
Chowk Rasheedpura, Lhr.
2-3 schools a week and teaching the students in actual class room
• The Grammar School
Darogawala, Lhr.
students but also influencing the teaching of practices the peers and
theatrics thereby not only impacting the learning outcomes of the
associates. The model has proved to be cost effective, economical and
• Govt. High School for Boys,
Niaz Baig, Lhr.
beneficial.
• The Pakistan Model High
School near Chowk Yateem
Khana, Lhr.
As a pilot project this scheme has been launched in Lahore. Subject
Specialists have been appointed by Punjab Education Foundation in
different low income schools of Lahore to improve the standard of
education in under developed areas. In future, Punjab Education
Foundation envisages an expansion of the program.
• Al- Dawa Model High School,
Multan Road, Lhr.
Seminar on Importance and Role of
Private Sector for the Promotion of
Quality Education
Chairperson, PEF
Guest Speakers
• Mr. Shahid Kardar,
Chairperson, PEF
• Mrs. Nasreen, Kasuri,
Chairperson, Beacon
House School System
• Dr. Allah Bakhsh Malik,
MD, PEF
• Mr. Arshad Khan Lodhi,
Minister for Agriculture,
Punjab
• Ms Saadia Ch., Advisor to
the Chief Minister
• Dr. Noshina Kashmiri,
Principal of Govt. College
of Home Economics
• Dr. Nasreen Akhter,
Principal of Queen Mary
College
• Representative of Minhaj
Education Foundation
• Dr. Anwar Bokhari,
Chairperson Prime Schools
• Dr. Shahid Siddique of
Lahore School of
Economics;
• Dr. Rafiq Abbasi
• Sara Asad
Seminar on the “Importance and Role of Private Sector for the
Promotion
of
Quality
Education” was held under the
auspices
of
the
Punjab
Education Foundation and Mir
Khalil-ur-Rehman
Memorial
society
(Jang
Group
of
Newspapers) on Saturday May
13, 2006. The Chairperson of
Beacon House School System
Mrs.Nasreen Mahmood Kasuri
Seminar in Session
in her presidential address
said that the private sector
was sharing almost 50 percent burden of education sector in Pakistan.
She called for supporting small scale private institutions to bring about
positive changes in the existing situation. Punjab Agriculture Minister
Mr. Arshad Khan Lodhi said
that the government could
not educate all children and
the
Public
Private
Partnership paradigm has
proved
to
be
quite
successful. The Chairperson
Punjab Education Foundation
Mr. Shahid Kardar said that
quality education was never
cheap and stressed the need
to improve the condition of public sector educational institutes to
restore the confidence of the masses. He said that PEF was striving to
make the quality education accessible for lower income groups in far
flung areas and 22,000 students were enrolled in 54 such schools in five
districts. He said PEF is giving Rs. 300 per student while teachers were
also being trained through workshops in different subjects. The
Managing Director of PEF Dr. Allah Bakhsh Malik said that the main
objective of the Foundation was to impart quality education and this was
being realized through Public Private Partnership. He said that the
children must get equal opportunities for Quality education.
CBT Beneficiaries
PEF-FAS High Achiever
Miss Rabia Ali of Tameer-e-Nau School (one of the FAS Partner schools),
Hasilpur District Bahawalpur secured 717 marks out
Standard Examination, 2006.
Rabia Ali
of 800 in Middle
She got second position in District
Bahawalpur .Punjab Education Foundation is proud to promote such
talented students in their educational quest.
News Letter Team
Ms. Salma Aziz (Editor), Mr. Imran Babar Butt, Ms. Huma Rizvi
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