Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi
Center for education and consciousness
Making the most of learning and teaching..
A Holistic Social Experience
What is Early Childhood
Education?
“Learning undertaken
by young children in
the home, in nursery
schools, preschools,
and in kindergartens”
Why Early Childhood Education?
The early years are recognized as a vital stage in
children’s 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 .
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 ITA’s firm belief that to achieve sustainable and
quality universal primary education there must be
investment in the very young through ECE.
ITA’s 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.
Direct interventions for Early Childhood
Education program
No of Schools:
District
No of schools
No of children
Lahore
9
595
Sheikhupura
2
150
Total
11
745
No. of Schools where ECE material is being used
other than Lahore/Sheikhupura:
No of schools
No of children
Islamabad
5
250
Chiniot
11
700
Nankana
3
150
District
Total
1100
Learning materials:
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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.
Curriculum in use:
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National curriculum on early childhood
education & guidelines
Punjab Text Book Board
Supplementary materials
TRC materials Pehla Taleemi Basta & Alif Laila
Quaida Kit
Material Used!
Capacity building of teacher in following
areas:
8 day training workshop based on following areas
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Concepts of early childhood education
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Classroom management especially for early childhood classes
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Teaching strategies for early years
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Preparation and Use of teaching aids (playdough,pocket board. jigsaw
puzzles)
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Time tabling
Assessment of ECE child
Mentoring and team teaching
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ITA School Improvement Network Partner school Sanjan Nagar School
in Lahore is a strong shadow school for ECE support and best practice
Training Program
Mentoring & team Teaching
ECE Training!
Timings of ECE& Daily Activities:
4 hours daily: 8:00am-12:00 pm
Daily routine is important because it:
Helps children understand the concepts
Helps teacher to manage time
Time
Activity
8:00am-8:15am
Dua(prayer)/national anthem
8:15am-8:30am
Listening and speaking time
8:30am-10:00am
Group work
10:00am-10:20am
Lunch time
10:20am – 11:20am
Gosha/learning
activity Time
11:20am to 11:45pm
Health and cleanliness
Physical exercise
11:45am to 12:00pm
Story / rhyme time
corner/
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Images for classroom use
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
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.
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.
Other Linkages
• Link with Alif Laila Book
Bus Society
• Link with College of
Home Economics in
material development
and internship program
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