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ASER Pakistan 2011
The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2011 brings data on
education and learning accountability in 84 rural and 3 urban
districts across Pakistan. The report highlights trends in learning
for 5-16 year olds and access for 3-16 year olds. This is the first
ASER report that covered urban blocks as well. Early childhood
education for 3-5 year olds is also recorded. The highest enrollment
in this age group was 51.3% in Punjab and lowest in Gilgit-Baltistan
(29.4%) with majority enrolled in government schools. For urban areas
this trend is highest in Karachi (68.9%) with majority if children in
private schools (Lahore, Karachi and Peshawar). Of the 6-16 year olds
surveyed the rural enrollment trend is 80% whilst out of school
persists at 20%comprising of higher number of children who have never
enrolled (15% never enrolled and 5.0% drop out). In the 3 urban city
districts the enrollment is around 90%. girls lack behind boys in
enrollment and learning in rural areas. In urban areas the trends for
girls is much better than their rural counterparts. In Karachi for
instance, among the enrolled children 52.4% were girls as compared to 47.6% boys.
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ASER India 2011
The Annual Status of Education Report 2011 was released. Completing its 7th year, ASER is the largest annual survey of children in rural India. Facilitated by Pratham, ASER is undertaken by local organizations and concerned citizens. ASER 2011 reached 558 districts, 16,017 villages, 327,372 households and 633,465 children. Every year, ASER finds out whether children in rural India go to school, whether they can read simple text and whether they can do basic arithmetic. Eighteen months after the Right to Education Act cameinto effect, ASER 2011 also included a visit to more than 14,000 government schools to assess progress towards compliance with those norms and standards specified in the Right to Education Act that are easy to measure.
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Global Compact on Learning - New Global Targets to be achieved by 2015
The Global Compact on Learning has adopted three global targets to be achieved by 2015. These targets align with the Education for All and Millennium Development Goal agendas adopted by the global community as well as other donor and national education strategies.The targets are intended to show what can be achieved in the next three years using data systems that have already been piloted and build momentum for improving learning opportunities and outcomes beyond 2015
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Seminar Series: Right to Education
Sustainability and Equity: A Better Future for All
Pakistan has to face many challenges of education as the situation in the country is crucial. Under Article 25A the state shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age five to sixteen years in such a manner as may be determined by law. However, the situation is different, right to education is not a fundamental right granted to every child in the country. The state is not able to provide adequate education to all and also private schools lack the quality. The private tuition industry is mushrooming in this environment. It is not necessary the privilege of the rich to effort the private tutoring
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First Children’s Literature Festival in Pakistan
The Children’s Literature Festival (CLF) was the first literature festival held at the national level in Pakistan. Its goal was to promote reading, creativity, and critical thinking among children. The CLF was an exciting initiative aimed at creating an interest in children in books, reading, writing, authors, and literature. It was a part of ongoing efforts to lure them into experiencing the joys and rewards of reading for pleasure and information.
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Human Development Report 2011
Sustainability and Equity: A Better Future for All
The report explores the integral links between environmental sustainability and equity and shows that these are critical to expanding human freedoms for people today and in generation to come. The point of departure is that the remarkable progress in human development over recent decades cannot continue without bold global steps to reduce environmental risk and inequity. This report identifies pathways for people, local communities, countries and the international community to promote environmental sustainability and equity in mutually reinforcing ways
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The United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative and UNESCO invite girls and boys residing in Asia Pacific, aged 18 and under, to exercise their creative imaginations and submit drawings around the theme of “How does girls' and boys' equality in education help us all?
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The UNESCO-Hamdan bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Prize for Outstanding Practice and Performance in Enhancing the Effectiveness of Teachers is aimed at improving educational practices around the world, with priority given to developing country contexts,
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RCLA leadership Training for university and graduate students
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Small Grants Programme to support women's rights work in South Asia
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S.A.F.E.D. - South Asian Forum for Education Development |
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22-28 April, 2012
Global Action Week on Early Childhood Care and Education
The Global Campaign for Education’s (GCE) movement tries to ensure
that all women and girls get the right to safe, quality and free
education. This yeart the GCE has selected Early Childhood Care and
Education (ECCE) ...
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21 February, 2012
International Mother Language Day
International Mother Language Day has been observed every year since February 2000 to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. The date represents the day in 1952 when students demonstrating for recognition of their language...
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14 February, 2012
International Book Giving Day
A day on which small actions will transform into one big collective
idea of awesomeness! 14th February is International Book Giving Day.
How will you be celebrating this day?...
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26 January, 2012
ASER Pakistan 2011 Report - Launch
ASER Pakistan 2011: The ASER 2011 report was released on January 26, 2012. ...
23 January, 2012
SAI Education Symposium “Higher Education in South Asia”, New Delhi, India
The South Asia Initiative organizes a symposium which will assemble leaders from the academic, government and private spheres to discuss innovative approaches being adapted to enhance quality...
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16 January, 2012
ASER India 2011 Report - Launch
ASER India 2011: The ASER 2011 report will be released on January 16, 2012...
14 January, 2012
Education Budget Tracking, Islamabad, Pakistan
A three days workshop on Education Budget Tracking organized by Pakistan Coalition for Education (PCE) in collaboration with Institute of Social and Policy Science I-SAPs ended in Islamabad....
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6-8 January, 2012
Workshop on Stress Management, Lahore, Pakistan
ISS and Faiz Ghar are starting a series of monthly workshops on various phases of Project Cycle Management. The second workshop focuses on defining and discussing stress, identifying sources and symptoms of stress...
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6 January, 2012
Right to Education Seminar, Lahore, Pakistan
SAFED is planning to conduct the seminar series on Right to Education. The first seminar titled "Trends in Privatization of Education and Shadow Schooling in Pakistan" is held on 6th January 2012...
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4-5 January, 2012
Workshop on Project Proposal Development, Lahore, Pakistan
ISS and Faiz Ghar are starting a series of monthly workshops on various phases of Project Cycle Management. The first workshop focuses on developing skills in preparing and presenting a project proposal...
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21 December, 2011
School Choice National Conference, Delhi, India
School Choice Campaign, a policy reform initiative of Centre for Civil Society organises a national conference on education reforms. The third annual School Choice National Conference will bring together top-level academicians, policy makers and education experts...
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