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APS NEWS AGENCY
Federal Minister for CADD Dr. Younus Soomro expressed these views in
Occasion of the Education Walk in connection with Global Action Week (GAW) organized by Pakistan Coalition for Education
(PCE) event in F-9 park.
Global Action Week (GAW) is an event
organized by the Global Campaign for Education (GCE) every year. This year the
theme is ‘every child needs a teacher’, it is to celebrate the impact teachers
have on children. In Pakistan GAW is carried out by Pakistan Coalition for
Education (PCE), GCE’s official partner in the country. GAW’s purpose is to
highlight the current lack of education in the country and its setbacks as a
whole and enlighten the masses as to how they can play their part in overcoming
the educational dilemma.
There were three events planned by PCE in
lieu of GAW this year in which over 700 students from private and public
schools participated. On 25th April PCE organized “Teachers’ Day Out” in the
F-9 Fatimah Jinnah park. Approximately 400 to 500 students and teachers took
part in the event. The day started with a small march by the students while a
band played national songs. This was followed by awards being given to the best
students and teachers from various schools. After this, the chief guest gave a
speech on the importance of education and teachers in Pakistan and the event
culminated with the students, teachers and the guests signing a banner saying
“I vote for education, do you?”.
A small painting activity was held at the PCE
premises F-10, it was a teacher-student activity. About thirty to forty
students participated from three schools from different stratas of society. The
event took place from 10am
till 1pm , in between which
the participants enthusiastically painted and were also asked about their views
on the education system.
The second event was co-arranged with the
Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP ).
Two schools participated in after being thoroughly briefed by the ITP Education officers. Posters and leaflets about
the awareness of traffic signs and to spread awareness about education, were
prepared by PCE and were distributed to different areas by students in Said Pur
Village ITP was highly
commendable along with the active participation of the children.
The three events were a huge success as the
children along with the management team of PCE had achieved what they had aimed
for; diverting attention towards the mismanaged education system of Pakistan
and urging people to take steps on their part to elevate and enhance it. The
participants were highly anxious in getting their views across on the first
event and by fervently distributing the posters to the locals in the
aforementioned areas.
Through the GAW events, PCE emphasized its
demands to the government to:Provide ongoing in-service training and
professional development for all teachers, making use of communities of
practice and following up on training given.
,Strengthen school leadership and promote the
establishment of school management committees that include students, teachers,
parents and local community members, Promote
adult literacy program that also empower newly-literate parents to take part in
school management and support teachers.