Changing the individual and world around her: A case study of female teacher from rural Sindh

As part of a project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), AKU-IED implemented a research study that aimed to understand the Impact of AKU-IED Capacity Building Initiatives for NGOs/CBOs in Education in Sindh. This paper will present some of our findings on the nature of impact of the program on individual course participant. The paper will present the case study of Mariam1, a female teacher working in a school managed by an NGO in rural Sindh. She participated in a Certificate in Education: Primary Education Program organized for NGOs. After completing the certificate course Mariam was also selected for the Advanced Diploma in Education Course. Mariam begun her professional career from a donor-supported community-managed girls’ primary school as its teacher and, within a very short time, she was appointed as the Principal of the same school. Thus, she gradually moved ahead and attained a pivotal position in her organization. In order to study impact of the teacher development program on an individual, Mariam was interviewed along with her colleagues and NGO representatives several times over the period of two years with intervals of six months. The professional development course had a multifaceted impact on Mariam\u27s personality and her professional practice. She brought changes in her behavior and attitude with her colleagues, students and community; therefore she became friendlier and tried to interact with and include others in school improvement plans. Mariam’s professional practice, such as teaching, planning and decision-making, and managing and monitoring the school, also seem to be significantly enhanced and she seems to have emerged as a good teacher and manager. Over a period of time a change in her status has been observed as she has developed herself as a teacher educator along with teaching responsibilities. We will also try to explore factors, particularly program-related factors, which contributed towards the change process and supported the CP in creating impact from her initiatives

Policy analysis of girls’ primary school completion in rural Sindh: Root causes and policy recommendations using IIEP education policy toolbox

This report emerged from the policy analysis work produced as part of the course titled ‘Diagnostic tools for improving education policy planning’ by the IIEP-UNESCO with support from KIX. This course enabled us to explore diagnostic tools and their implications, specifically for developing countries, and helped the team unpack diagnostic tools and learn the history of their evolution. We further learned how the education management information system works and how data is essential for policy decisions. Finally, we engaged with real policy analysis using the IIEP Education Policy Toolbox. As a team, we chose to study the issue of girls’ completion of primary education in two districts of the Sindh province: Larkana and Dadu. Using the Policy Toolbox, we made a policy decision tree, gathered data that could help us understand each factor and then made policy decisions and forward policy recommendations

Naujawan aur intekhab: Vote apne mustaqbil ke liye

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Youth in elections: Voting for our future

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Study of fault configuration related mysteries through multi seismic attribute analysis technique in Zamzama gas field area, southern Indus Basin, Pakistan

Seismic attribute analysis approach has been applied for the interpretation and identification of fault geometry of Zamzama Gas Field. Zamzama gas field area, which lies in the vicinity of Kirthar fold and thrust belt, Southern Indus Basin of Pakistan. The Zamzama fault and its related structure have been predicted by applying the Average Energy Attribute, Instantaneous Frequency Attribute, relative Acoustic Impedance Attribute and Chaotic Reflection Attribute on the seismic line GHPK98A.34. The results have been confirmed by applying the spectral decomposition attribute on the same seismic line that reveal the geometric configuration of Zamzama structure. The fault is reverse and started from 0 s and ended at the depth of 2.5 s on the vertical seismic section. Hanging wall moves up along the fault plane under the action of eastward oriented stress, which formed a large north–south oriented and eastward verging thrusted anticline