Seminar
ITA
Presenters
 
SPECIAL CONTRIBUTIONS
RTE Venita Kaul, Director of the School of Education Studies and of the Center for Early Childhood Education and Development, Ambedkar University, Delhi RTE
RTE Mahmuda Akhter, Executive Director, Ins􀆟tute of Child & Human Development (ICHD) RTE
RTE Dr. Renu Singh, Country Director, Young lives RTE
Day 1
 September 16th, 2014
Inaugural 9:30 - 11:00 Opening: Welcome and Keynote Addresses
Moderator: Dr. Bernadette Dean Director (VMIE)

Tilawat

Presided by the Chief Guest Dr. Fazalullah Pechuho Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Education & Literacy Department, Government of Sindh

Welcome by Ms. Saba Mahmood , Chief Program Manager , Reform Support Unit, Education & Literacy Department (E&LD), Government of Sindh

RTE Dr. Ghazala Rafique - Key Note Speaker , Interim Director Aga Khan University - Human Development Program, Asia - Pacific Regional Network for Early Childhood ( ARNEC )
ECE in Pakistan - Progress, Challenges and Prospects”
RTE
RTE Baela Raza Jamil – Coordinator SAFED/ Director Programs ITA
"ARNEC’s Engagement on ECED in Post 2015 Development Agenda”
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Inaugural Address by the Chief Guest Dr. Fazalullah Pechuho ,
Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) , Education & Literacy Department, Sindh

11:00 - 11:30 Tea Break 
Session 1 11:30 - 1:15 Policy and RTE Status on Early Childhood Education
Moderator: Amima Sayeed, Education Researcher
Chair: Muhammad Irfan Khan Jadoon , Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training, ICT
Panelists

“ Status of ECE - RTE, Policy and Sector Plan - from Policy to Implementation ”

All provinces and ICT

RTE Sindh: Ms. Saba Mahmood Chief Program Manager, Reform Support Unit, E&LD Govt of Sindh “ An intervention of Early Childhood Education in Sind h – From Policy to Implementation” RTE
RTE Baluchistan : Dr. Kamal - ud - din, Deputy Focal Person Capacity building and S pecialist ECED, DoE Balochistan RTE
RTE Punjab: Mr. Muhammad Shahid Saleem , Deputy Director (Planning), Directorate of Staff Development “ Status of teachers training on ECE” RTE
RTE Islamabad Capital Territory(ICT): Muhammad Irfan Khan Jadoon , Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training, ICT RTE
RTE Khyber Pakhtunkhwa : Abid Ullah Kaka Khe l, Director Education Sector Reform Unit ( ESRU ) /Deputy Secretary Education, Elementary and Secondary Education KP RTE
RTE Bangladesh: Mr. Samir Nath Ranjan, Program Head, Educational Research Unit, BRAC Bangladesh “Comprehensive ECCD Policy in Bangladesh: evolution through GO - NGO Collaboration”  
RTE Srilanka: Badra Padmakanthi Withanage , Director of Education, Ministry of Education Srilanka  
RTE Nepal: Dr. Shanta Dixit , Director and Co - Founder of Rato Bangla School (RBS)
“Nepal: The Test of Early Childhood Education”
RTE
1:00 - 02:00 Lunch Break 
Session 2 2:00 - 3:30 Curriculum and Standards Chair and Co-Chair TBD
Moderator : Ms . Rana Hussain , Sindh Education Education Sector Support Program (SESSP)
Chair: Saba Mahmood , Chief Program Manager , Reform Support Unit, E ducation & L iteracy Department (E& LD), Government of Sindh

Panelists

RTE Ms. Ambreena Ahmed , Assistant Director, Teacher Resource Center Ahmed “ TRC story of the National ECE Curriculum 2002 - 2007”  
RTE Ms. Nargis Sultana, Senior Education Advisor Open Society Foundations (OSF)
Critical Thinking in Early&Development
 
RTE Abrar Shahwani, Project Coordinator, Save the Children 
“Assessments and research around Literacy Boost Program under Balochistan Education Program (BEP)”
RTE
RTE Abdul Qasim, Senior Program Manager, PEPAS, Battagram, Save the Children RTE
RTE Mr. Idrees Jatoi, Deputy Director, Bureau of Curriculum and Extension Wing, Government of Sindh
“Role of Bureau of Curriculum for Implementation of Early Childhood Education in Sindh”
RTE
3:30 - 03:45 Tea Break 
Session 3 3:45 - 5:15 Teachers Preparation (Pre and in-service)
Moderator : Audrey D ’ Souza Juma Director, Notre Dame Institute of Education (NDIE)
Chair: Dr. Samir Nath Ranjan – BRAC Bangladesh
Panelists
RTE Key Note: Teacher Preparation for ECED : Dr. Bernadette Dean, Director, Valy Mohamed Institute for Education (VMIE), Karachi “Evolving Innovations: Developing quality professionals for the Early Years” RTE
RTE Dr. Shanta Dixit , Director and Co - Founder of Rato Bangala School (RBS)
“ Training teachers to implement holistic lessons in the classroom”
RTE
RTE Dr. Zaira Wahab, Head of Doctrol Program, Iqra University “ Teacher Attitudes, Biases, Stereotypes and Myths in ECD Classrooms”  
RTE Mr. Qamar Shahid , Director General Provincial Institute for Teacher’s Education (PITE), Teacher Education Group
“Teacher Preparation for ECE in Sindh”
RTE
Session 4 5:15 - 5:45 Formation of Groups and Key Announcements
Facilitated by Ghulam Nabi , Senior Program Manager, Info and Incentives, RSU, E&LD, Government of Sindh and Amima Sayee d (PCE)
Five groups; Policy & RTE Status ; Curriculum & Standards, T eacher s preparation (pre ad in - service), Research & Assessment , Innovations: access, parenting & materials) Review Conference Draft
 Note: Dinner & Launch of Dubai Cares Program in Pakistan by Invitation 7:30 - 9:30 pm - Pearl Continental Hotel - Ball Room
 
Day 2
 September 17th, 2014
Session 1 9:00 - 10:30 Research and Assessment
Moderator : Dr. Ghazala Rafique - Interim Director Aga Khan University - Human Development Program, Asia - Pacific Regional Network for Early Childhood ( ARNEC )
Chair : Badra Padmakanthi Withanage , Director of Education, Ministry of Education Srilanka
Panelists
RTE Sandeep, Sharma, Research Associate, Center of Early Childhood Education and Development (CECED), Ambedkar University, Delhi
"Readiness for School, Impact for ECED"
RTE
RTE Audrey D’Souza Juma , Director at Notre Dame Institute of Education
“ Gender Discourses and Teacher - Talk: Re - conceptualizing Teachers' Roles in Promoting Gender Equity in Pakistani Early C hildhood Classrooms ”
RTE
RTE Mr. Tanveer, Director Provincial Education
Assessment Center, Assessment and Learning Standards, Education and Literacy Department, Government of Sindh Samir Ranjan Nath, Program Head, Educational Research Unit, BRAC Bangladesh “ Assessment and Learning Standards for ECE ”
RTE
RTE Purnima Ramanujan, Senior Research Associate at ASER Center India
“ Pathways and Learning in Early Years: Data from 3 districts of India"
RTE

10:30 - 11:00 Tea Break 
Session 2 11:00 - 12:30 Innovations: Access, parenting and materials
Moderator : Mr. Aziz Kabani, Managing Director, Sindh Education Foundation (SEF)
Chair : Shanta Dixit, Director and Co - Founder of Rato Bangla School, Nepal

Panelists

RTE Sindh Education Foundation – Early Learning Program  
RTE Sudeshna Sengupta, Senior Advocacy Manager, Mobile Creches – India “Innovative Responses to Challenges on the Ground” RTE
RTE Seema Zia, Program Manager ECED, Children's Global Network RTE
RTE Mr. Muzzafaruddin, Country Representative, BRAC Pakistan RTE
RTE Mr. Ghulam Nabi , Senior Program Manager, Info and Incentives , RSU, E&LD , Government of Sindh
“ECD/ECE in Pakistan - Possibilities and Priorities”
 
RTE Sahar Saeed, Program Manager, ASER Pakistan, Pakistan /ITA “Issues of Access & Learning in Early Childhood Education: Emerging Trends & Challenges from ASER Pakistan” RTE
12:30 - 01:30 Lunch Break 
Session 3 1:30 - 4:00 Group Work
Five groups to f inalize recommendations and action steps for the Karachi consensus statement on ECED
Working Tea (during group work)
Session 4 4:30 - 5:30 Concluding Session
Moderator: Baela Raza Jamil , Director Programs ITA , Coordinator South Asia Forum for Education Development
Special Guest – Rana Mashood Ahmed Khan, Minister of Law, Education and Youth and Sports Affairs and Tourism Govt. of Punjab

Dr. Muhammad Memon, Hamid al - Dinal - Kirmani Professor in Education, Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development (AKU - IED), “From Policy to Action through Partnership” Reflections from participants (Provinces and International) Karachi Declaration/Consensus on ECED & RTE in South Asia
Address by the Chief Guest - Senior Minister for E ducation Nisar Ahmed Khuhro ; Adoption of Karachi Declaration
Vote of Thanks
 
ECED Karachi Consensus Statement September 17, 2014
 

Consensus Statement Drafters

  • Dr. Bernadette Dean  - VMIE
  • Dr. Ghazala Rafique -  AKU
  • Mr. Zahid Jatoi – RSU
  • Plan Pakistan  -
  • Audrey Juma – NDIE
  • Rana Hussain – Consultant SESP – EU
  • Baela Raza Jamil- ITA/SAFED /ARNEC

Displays

  • TRC
  • Sindh Education Foundation 
  • Plan Pakistan
  • E&LD Sindh /School Education Department Punjab
  • ITA
 
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