Seminar
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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, E ducation & L iteracy D epartment (E&LD), Government of Sindh

Key Note Speakers: 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”
Baela Raza Jamil – Coordinator SAFED/ Director Programs ITA

"ARNEC’s Engagement on ECED in Post 2015 Development Agenda”

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 & Zehra Arshad, Chairperson, Pakistan Coalition for Education (PCE)
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

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”

Baluchistan : Dr. Kamal - ud - din, Deputy Focal Person Capacity building and S pecialist ECED, DoE Balochistan

Punjab: Mr. Muhammad Shahid Saleem , Deputy Director (Planning), Directorate of Staff Development “ Status of teachers training on ECE”

Islamabad Capital Territory(ICT): Professor Muhammad Rafique Tahir, Joint Secretary Education, Capital Administration Development Division (CA DD)

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa : Abid Ullah Kaka Khe l, Director Education Sector Reform Unit ( ESRU ) /Deputy Secretary Education, Elementary and Secondary Education KP

Bangladesh: Mr. Samir Nath Ranjan, Program Head, Educational Research Unit, BRAC Bangladesh
“ Comprehensive ECCD Policy in Bangladesh: evolution through GO - NGO Collaboration”

Srilanka: Badra Padmakanthi Withanage , Director of Education, Ministry of Education Srilanka

Nepal: Dr. Shanta Dixit , Director and Co - Founder of Rato Bangla School (RBS)
“Nepal: The Test of Early Childhood Education”

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
Ms. Ambreena Ahmed , Assistant Director, Teacher Resource Center Ahmed “ TRC story of the National ECE Curriculum 2002 - 2007”

Ms. Nargis Sultana, Senior Education Advisor Open Society Foundations (OSF)
Critical Thinking in Early&Development

Abrar Shahwani, Project Coordinator, Save the Children 

“Assessments and research around Literacy Boost Program under Balochistan Education Program (BEP)”
Tamsila Shah, Manager Child Development and Research, Save the Children
“Synergies of ECCE projects with ECCE National Curriculum and ELDs” Sindh Curriculum and Standards Technical Working Group (TWG)

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”

3:30 - 03:45 Tea Break 
Session 4 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
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”
Dr. Shanta Dixit , Director and Co - Founder of Rato Bangala School (RBS)
“ Training teachers to implement holistic lessons in the classroom”

Dr. Zaira Wahab, Head of Doctrol Program, Iqra University “ Teacher Attitudes, Biases, Stereotypes and Myths in ECD Classrooms”
Mr. Qamar Shahid , Director General Provincial Institute for Teacher’s Education (PITE), Teacher Education Group
“Teacher Preparation for ECE in Sindh”
Session 5 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
Sandeep , Sharma, Research Associate, Centre for Early Childhood Education and Development (CECED), Ambedkar University, Delhi “ Readiness for School, Impact for ECED”
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 ”
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 ”
Purnima Ramanujan, Senior Research Associate at ASER Center India
“ Pathways and Learning in Early Years: Data from 3 districts of India"
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
Sindh Education Foundation – Early Learning Program
Sudeshna Sengupta, Senior Advocacy Manager, Mobile Creches – India “Innovative Responses to Challenges on the Ground”
Mehnaz Aziz , Founding Director, Children’s Global Network, Pakistan “ Innovations: Demand and Supply – A case of district level delivery ”
Mr. Ghulam Nabi , Senior Program Manager, Info and Incentives , RSU, E&LD , Government of Sindh
“ECD/ECE in Pakistan - Possibilities and Priorities”
Sahar Saeed, Program Manager, ASER Pakistan, Pakistan /ITA “Issues of Access & Learning in Early Childhood Education: Emerging Trends & Challenges from ASER Pakistan”

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
 

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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