Educational project of SCSPEB to be inaugurated today
- November 23, 2015, 5:52 pm
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QUETTA: The education related project of the Society for Community Strengthening and Promotion of Education, Balochistan (SCSPEB) for some 20 government schools of Quetta and Sohbatpur districts is due to be inaugurated on November 23 (Monday) here.
The Advisor to Chief Minister for Education, Sardar Raza Muhammad Barech would be the chief guest while Secretary Education, Abdul Saboor Kakar would preside over the inaugural ceremony to be held at 10:00 AM at the Balochistan Boy Scout Association’s headquarters.
The SCSPEB’s initiative focuses on the capacity of reading of male and female students, training of teachers, provision of books in the children’s libraries and training and effectiveness of the PTSMC besides literacy programme for the illiterate women.
In all 20 government schools would be covered in Quetta and Sohbatpur districts.
The project is being implemented by the SCSPEB with financial and technical assistance of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Small Grants and Ambassador’s Fund Program (SGAFP), which basically assists innovative development initiatives falling under USAID’s priority sectors for Pakistan aimed at improving people’s lives.
It may be mentioned here that SCSPEB is serving with the mission to create partnerships between government and communities, in all social sectors, for a sustainable development of the province of Balochistan.
The Society seeks to promote human development by utilizing community mobilization strategies to establish government-community partnerships. Society realizes that promoting education as a whole, especially that for girls, requires support from all stakeholders: parents, community,schools, education department and local government. It is only through the active interest and sense of shared responsibility of such stakeholders that access to and quality of education can be ensured.
Over the years, Society has used this aim and vision in its work. In 2001, SCSPEB received the prestigious UN Award, from the UN Systems in Pakistan, for its inspirational contribution to promoting female education in the remote rural areas of Balochistan and developing the Community Support Process (CSP) model. Society is the only organization in Pakistan to have been awarded this great honour.
It has been considered as partner by the Education Department as it has played a major role in the evolving process and conceptual work for PED community support programs, which has benefited in the formulation of programs and policies. Some of the instances in this regard include providing ideas for the Fellowship Programme and 100% project preparation for PEQIP and BEF’s capacity building that has now enabled it to implement the Fellowship Programme itself.
Society has also developed an Action Research & Training cell for the purpose of enhancing capacity of the organization. It has carried out research development studies: Consolidation Study (Kalat, Mastung), Kohlu Teachers Verification Study; and recently Re-validation Study for PED to Strengthen Community Support Process. Moreover, Society is making efforts to institutionalize the Mobile Female Teachers Training Unit (MFTTU), PTSMCs formation and DEOs completing a few of 11 steps on their own.
