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Pakistan: Public Private Partnership produced good results in education sector: CM

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Pakistan/April 10, 2018/BY AFTAB CHANNA/Source: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that the Public Private Partnership (PPP) in education sector has produced best results and its one of the success story is the toddlers who speak fluent English at DCTO English medium schools in Lyari.

This he said while addressing administration, teaching staff and students at DCTO English Medium High School, Lyari operating on PPP mode by Kiran Foundation, which he visited on Saturday. When the chief minister reached at school he was received by Education Secretary Iqbal Durani, Sindh Education Foundation (SEF) MD Nahid Durrani, administrator of school Nazir Tunio and others.

He said that Lyari was once a beautiful, peaceful and a vibrant area in the city. It used to remain opened the whole night. “I had also the honour to enjoy milk tea at restaurants at night but later something painful happened and Lyari turned into a most disturbed area in terms of peace and tranquility.

Murad Ali Shah added that drug dealers, paddlers and other out laws established their sway in the Lyari. The government worked day and night and fought bravely with mafias and restored peace there and then started developing the area to restore its past glories.

This DCTO school is one of the oldest schools from pre-partition. Originally it was established in 1930s by Deepchand T Ojha. This school was a preferred choice for schooling till 1970s. Later, this institution saw a great decline resulting in poor standard of education and dilapidated school building. He added that by 2002, the DCTO school had three double storey buildings where 13 schools were running within the same premises but there were barely any children getting education.

The government decided to hand over the school to Kiran Foundation in 2016, the chief minister said and added the Kiran Foundation runs this school from pre-nursery to high school. “The most encouraging move I have witnessed here at DCTO school is that the parents, particularly the mothers of students are given proper training to handle their kids at home DCTO,” he said and added this shows that mother and child education and training are taking place simultaneously at DCTO.

This novel but practical approach would definitely create [a child] father of nation. “These children who live in Lyari and have recently liberated themselves from the shekels of gang wars are speaking fluent English and know how to receive elders and how to talk and even they have good knowledge of history and geography.  “I assure you they are our best future and they would lead Layri to a prosperous, educated and culture Lyari,” he hoped.

The chief minister sharing his personal experience with the audience said that a little girl in a nursery class brilliantly briefed him about the geographical location of different province on the map of Pakistan. “They [students] are good at mathematics, science and history- this is what I have learnt by interacting with them in their class rooms.

Murad Ali Shah said that just after taking over as a chief minister he had visited this school and had made some promises with them to construct additional storey in school building to accommodate more students. “Today, I have visited that portion and heaved a sigh of relief to see wide and airy class rooms, labs and airy veranda,” he said and added the school administration has told him that 800 students are enrolled there and for academic session more three candidates/students had applied for admission but due shortage of space they could hardly accommodate 100 students.

The chief minister directed secretary education Iqbal Durani to locate a suitable school building in the area and hand over them to expand this DCTO school. “If you are giving good education, shaping up the future of students and training their mothers, I am with you- there is no service above it,” he said and vowed to support them in all intents and purposes.

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Public Private Partnership produced good results in education sector: CM

 

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Malala Yousafzai returns to Pakistan for first time in six years

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Pakistan/April 3, 2018/ by NEWS WIRES/Source: http://www.france24.com

Pakistan’s Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai on Saturday arrived in her hometown of Mingora for the first time since a Taliban militant shot her there in 2012 for advocating girls’ education.

Amid tight security, Youzafzai along with her parents landed in the Swat Valley in an army helicopter.

According to her uncle Mahmoodul Hassan, Yousafzai went to her home and also planned to meet with her friends and relatives. Security was visibly beefed up in Mingora the previous day.

The 20-year-old Yousafzai had asked authorities to allow her to go to Mingora and Shangla village in the Swat Valley, where a school has been built by her Malala Fund.

Hassan said Yousafzai and her family were not afraid of going to Swat, where Taliban militants wounded her six years ago.

«We are grateful to the government and the army for facilitating this visit,» he told The Associated Press.

In October 2012, Yousafzai was shot in the head by a Taliban assassin who jumped inside her school van and yelled, «Who is Malala?» She was targeted for speaking out on girls’ education.

Only 14 when she was shot, Yousafzai has since delighted in telling the Taliban that instead of silencing her, they have amplified her voice. She has also written a book, spoken at the United Nations and met with refugees.

On Friday, Yousafzai praised the Pakistan army in an interview on the independent Geo news channel for providing her timely medical treatment, saying her surgery was done by an army surgeon at the «right time.» She later received post-trauma treatment in Britain.

She said she would not have been sitting in Pakistan now if she had not been treated quickly. She plans to permanently return to Pakistan after completing her studies in Britain.

Schoolgirls in Yousafzai’s hometown were already jubilant over her arrival.

On Thursday, Yousafzai met with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi at his office, where she also attended a gathering and made an emotional speech in which she said it was one of the happiest days of her life to be back in her country.

Yousafzai has won praise from across Pakistan on her return home, but some critics on social media have tried to undermine her efforts to promote girls’ education. Yousafzai says she failed to understand why educated people opposed her, although she could expect criticism from militants, who had a particular mindset.

She told Pakistani media that majority of Pakistanis supported her.

«Those who do criticize have absurd kind of criticism that doesn’t make any sense,» she said in an interview with Pakistan’s The News English-language newspaper published Saturday.

«What I want is people support my purpose of education and think about the daughters of Pakistan who need an education. Don’t think about me. I don’t want any favor or I don’t want everyone to accept me. All I care about is that they accept education as an issue,» she said.

Since her attack and recovery, Yousafzai has led the Malala Fund in which she said has invested $6 million for schools and books and uniforms for schoolchildren.

Yousafzai became the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014.

In the interview, she said she was sitting in her classroom when news broke about her Nobel Prize and that she was not aware of it as she was not using her mobile phone at the time.

«My teacher came into my classroom and called me outside. I was worried that I might have done something wrong and I am in trouble. But she told me that I had won the Peace Prize. I said thank you. You don’t know how to respond. For me, it was for the cause of education,» she told the paper.

She said her trip to Pakistan was her college break as well. «That was also one of the reasons because I could not miss my school. So this just finally happened. To be honest, I can’t believe it that I am here in Pakistan. It still feels like a dream,» she said.

Yousafzai landed in Pakistan just before dawn Thursday, flanked by heavy security and plans to return to Britain on Monday.

Source:

http://www.france24.com/en/20180331-pakistan-nobel-prize-winner-malala-yousafzai-returns-home

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Entrevista: Malala habla con Letterman sobre educación, intento de vida

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Entrevista a Malala Yousufzai

El premio Nobel de Pakistán Malala Yousufzai se sentó con la leyenda del show nocturno David Letterman para la tercera entrega de su programa original de Netflix , My Guest Needs No Introduction , que se emitió el viernes.

El episodio titulado ‘Usted sabe, ella tiene un Premio Nobel de la Paz’ se abrió con tomas de la Universidad de Oxford, donde Malala se presenta como una embajadora estudiante de Lady Margaret Hall o LMH, como ella lo llama. Mientras habla con confianza a posibles estudiantes de pregrado sobre la primera universidad de mujeres en la universidad, el ex presentador del programa nocturno David Letterman, a su manera típica, intenta hacer una charla incómoda con los estudiantes.

Parte de la entrevista, que tuvo lugar en Nueva York, se centró en la misión de Malala de garantizar la educación de las niñas en todas partes, la cultura Pakhtun, los asesinatos por honor, Swat, sus planes de regresar a Mingora, los talibanes, la importancia del perdón y el presidente estadounidense Donald Trump Prohibición musulmana

Hablando sobre lo que sucedió el día que le dispararon a Malala, Letterman le pregunta qué habría sucedido si no hubiera sobrevivido al intento de los talibanes de matarla.

El valiente activista de 20 años dijo: «Espero que muchas personas se hayan levantado y se hayan levantado contra extremistas, contra no solo los extremistas, no solo las personas, sino contra la ideología.

«Porque eso es contra lo que tenemos que luchar: la ideología que existe allí que no acepta a las mujeres como iguales a los hombres [y] que no acepta que las mujeres tengan el derecho a la educación».

«No esperábamos que quisieran matar a un niño, pero lo hicieron».

Ella dijo que no recordaba mucho de lo que pasó ese día «que es algo bueno … parece una historia, una fábula para mí».

Discutiendo el día después del intento de asesinato, ella dijo: «Me pareció extraño que me desperté en un país diferente y la gente hablaba en inglés y los médicos se movían y las enfermeras y yo simplemente dije lo que estaba pasando y estaba completamente conmocionado … porque antes todo lo que recordaba era estar sentada con mis amigos en el autobús escolar «.

Mientras discutían un proverbio Pakhtun sobre el perdón, Malala dijo: «La mejor venganza es el perdón … Perdono a las personas que intentaron atacarme porque esa es la mejor venganza que puedo tener. La persona que realmente me atacó era un muchacho joven … de edad similar a la mía, y pensó que estaba haciendo lo correcto y estaba apuntando a esta persona que era malvada, y que estaba haciendo un buen trabajo. Creo que realmente solo necesitamos ayudar a la gente … porque son personas, como nosotros «.

Sobre por qué la educación es importante, Malala dijo que los líderes mundiales deben dejar de ignorar la educación. «Estos líderes, hablan de erradicar el extremismo y la pobreza y luego ignoran la educación … Eso es lo primero que debes hacer … Dar educación y dejar que las generaciones futuras persigan sus sueños y luego contribuyan a sus países y economía». ella dijo.

A última hora del viernes, ella tuiteó: «Me encantó hablar con el ‘realmente joven’ Dave #Letterman, ¡y espero que también disfrutes nuestra conversación!»

El programa Netflix de Mr Letterman tiene cuotas mensuales. Antes de Malala habló con el ex presidente de los EE. UU. Barack Obama y el actor George Clooney.

Fuente de la Entrevista:

https://images.dawn.com/news/1179629/malala-talks-to-letterman-about-education-attempt-on-life

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Pakistan: Quality education vital for progress: Tirmzi

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Pakistan/ March 13, 2018/Source: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/

Federal Minister for Norcotics Control General (r) Salahud Din Tirmzi said that education played a vital role in economic development of the country and urged the students to get quality education so that they could contribute towards national progress and stability.

Addressing the annual prize distribution ceremony of Jinnah Preparatory School held at the auditorium of Rawalpindi Arts Council on Sunday, Salahud Din Tirmzi said that education was the only way to overcome poverty, ignorance, unemployment and extremism.

He said, “It is the need of hour that we invest in education and provide a conductive environment to the kids for education to enable them to combat the challenges of the future.”

He appreciated the high standard of education at Jinnah Preparatory School, which had provided opportunities to the students to express their capabilities and talents in an efficient manner. He congratulated the parents of students who secured positions in the annual examinations.

Jinnah Preparatory School Head Abdul Qadir Hai said that no society could progress without education and mutual cooperation of parents and teachers.

Later, the chief guest awarded prizes and certificates among the students who showed outstanding performance in different categories.

The ceremony was also attended by parents, faculty members and students. The well prepared kids of Jinnah Preparatory School presented beautiful tableaus, dramas, skits, a fancy dress show and a cultural show.

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Quality education vital for progress: Tirmzi

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UNESCO: One in every five children, adolescents and youth is out of school worldwide

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UNESCO/March 06, 2018/Source: https://en.unesco.org

New figures on the number of children out of school worldwide reveal that despite decades of efforts to get every child into the classroom, progress has come to a standstill. According to data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), about 263 million children, adolescents and youth worldwide – one in every five – are out school, a figure that has barely changed over the past five years.

The new numbers are published as delegates gather in Paris for the fourth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)-Education 2030 Steering Committee meeting. The Committee is a unique body providing strategic guidance on the advancement of the Education 2030 Agenda. SDG4 includes a concrete commitment to ensure that every girl and boy is completing a good quality primary and secondary education by 2030.

The rate of progress, or the lack of it, varies by age group, according to a UIS paper released today. At primary level, the out-of-school rate has barely moved at all over the past decade, with 9% of children of primary age (about 6 to 11 years), or 63 million, out of school.

In addition, 61 million adolescents of lower secondary age (about 12 to 14 years) and 139 million youth of upper secondary age –one in every three – are not enrolled in school. These youth, between the ages of about 15 to 17 years, are four times more likely to be out of school than children of primary age, and more than twice as likely to be out of school as those of lower secondary age.

“These new figures show starkly the size of the gap that needs to be closed to ensure universal access to education,” says UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay. “We need much more comprehensive and targeted approaches together with more resources to reach those children and youth who are denied the right to education, with a special emphasis on girls and on improving the quality of education for all. This is the greatest urgency for unlocking progress towards SDG4.”

The UIS figures confirm that across sub-Saharan Africa one in every three children, adolescents and youth are out of school – with girls more likely to be excluded than boys. For every 100 boys of primary age out of school, there are 123 girls denied the right to education.

The new data also highlight a gulf between out-of-school rates in the world’s poorest and richest countries, with an upper-secondary out-of-school rate of 59% across the world’s low-income countries, compared to just 6% in high-income countries.

According to Silvia Montoya, Director of the UIS, “Access to education is only part of the picture. We also have a learning crisis, with one in six children and adolescents not reaching minimum proficiency levels in reading or mathematics; the majority of them are in school. Education has to deliver for every child, which requires effective monitoring to ensure that all children are in school, and that they are learning what they need to know. That is why the UIS, which is the official data source for SDG 4, is developing new indicators on equitable education and learning outcomes.”

The new figures reinforce calls for far greater global investment in education at all levels to ensure progress towards SDG 4, including more resources for data gathering and analysis to monitor the pace and equity of that progress.

These issues will be on the agenda of the fourth SDG-Education 2030 Steering Committee, the main global consultation and coordination mechanism for education in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Committee meets once or twice a year to provide strategic advice on policies, financing, monitoring and reporting and advocacy. It is composed of 38 members representing a majority from Member States, together with eight UN agencies, the Global Partnership for Education, the OECD, regional organizations, teacher organizations, civil society networks, in addition to representatives from the private sector, foundations, youth and student organizations.

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https://en.unesco.org/news/one-every-five-children-adolescents-and-youth-out-school-worldwide

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“Malala: mi historia”, notas personales sobre paz y educación

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Pakistán / 25 de febrero de 2018 / Autor: Redacción / Fuente: Tras Leer Un Libro

El comienzo del siglo XXI en la pequeña comunidad de Mingora, en Swat (Pakistán) no fue fácil. Por ese entonces, Malala Yousafzai (1997-) asistía al Colegio Kushal de niñas, fundado por su padre, Ziauddin Yousafzai. Esta institución no era como todas las demás, pues les otorgaba libertad de pensamiento y opinión a sus estudiantes, además de albergar las ciencias y la literatura como herramientas para entender el mundo, todo esto sin abandonar la religión musulmana. Toda esta atmósfera recreativa y educacional se va trizando a medida que Fazlullah, la voz radial que defiende los ideales de los talibanes, comienza a declararle la guerra a todo aquel que desobedezca al Corán. Poco a poco, el universo de Malala peligra, lo que va fortaleciéndola para defender lo que ella considera justo. Ya a los once años, comienza anónimamente a dar cuenta de los hechos pasados y presentes en Swat, para luego denunciar de manera pública los atentados a escuelas y los asesinatos en masa. Así, Malala se convierte en un referente y una amenaza al mismo tiempo, una esperanza que casi le cuesta a la vida producto de un atentado. Desde ese momento, renace su gran deseo: todos hablan de ella, se preocupan por ella, toman partido por ella; su causa se hace universal, dará forma a una fundación, emitirá discursos en importantes estamentos y será reconocida por su lucha pro derechos de todos los niños a la educación.

Este es el argumento de Malala: mi historia (I am Malala, 2014) de Malala Yousafzai y Patricia McCormick. Se trata de un relato vivo, una biografía escrita en primera persona que trastoca por la sinceridad característica de una adolescente, porque nadie debería quedarse indiferente ante las manifestaciones de los jóvenes. Es una historia asombrosa, desde el punto de vista de los hechos relatados. Podría ser inquietante que una niña de ocho años sepa la diferencia entre terrorismo y miedo. El roce entre las balas y las constantes amenazas las que llevan a reflexionar sobre el tema.

La autobiografía de la Nobel de la Paz 2014 predica con el ejemplo, es decir, no hay venganza en sus palabras, sino reconciliación con las escenas descritas. En sus propias páginas, Malala se define como una niña curiosa, serena y vanidosa. Estos elementos se conjugan en la historia, evolucionan. No hay rencor en sus ideas, sí mucho asombro ante la brutalidad a la que asiste. Y lo expresa en sus propios términos, con un doble grado de consciencia: por un lado, sabiendo las implicancias que tienen sus opiniones; por otro lado, conociendo el alcance de réplica de sus palabras. Esto vale para sus entradas al blog de la BBC hasta su discurso en la ONU.

El choque cultural entre Oriente y Occidente penetra en la casa de Malala. Todo en ella se convierte en críticas: su ropa, sus libros, su televisión, sus clases, sus dichos y los dichos de su padre. La fragilidad de cada capítulo se presenta con la naturalidad que conlleva el vivir siendo amenazada, cambiando tus pasos para llegar a casa; borrándote de las ventanas para no recibir las balas de la calle; escuchando el virus de la radio, ese que se come la libertad de expresión, ese que conjura versículos religiosos para cercar y oprimir al pueblo. Pero el problema no es la religión musulmana, piensa ella, porque se puede creer en Alá y descubrirse el rostro.

Resulta llamativo que todo lo que encarga Malala sea impulsado por su padre, Ziauddin. Ella indica que su padre no se deja abatir por nada. Siente el temple de su progenitor y guía; por él, ella no puede quedarse atrás. Por eso, post-atentado, él le dice que debió recibir los disparos por ella. La relación entre ambos es recíproca, se complementan sus puntos de vista y comparten las decisiones del otro.

Igualmente, ella se preocupa de agradecer o reconocer a cada persona que estuvo con ella, desde su amiga/rival del colegio Moniba, pasando por sus padres, sus hermanos, sus doctores en Birmingham, hasta Gordon Brown, Selena Gomez y Madonna. Por último, el libro ofrece imágenes del archivo personal de la autora, una cronología de los hechos más destacables de Pakistán y su propia vida, un glosario de palabras y datos sobre Malala Fund, la fundación que recoge sus ideales.

Fuente de la Reseña:

“Malala: mi historia”, notas personales sobre paz y educación.

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