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Latest News Archive 2009

04^th December,2009 An innaugeral ceremony was held at CDG junior model Girls High School Paisa Akhbar Lahore that is one of ITA's partner schools of Lahore......read more 04^th December,2009 The Anita Ghulam Ali Teachers Award is transparent and based on merit. 164 nominations have been received from all over the Pakistan for ECE-AGA Award 2009......read more 17^thNovember,2009 THE Lahore High Court on Monday set aside a notification of the Punjab Schools Education Department, authorising the Punjab Examination Commission (PEC) for holding class-V and class-VIII exams for all government......read more 5^thOctober,2009 Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) has been leading social dialogues on WTD each year since 2004 along with a survey to influence policy makers at all levels through focused recommendations......read more 16^thSeptember,2009 Al-Mustafa Welfare Society donated some bags, Copies & Poem Books for the ITA-Partner School....... read more 10^thSeptember,2009 On Thursday 10th Sep 09, ITA arranged an acknowledgement ceremony at CDG Junior Model Girls High School Allama Iqbal Road Lahore (ITA’s first partner schools in CDG Lahore)...... read more 8^thSeptember,2009 Most URGENT: National Education Policy--Protest at National Press Club tomorrow at 11am...... read more 2^ndSeptember,2009 Idara-e-Taaleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) has established a vocational training centre where a four - month beauty training course is being offered under CLC...... read more 23^rdAugust,2009 SECRETARY General Woman Wing Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz Group and Advisor to Chief Minister Punjab Begum Zakia Shahnawaz has stressed the need for documenting curriculum reforms process and using powerful narratives from the marginalized sections of society to inform the textbook writing process...... read more 15^stAugust,2009 Summer School program is incorporated in ITA’s main activities to enrich school education through different hand-on activities and project based learning..........read more 15^thAugust,2009 Agahi Education School System conducted Summer Camp -Free of Any Charges Agahi Education School System- an initiative of Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) to rehabilitate a government ghost school – conducted a three weeks’ summer camp up to primary level without any charges. It was quite free for the children of local community, studying in the school .........read more 16^thAugust,2009 ITA invited for a discussion with the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, Ms. Judith A. McHale to brainstorm on improved relations with US through Education outreach and people to people exchanges across the two countries for sustained up-gradation of quality of life and learning possibilities. The discussion was frank and productive coordinated by Constance Colding Jones , Officer of Cultural Affairs, and Ms. Leslie M. Phillips, Assistant Cultural Affairs Attache of the U.S. Embassy Islamabad, Pakistan 15^thAugust,2009 Islamabad ITA hosted a dialogue on Initiatives in Education – India & Pakistan .. Prospects for South Asian Networking........read more 14^thAugust,2009 HAPPY AZADI DAY ! .. to all of us with prayers that we stand up to the challenge of making Pakistan, a land of tolerance, learning, peace, and human progress in its myriad manifestations........read more 10^thAugust,2009 Curriculum Reforms in Pakistan – A Glass Half Full or Half Empty? A paper was recently presented by Baela Raza Jamil, Chairperson Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) and Coordinator South Asia Forum for Education Development (SAFED), at the Seminar on School Curriculum Policies and Practices in South Asian Countries at the National Council for Education Research & Training (NCERT) Delhi, India. August 10-12, 2009 .. read paper (www.itacec.org... ) and send comments : Email: address: itacec@gmail.com .. 08^thAugust,2009 ITA Tables Serious Reservations on the draft New Education Policy: ITA provided feedback on the latest draft of the New Education Policy Aug.1, 2009. The comments were passed on to the Pakistan Coalition for Education (PCE) for wider circulation, discussion and campaigning ........read more 03^rdAugust,2009 Archbishop Saldanha condemns killing and carnage in Gojra, calls for closure of Christian institutions for three days mourning in Punjab........read more 24^thJuly,2009 Summer Camps resume in Lahore Schools -- A Journey of Happiness & Learning ........read more 11^thJuly,2009 July 11, Dr. Waseema Sheikh from Boston arrived on July 10th and began her five week volunteer work at Shah Mansoor Camp I in Swabi District. She will also work with Host Community IDPs in Rawalpindi Drop in Centres as well. She will be working for the Camp wide facilities as well as ITA's Gulaan Elementary School and Muskaan Mother and Child Centre 11^thJuly,2009 July 11, Lahore Baela Raza Jamil , attends the third meeting of the Sub-Committee on Teachers’ Issues.. to discuss criteria for selection of teachers for incentives based on quality indicators at school level. Baela Raza Jamil was made a member of the Committee on Teachers’ Issues on June 18th, 2009 under another initiative of the Chief Minister Punjab....... read more 10^thJuly,2009 July 10th 2009 : Dr. Waseema Sheikh Bokhari , ITA’s trusted and committed health volunteer, will join the IDPs work in Islamabad Swabi and Rawalpindi with ITA’s team for one month.. She is an amazing healer and health practitioner .. originally trained in Lahore, upgraded at Harvard, Wisconsin and Boston....... read more 4^thJuly,2009 Islamabad July 4th 2009 – The sixth batch of Pakistani Secondary Level Educators left for New Hampshire USA to attend a four week training on science education, conflict resolution, and English literacy with cultural heritage as an interdisciplinary sub-text at the Plymouth State University (PSU) The 11 females and 9 males were from FATA, NWFP, AJK, ICT, Punjab, Balochistan and Sindh. Out of 20, 16 were from the public sector institutions. Constance Colding Jones Cultural Affairs Officer U.S. Embassy Islamabad, and Mr.Shahid Ahmed, Additional Secretary Education, Ministry of Education gave away the tickets and training kits. They suggested a debriefing session upon their return in Islamabad ......read more 3^rdJuly,2009 Islamabad July 3, 2009 – Pre Departure Training will be held in Islamabad, for the sixth batch of the Pakistani Education Leadership Institute (PELI) at the Plymouth State University (PSU) New Hampshire USA. The one day training will conclude in the ceremony where 20 participants (secondary level teachers/educators) will be formally handed over tickets by Constance Colding Jones Cultural Affairs Officer U.S. Embassy Islamabad, prior to their journey to USA for the four week training program entitled “Science Education & Conflict Resolution”. After the conclusion of this four week training they will be expected to implement Master Action Plans for the in-country phase of their work......read more 2^ndJuly,2009 Chiniot July 2nd 2009, District Government to Construct a Ladies Indoor sports stadium for Girls of Govt. Girls Elementary School, Satellite Town Chiniot with allocation of Rs. 30 million......read more 2^ndJuly,2009 Pakistani Youth in Action: Summer Internships at ITA 2009......read more 1^stJuly,2009 District Government to Construct a Ladies Indoor sports stadium for Girls of Govt. Girls Elementary School, Satellite Town Chiniot with 30 million rupees.......read more 24^thJune,2009 On 24th June 09 “Aagahi Centre” – a drop in center has been established in Lahore focusing on child labor ......read more 17^thJune,2009 Pakistan Project Scoops Education Awards for Good Practice: Achieving Quality in Education and Delivering Education in Difficult Circumstances. at the 17th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministerial Meeting in Kaula Lumpur Malaysia ......read more 12^thJune,2009 Economic Survey 2008-09 Just Released ........read more 12^thJune,2009 The World Day Against Child Labour will be celebrated on 12 June 2009 ........read more 06^thJune,2009 ITA kicks of its Two Days’ Bi-Annual Strategic Review meeting in Islamabad. An energizing envisioning exercise , historical timeline of ITA and mapping of programs across the country was undertaken by a group of 18 managers … The day long exercise was very insightful for institutional internalization .. The team visited Saidpur Village in the evening enjoying Islamabad's pleasant weather and restored heritage. ........read more 05^thMay,2009 Child Labour program and approaches adopted by ITA have been selected for the Commonwealth Education Good Practice Awards 2009........read more 04^thMay,2009 Healing & Learning Community Centres - ITA’s Response to IDPs in Host Communities and Camps ..Rawalpindi & Shah Mansoor Swabi- May 4, 2009 ........read more 28^thMarch,2009 Anita Ghulam Ali Teachers’ Award 2008 – Repositioning Teachers in Pakistan - Award Ceremonies Kick off in Karachi on March 28th, 2009........read more 28^thMarch,2009 Reservations on Education Policy. Mar.12 ........read more 28^thMarch,2009 Chairperson as Panelist at the SEF Symposium on Public Private Partnerships on March 28th........read more 24^thMarch,2009 Baela Raza Jamil, Coordinator SAFED and Chairperson ITA India Visit–March 18-22,2009....read more 24^thMarch,2009 UNILEVER Pakistan Branding for Hygiene Education: Distributing Dental Hygiene and Hair Care Products in Rahim Yar Khan Schools ... read more 23^rdMarch,2009 May 23, 2009 CNN team Mr. Samuel Joseph Hillson Haynor and Ms. Sana Nayyar make a documentary for the IDP's Camp in Swabi assisted by ITA's team in Islamabad.. read more. ........read more 15^thFebruary,2009 INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT -TRAINING WING- ISLAMABAD held a two days training workshop on 13th and 14th February 09 at IPD Training Center. DG Environment, Ministry of Environment appreciated the efforts ......... read more 4^thFebruary,2009 Concerned Citizens Deposit a Letter and 18000 Signatures on SWAT/FATA & NWFP Genocide for the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon with the UN Resident Coordinator on February 3, 2009 ......... read more 3^rdFebruary,2009 ITA Selected as A Finalist for Commonwealth Education Good Practice Award 2009 ......... read more 21^stJanuary,2009 Two Round Table Dialogues held with Parliamentarians on the draft National Education Policy (NEP) by the Pakistan Coalition for Education (PCE)......... read more 18^thJanuary,2009 ITA training teams from the Institute for Professional Development (IPD) concluded a 6 days’ subject based training......... read more 8^thJanuary,2009 The carnage in Swat and FATA resulting in burning and shutting down of girls and virtually all education institutions... read more 1^stJanuary,2009 The countdown begins to the Sixth PELI Summer Training Program at Plymouth State University USA!... read more 19^thNovember,2008 The Pak-U.S.Alumni Association was formed ......... read more 18^thNovember,2008 Minutes of 5th Meeting of the District Coordination Committee ......... read more 17^thNovember,2008 A National Dialogue on Reclaiming Cultural and Social Diversity......... read more 14^thNovember,2008 Celebration of Health Screening Day organized by ITA....... read more 21^thOctober,2008 5 Social Dialogues Held in Pakistan for WTD 2008............ read more 17^thOctober,2008 5-Days Teachers Training Workshop on Citizenship Education under the project of USIP............ read more 15^thOctober,2008 Celebration of Global Hand washing Day organized by ITA in collaboration with Unilever............ read more 14^thOctober,2008 Professional Development to Raise Status of Teachers ............... read more 11^thOctober,2008 World Teachers’ Day 2008 .. Teachers Matter For Quality Education............ read more 11^thOctober,2008 World Teachers' Day 2008 Held at Bureau of Curriculum............ read more