Promotion of Quality Education through Public Private Partnership

THE HOPE
June 16, 2006 Punjab Education Foundation (PEF) Volume 1, Number 1

• Patron In-Chief Introduction

Dr. Allah Bakhsh Malik
Managing Director The Hope, a quarterly, is the first official Newsletter of Punjab Education
• Advisory Committee Foundation to disseminate news on promotion of quality education in

Mr.Wajid Malik Public Private Partnership. The Newsletter shall cover facts, events and
DMD(Operations)

Mr. Rana M. Arif activities of PEF and partner organizations. In this media dominated age
DMD ( Finance) we must convey the true
• Editorial Board picture to the public

Ms. Salma Aziz
mind. PEF was
Editor

Mr. Imran Butt established under the

Ms.Huma Rizvi Punjab Education
Contents Foundation Act of 1991
• Introduction as an autonomous
• Message from statutory body to
Managing Director
• PEF Schemes: encourage and promote

Cluster- Based education in the private
Teachers’ Training in sector operating on non-
Public Private
commercial basis. PEF
Partnership. (CBT-PPP)

Foundation Assisted was restructured under the Punjab Education Foundation Act 2004, to
Schools. (PEF-FAS) promote ‘Quality Education’ through Public Private Partnership. PEF is

Teaching in Clusters by
ushering in ground breaking changes in the form of model lessons,
Subject Specialists.
(PEF-TICSS) evocative question papers

Education Voucher and cluster-based training
Scheme.(PEF-EVS)
of teachers. The Holy
• Seminar Report
Prophet (PBUH) said, “A

Vision of The PEF tiny drop of practice is

“Promotion of Quality Education superior to a sea of
through Public Private knowledge and a tiny
Partnership, encouraging and drop of earnestness
supporting the efforts of private surpasses the sea of
sector through technical and
practice”. Punjab
financial assistance, innovating
Education Foundation is
and developing new instruments
to champion wider educational promoting the cause of
opportunities at affordable cost education with earnestness, resilience and dedication.
to the poor.”
Board of Directors
• Mr. Shahid Kardar
(Chairperson)
• Gp.Capt.® Cecil Chaudhry
• Mrs. Rubina Tariq Jilani
• Prof. Khawaja Masud
• Mrs. Shaista Pervaiz Malik
• Mr. Tahir Yousaf
• Mrs. Nasreen Kasuri
• Dr. Fareeha Zafar
• Secretary Finance, Pb.
• Secretary Education, Pb.
• Secretary Lit. & NFBE, Pb.
• Secretary Social Welfare, Pb.
• Secretary P&D Deptt. Pb
• Vice Chancellor, University
of Education, Lahore
• Managing Director, PEF
(Director/Secretary)
CBT Partners
• Ali Institute of Education,
Lahore
• AFAQ, Lahore
• LIME, Lahore
• Learning Zone, Sialkot
• SCOPE Lahore
• ABES Rawalpindi
• SEC Islamabad
• Qadir Foundation Bhakkar
• ALAMS School, Mianwali
• RDO, Multan
• RADO, Chakwal.
CBT Statistics
• CBTs Conducted = 72
• Teachers Trained = 3345
• Schools Benefited = 767
• Districts Reached = 29
• Tehsil Reached = 36
Message From Managing Director
Symmetrical information is extremely important for organizational
growth, suave promotion of education,
appropriate development and
implementation of the programs in Public
Private Partnership. It’s a matter of great
pleasure and satisfaction that PEF is
initiating ‘The Hope’ a newsletter to ensure
the dissemination of information to all
stakeholders and partners working with the
Foundation in various programs through
Public Private Partnership. I am sanguine Dr. Allah Bakhsh Malik
that the Newsletter will contribute a lot in
terms of successful implementation of the programs, valuable
feedback and proper coverage of the educational activities.
Cluster- Based Teachers’ Training
(CBT-PPP)
Teaching is a learning process and learning strives to bring attitudinal
changes. Cluster Based
Teachers’ training (CBT)
is a project of the Punjab
Education Foundation to
promote quality
mentoring through Public
Private Partnership.
Through CBT, PEF
empowers the teachers
of the schools providing
CBT Workshop Session
education to less affluent
sections of society. We,
at PEF are acutely aware that in an age of constant flux, change is the
only constant. We, therefore help the teachers jettison obsolete
teaching methodologies
and adopt the very new in
the field of Pedagogy.
Since teaching is a blend of
content knowledge and
methodology, the focus is
on activity based teachers’
training to educate the
students through joyful
learning environment. CBT
Certificate Distribution Ceremony has turned out to be the
most successful program of
PEF. The response of teachers is so encouraging that it defies belief.
FAS Statistics Foundation Assisted Schools (FAS)
Foundation Assisted Schools is the flagship program of Punjab Education
• Partner Institutions =54
Foundation. Under PEF- FAS, financial assistance is provided to the
• Distribution: schools on per child
enrolment basis. Schools
Rural 31
in rural and slum areas
Urban 13 are attended by students
Slums 10 from the marginalized
and less affluent
• Gender: households. The schools
having fee structure
Co-education: 37 ranging from Rs. 50 to
300 are selected on the
Male schools: 5 basis of the criteria
announced by the Board. Quality Assurance Test by PEF
Female Schools : 12
The Foundation is
• Geographical supporting more than 22,000 students in 54 schools in five districts
(Lahore, Sialkot, Khushab, Bahawalpur and Chakwal) at the moment.
Distribution:
Punjab Education Foundation has also adopted schools of three NGOs,
namely Care, Bunyad and MNT in Sheikhupura, Hafizabad and Lahore.
• Chakwal = 10 To maintain quality standards and learning outcome of students, the
Foundation administers Quality Assurance Tests (QAT) in partner
• Sialkot = 10
schools on Quarterly/ Six monthly basis. Two thirds numbers of
• Bahawalpur = 10 students of the partner education institution must score at least 40%
• Lahore = 10 marks for the continuation of Partnership.
• Khushab = 10 In its last meeting held on May 22, 2006, the Board of Directors decided
• MNT, Lhr = 1 to extend coverage and expansion of FAS program to 100 schools as
against the existing 54 in the districts where FAS Program is already
• CARE =2
operational on the basis of contiguity, backwardness and logistic
(Sheikhupura) capabilities. Five more districts have been added i.e. Narowal, Gujrat,
• Bunyad = 1 Bhakkar, Bahawalnagar and Mianwali.
(Hafizabad) High Performing Institutions (PEF-FAS-QAT)
• Financial Assistance Sr. # Name of School %age

Released = 1 MNT High School, Shahpur, Multan Road, Lahore 100%

Rs.3,61,44,900 2 Zaib Public School, Talagang, Chakwal 98.27%

3 Leader house Secondary school, Chakwal City 96.77%
New District Included 4 Crescent Grammar School, Sialkot 96.63%
5 Al Badar Girls High School, Yazman Bahawalpur 96.47%
1. Narowal
6 USWA Public School, Jhamra Chakwal. 96.00%
2. Gujrat
7 Al-Rehman Secondary School, Bahawalpur. 95.83%
3. Bhakkar
8 Sanjan Nagar Public Education Trust, Lahore. 94.73%
4. Bahawalnagar
9 Presto Public School, Line Park Chakwal City 94.11%
5. Mianwali
10 Khalid Memorial Secondary School, Chakwal. 90.27%
Academic
Development Unit
(PEF- ADU)
• Ms. Huma Rizvi,
(Coordinator ADU)
• Mr. Rana Wasim,
Subject Specialist English
• Mr. Shahzad Anwar,
Subject Specialist
Mathematics
• Mr. Qamar Abbas,
Subject Specialist
Chemistry
• Ms. Salma Aziz,
Subject Specialist Biology
TICCS Partner
Schools
• Ch. Rehmat Ali Memorial
Trust Girls High School,
Township Lhr.
• Ch. Rehmat Ali Memorial
Trust Boys High School,
Township Lhr.
• Govt. High School, Township
Lhr.
• Govt. High School,
Baghbanpura, Lhr.
• Naveed Foundation High
School, 227 – G.T. Road , Lhr.
• Latif Educational High School,
229- G.T. Road, Lhr.
• Pak Foundation High School
for Girls, Walton Road, Lhr.
• Pak Foundation High School
for Boys Branch, Walton
Road, Lhr.
• Qurban & Surraya Educational
Trust, Walton Road, Lhr.
• New English Secondary
School, More Singhpura,
G.T. Road Lhr.
• Younas English High School,
Chowk Rasheedpura, Lhr.
• The Grammar School
Darogawala, Lhr.
Education Voucher Scheme
(PEF-EVS)
Education Voucher Scheme is another ambitious program of the Punjab
Education Foundation. In a quest to address the needs of quality
education of low income households, PEF is planning to launch
Education Voucher Scheme to enable the poor households to send their
children to quality schools of their choice. As a pilot project, the
provincial metropolis has been selected and PEF is in the process of
gathering data from urban slums /katchi abadis to develop an
instrument for launching EVS.
PEF has made an arrangement with Open Society Institute (OSI) to
design the EVS for low income households. The EVS would be
subsidized/free education initiative for the urban slums/ katchi abadi’s
children at PEF’s expense. All households of the urban slums/ katchi
abadis would be eligible to get educational vouchers. PEF – EVS will
ensure equity, productive efficiency, freedom of choice and social
cohesion.
Teaching in Clusters by Subject
Specialists (TICSS)
The low cost schools in rural and less affluent urban areas can not
afford qualified teachers of impeccable professional standing due to
financial constraints. A good subject specialist could be arranged within
a salary range of Rs
20,000 —25,000 and in
a school which pays its
teachers a meagre
average salary of
Rs.3000 — Rs.5000,
he/she can play a
catalytic role in
uplifting its educational
standards and bringing
innovations in a
number of spheres in
the school’s milieu. The
idea was to arrange a
subject specialist who would be teaching in a cluster of schools, visiting
2-3 schools a week and teaching the students in actual class room
theatrics thereby not only impacting the learning outcomes of the
students but also influencing the teaching of practices the peers and
associates. The model has proved to be cost effective, economical and
• Govt. High School for Boys,
Niaz Baig, Lhr.
• The Pakistan Model High
School near Chowk Yateem
Khana, Lhr.
• Al- Dawa Model High School,
Multan Road, Lhr.
Chairperson, PEF
Guest Speakers
• Mr. Shahid Kardar,
Chairperson, PEF
• Mrs. Nasreen, Kasuri,
Chairperson, Beacon
House School System
• Dr. Allah Bakhsh Malik,
MD, PEF
• Mr. Arshad Khan Lodhi,
Minister for Agriculture,
Punjab
• Ms Saadia Ch., Advisor to
the Chief Minister
• Dr. Noshina Kashmiri,
Principal of Govt. College
of Home Economics
• Dr. Nasreen Akhter,
Principal of Queen Mary
College
• Representative of Minhaj
Education Foundation
• Dr. Anwar Bokhari,
Chairperson Prime Schools
• Dr. Shahid Siddique of
Lahore School of
Economics;
• Dr. Rafiq Abbasi
• Sara Asad
beneficial.
As a pilot project this scheme has been launched in Lahore. Subject
Specialists have been appointed by Punjab Education Foundation in
different low income schools of Lahore to improve the standard of
education in under developed areas. In future, Punjab Education
Foundation envisages an expansion of the program.
Seminar on Importance and Role of
Private Sector for the Promotion of
Quality Education
Seminar on the “Importance and Role of Private Sector for the
Promotion of Quality
Education” was held under the
auspices of the Punjab
Education Foundation and Mir
Khalil-ur-Rehman Memorial
society (Jang Group of
Newspapers) on Saturday May
13, 2006. The Chairperson of
Beacon House School System
Mrs.Nasreen Mahmood Kasuri
Seminar in Session
in her presidential address
said that the private sector
was sharing almost 50 percent burden of education sector in Pakistan.
She called for supporting small scale private institutions to bring about
positive changes in the existing situation. Punjab Agriculture Minister
Mr. Arshad Khan Lodhi said
that the government could
not educate all children and
the Public Private
Partnership paradigm has
proved to be quite
successful. The Chairperson
Punjab Education Foundation
Mr. Shahid Kardar said that
quality education was never
cheap and stressed the need
to improve the condition of public sector educational institutes to
restore the confidence of the masses. He said that PEF was striving to
make the quality education accessible for lower income groups in far
flung areas and 22,000 students were enrolled in 54 such schools in five
districts. He said PEF is giving Rs. 300 per student while teachers were
also being trained through workshops in different subjects. The
Managing Director of PEF Dr. Allah Bakhsh Malik said that the main
objective of the Foundation was to impart quality education and this was
being realized through Public Private Partnership. He said that the
children must get equal opportunities for Quality education.
 CBT Beneficiaries

PEF-FAS High Achiever

Miss Rabia Ali of Tameer-e-Nau School (one of the FAS Partner schools),
Hasilpur District Bahawalpur secured 717 marks out of 800 in Middle
Standard Examination, 2006. She got second position in District

Rabia Ali
Bahawalpur .Punjab Education Foundation is proud to promote such
talented students in their educational quest.

News Letter Team

Ms. Salma Aziz (Editor), Mr. Imran Babar Butt, Ms. Huma Rizvi

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