Champion Clubs in Balochistan Schools

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

At the UNICEF-supported Government Girls Middle School in Moosani, in Balochistan’s Lasbela district girls lead a team of fellow students who work to improve the school and support students’ rights. The Champion Club includes girls and boys aged 10 - 16 who were elected by their peers to become ‘champions’ for one year, following the club’s guidelines. The ten champions are responsible for 16 small projects in school; they support school maintenance and improvement, participate in school enrollment campaigns and help students in need of financial assistance. Some of the champions focus on specific areas such as sports, health & hygiene, gardening discipline, etc.  Nearly 12,000 students are participating in champion clubs in Balochistan. Since 2018, UNICEF has supported champion clubs in 874 schools and 288 Accelerated Learning Programme (ALP) centres in the province thanks to thematic funds received from United States Fund for UNICEF and Norwegian National Committee for UNICEF.

Lead Implementing Government(s)

Pakistan

Location(s)

South Asia

Pakistan

Activity URL

https://www.unicef.org/pakistan/stories/developing-tomorrows-leaders-school

Government Affiliation

Government-affiliated program

Years

2018 -

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Government Schools

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Other skills

  • Financial literacy
  • Rights/empowerment education
  • Social and emotional learning

Quality

  • School facilities

Skills

  • Civics education

Cross-cutting areas

  • Community sensitization
  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Gender equality
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs
  • Sports
  • WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys in school, Girls in school

Age

10 - 16

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

  • Teachers - female
  • Teachers - male

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • General awareness-raising/community engagement

Facilities construction/improvement

  • Construction/improvement of schools

Mentoring/psychosocial support

  • Peer mentors

Reducing economic barriers

  • Addressing cost of school supplies
  • Income-generating activities

Women's empowerment programs

  • Advocacy/action
  • Empowerment training
  • Leadership training

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Improved critical thinking
  • Improved social and emotional learning/skills and mindsets
  • Increased school completion (general)

Cross-cutting goals

  • Changed social norms
  • Improved critical consciousness
  • Increased advocacy/civic engagement
  • More equal power in relationships
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms