Girls' Right to Education Programme in Pakistan: Support to National Capacity Building to Realize Girls' Right to Education Programme in Pakistan

  • P Project/Program

I Inactive

Key Information

The purpose of the programme is to support the government’s efforts in increasing access and retention and improving the quality of primary education through capacity building and targeted interventions at both the institutional and community level. The programme has three integrated components: (a) community mobilization and advocacy; (b) improvement in school physical and learning environment through working with Parent Teacher Committees (PTCs) and School Management Committees (SMCs), providing missing facilities in schools (such as boundary walls, washrooms, drinking water and minor repairs), and teacher training in Activity Based Learning (ABL) and Multi-Grade Teaching (MGT); and (c) capacity building of district education officers working in project districts.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

South Asia

Pakistan

Activity URL

https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000265885

Government Affiliation

Government-affiliated program

Years

2015 - 2021

Partner(s)

Federal and Provincial education departments, Civil Society Organization implementing the programme, Teachers' training institutes, Donors

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

Government of Pakistan, Italian Agency for Development Cooperation

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Primary completion
  • Primary enrollment

Other skills

  • Rights/empowerment education

Quality

  • Curricula/lesson plans
  • School facilities
  • School quality
  • Teacher training

Skills

  • Civics education
  • Literacy
  • Numeracy

Cross-cutting areas

  • Community sensitization
  • Early/child marriage
  • Other cultural practices
  • Sports

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls in school, Teachers - female, Youth

Age

4 - 11

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Pre-school
  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary

Other populations reached

  • Community leaders
  • Fathers
  • Girls (both in school and out of school)
  • Girls out of school
  • Mothers
  • Other community members - female
  • Other community members - male
  • Parent-teacher associations/school management committees
  • Religious leaders
  • School administrators
  • Teachers - male

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • Community mobilization
  • General awareness-raising/community engagement
  • Mothers' clubs
  • Parent Teacher Associations (PTA)
  • School management committees

Curriculum/learning

  • Increased availability of learning materials

Facilities construction/improvement

  • Construction/improvement of classrooms
  • Construction/improvement of libraries

Increased availability of learning materials

  • Increased availability of Math materials (rulers, protractors, calculators, etc.)
  • Increased availability of Writing materials
  • Textbooks (unspecified)

Teaching

  • In-service teacher training – pedagogy general
  • Teaching materials (e.g. lesson plans, curricula)

Water and sanitation

  • Construction/improvement of toilets (combined use)
  • Improved water access

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Improved social and emotional learning/skills and mindsets
  • Increased enrolment in primary school
  • Increased grade attainment
  • Increased primary school completion
  • Increased progression to secondary school
  • Reduced absenteeism
  • Reduced grade repetition

Cross-cutting goals

  • Increased knowledge of rights
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms