Tareen Education Foundation (TEF) on Thusrday successfully completed a project with USAID on school infrastructure
TEF, in collaboration with USAID’s Small Grants and Ambassador’s Fund Program (SGAFP) worked on the improvement of physical infrastructure in its adopted government schools in Lodhran and teachers’ training programmes. The project duration was of one year which 34 additional classrooms have been successfully built in 30 identified schools and boundary walls have been constructed and either schools repaired. The new classrooms have been provided with furniture, fans, lights and other necessary fixtures in order for them to become fully functional. A total of 189 teachers (both male and female) were given training through a series of workshops conducted at Lodhran and exposure visits to one of the most renowned schools in
Karachi – Centre for Advanced Studies (CAS). These teachers were trained on lines of teaching methodologies, lesson planning, phonics, extra-curricular, etc.
A closing ceremony of this project was held. It was attended by the respective school heads, school management councils and local community representatives, beneficiaries including teachers and students and local media representatives. A presentation on the achievements of the project was given by Akbar Khan, Programme Manager, LSRI (Lodhran School Reform Initiative) and comments were shared by various dignitaries and representatives present.
