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The opening
ceremony of the Certificate in Education: Citizenship, Human Rights
and Conflict Resolution Education was held at AKU-IED on June 7, 2004. This programme is the first of its kind in
Pakistan
being offered to school
teachers.
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| Dr
Bernadette Dean, Coordinator of the Programme, addressing the
participants. |
The Certificate
programme is one of the key activitiesin the final phase of the
Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities Project (CRRP). The objective
of the project is to prepare teachers for active and responsible
citizenship through promotion of citizenship, human rights and conflict
resolution education. Under this programme, AKU-IED is providing
training to about 30 teachers from all over
Pakistan
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The programme
was not originally planned for AKU-IED to deliver. But the Institute’s
performance as a project partner and its repute as a quality teacher
training institute led to the alternative proposal of training educators
at AKU-IED.
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| Sweets
being distributed among the participants. |
Earlier, at
the opening ceremony, verses from the Holy Quran, Bible and Torah
were recited. Speakers laid emphasis on the importance of cultural
pluralism for promoting human rights in society.
Dr Gordon MacLeod,
Director of AKU-IED, welcomed the participants. He dwelt on the
importance of citizenship, human rights and conflict resolution
education for teachers and educators.
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| Participants
at the ceremony, including Dr Muhammad Memon , Professor and
Head of Programmes, AKU-IED (centre row, 2nd from left), Dr
Bernadette Dean , Assistant Professor and Head of Academic and
Student Affairs, AKU-IED (centre row, 3rd from left) and Gordon
MacLeod , Director, AKU-IED (centre row, 6th from left). |
The Coordinator
of the Programme, Dr Bernadette Dean, gave an overview of the programme
and introduced the facilitators. The ceremony came to an end with
the concluding remarks of Dr Muhammad Memon, Head of Programmes
at AKU-IED.
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