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The opening
ceremony of the first Certificate in Education: Educational Leadership
and Management Programme for District officers, Education (Elementary/Academic
and Training), Assistant District Education officers and head teachers
of elementary and primary schools of the selected districts of Sindh
and Balochistan provinces, will be held from March 4, 2004 to June
26, 2004 at Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development
(AKU-IED), Karimabad, Karachi.
The field-based 10-week
programme has been designed on the basis of needs assessment of education officials
of districts Thatta, Hyderabad, Khairpur, Sukkur, Qilla Saifullah, Chagai, Gwadar,
and Turbat. The programme is funded by USAID through Research Triangle Institute-Education
Sector Reform Assistance (RTI-ESRA). Thirty two participants are expected to
attend this programme. The ceremony will take place in the Multi-Purpose Hall. The aim of the programme is to re-orientate education officials about their
roles and responsibilities as pedagogical leaders in the context of devolved
management system.
The programme is one of
many ESRA activities designed to improve policy and planning, enhance professional
development opportunities for educators and administrators, increase youth and
adult literacy, and promote and facilitate public-private and public-community
partnerships for education. Representatives of ESRA and District and Provincial
governments will attend the ceremony.
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