The learning and life chances of some 1,500 poor children in Pakistan’s most isolated rural areas will be improved through a partnership between The British Asian Trust and The British & Foreign School Society (BFSS).
Teachers reaching out to children in deprived, remote communities will receive essential online skills training with support from BFSS. The project aims to overcome barriers to education in rural Pakistan by improving the delivery of education. Often poorly educated themselves, rural teachers will now be better equipped to engage and inspire their students, many who are forced by poverty to work before and after school to support their families.
“This vital project furthers our mission to maximise educational opportunity for all,” said Imogen Wilde, Director of The British & Foreign School Society which offers charitable aid to educational projects in the UK and around the world.
“We believe that teacher training projects are a particularly effective way of maximising the impact of our funding,” she said. “We are also very interested in harnessing the power of technology. Hence an online teacher training project in a very needy and remote part of the world is of particular interest to us.” BFSS was impressed by the due diligence undertaken by the Trust in choosing delivery partners in the field as well as by the in-country expertise it offers, according to Imogen Wilde. “This means that we can have confidence that any grant proposals which the Trust puts forward have been rigorously researched, and we are impressed by the monitoring and evaluation built into its proposals,” she said.
The training project will be delivered by Developments in Literacy, a Pakistan charity supporting 149 schools across the country with 15,000 students.
Manoj Badale, Chairman of The British Asian Trust, said: “We are delighted to receive the support of The British & Foreign Schools Society to improve teachers’ skills and enhance the education opportunities for poor rural children.”
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