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Promoting 21st Century Best Quality Education in Kashmir and Pakistan for generations to come
www.kefuk.org
Registered Charity in the United Kingdom (Charity No.1082299)
Kashmir Education Foundation UK Promoting 21st Century Best Quality Education in Kashmir and Pakistan for generations to come KEF is striving to provide best quality education to children in disadvantaged rural communities. • The KEF Schools are part of an ambitious and visionary education reform movement designed to raise educational standards in AJK and Pakistan. • KEF schools are committed to striving for the highest levels of attainment and excellence. • KEF schools • Promote advanced cognitive performance • Create challenging opportunities for girls and boys from villages in remote areas • Nurture and develop children's attributes and values to unleash their full potential by offering a broad, balanced and enriched curriculum • Motivate and support children in developing all aspects of their character and personality
KEF schools offer an enriched curriculum to nurture all aspects of children's development
YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERNCE www.kefuk.org Fathers who were reluctant to educate their daughters are now fighting to seek admission in KEF schools because they have seen the outcomes and realize the positive impact on their families. Female graduates from villages are recognizing the huge difference attending workshops at our College of Teacher Education (CTE) can make to their effectiveness in schools, their status within the educational fraternity and their personal career prospects. Hundreds have been empowered to go back and establish new schools or transform existing ones along KEF lines. Thousands of children and their families have benefited as a direct result of KEF’s outreach work. More than a thousand female graduates have received practical ‘on the job’ personal and professional help at the CTE in acquiring new knowledge, latest skills in the use of digital technology and enhanced competences. Rural and marginalized communities who were deprived of opportunities that their peers in cities and townships take for granted have experienced outstanding success and a renewed sense of self-esteem. KEF child centred and activity based approach to teaching and learning has proved to be a very effective model for a much-needed transformational reform in rural AJK and Pakistan. It is unleashing the potential of all gifted and talented learners and giving the girl students a renewed sense of self respect and dignity. Life for students in KEF schools is challenging but exciting and rewarding. Our schools are some of the most forwardlooking, state of the art institutions in AJK and Pakistan where teaching to learn and learning to teach go hand in hand providing the very best of a contemporary educational experience. KEF UK provides the professional expertise of internationally renowned consultants who are keen to respect the local bilingual perspective in order not to neglect the rich cultural heritage of the communities we have the privilege to serve. KEF is a not for profit charitable organisation providing quality education for children who are selected by Qaide
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Intellectual emotional social cultural spiritual moral physical Azam University Psychologists on the basis of their verbal and non-verbal reasoning, their capacity to learn and the potential to take full advantage of the opportunities we provide. Our policy is deliberately gender positive towards girls and female trainee teachers.. We actively support the “Malalla� campaign for Universal girl education. Apart from the websites, KEF has an active social networking profile via Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr and a number of blogs developed by children and their educators. Overseas consultants and faculty members utilise these interactive means of communication to keep each other informed and to make personal and professional contributions. The KEF Alumni groups form a valuable platform for dissemination of good practice and good news. Students like Maria Khan, Sandeela Andleeb and Parsa Khan are amongst hundreds of KEF ambassadorial role models we can all be proud of masha’Allah. A quarterly Newsletter, regular digital updates via the social networking and a variety of publicity materials are important arms reaching out to existing and potential KEF supporters. KEF has had very good press over the years and continues to interest the mass media.
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KEF Vision & Mission • To improve standards by creating, maintaining and developing real opportunities in rural areas for ‘best quality’ education towards achieving excellence and raising aspirations • To provide the best quality education for children from disadvantaged families in remote areas who have the capacity to achieve their full potential as future leaders • To provide the best teacher education and professional development programmes for female graduates by enhancing their knowledge, skills, competencies and attitudes in order to nurture giftedness and creativity
370 Thornton Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD8 8LQ Tel: 0870 330 2299 / 01274-549970 Fax: 01274-493800 Email: info@kefuk.org Website: www.kefuk.org Registered Charity No.1082299)