Final report

April 2013 to March 2014

Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) Roshan Tara Schools Sindh

A project of Sindh Graduates Association (SGA)

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Table of Contents I. II.

Message from the Secretary Education Sindh Graduates Association……………………………………….………………2 About Sindh Graduates Association (SGA)………………………………………………………………………………….……..….……3

III.

Roshan Tara Schools at a Glimpse…………………………………………………………………………………………………..………4-5 1. Role of Projects in the Development of Roshan Tara Schools(RTS)…………………………………………………….…5-3 2. Analytical Report on Syllabus of Roshan Tara Schools (RTS)………………………………………………………………...14-21 3. Co-Curricular Activities in Roshan Tara Schools (RTS)…………………………………………………………..………………..22-34 4. Role of School Management Committee (SMC) in the development of Roshan Tara Schools….………...35-42 5. Capacity Building of Teachers of Roshan Tara School (RTS) on English, Math and Science…….……….….43-50 6. Analytical Report of Annual Examination 2014 at Roshan Tara Schools(RTS)……………………….....………….51-58 7. Quality Education & Roshan Tara Schools(RTS)……………………………………………………………………………………...59-70 8. Publications of Roshan Tara Secretariat in the year 2013-2014……………………………………………..………………71-74 9. Visits by Secretary Education……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………75-82

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Message from the Secretary Education Sindh Graduates Association It gives me immense pleasure to share with you Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) of Roshan Tara Schools for the academic year 2013/14. The objectives beyond this report are manifold: to strengthen gapes in the monitoring system at Roshan Tara Schools; to ascertain strengths in streamlining achievements of Roshan Tara Schools; to highlight curricular and co-curricular activities; to exhibit efforts of SGA Volunteers , Teachers and Management of Roshan Tara Schools.

This type of historic report on the Education Sector in SGA is landmark achievement which shall InshAllah pave way for future proactive and pragmatic strategies and projects for developing status of education in Sindh. One of the prime objectives of this report is to present true, valid and research based information related to status of education at Roshan Tara Schools.

Since one of the mottos beyond making of Sindh Graduates Association was to construct peaceful and developed society by providing quality education to the marginalized and downtrodden people. Education is panacea for all diseases in the society so it has been one of the prime sectors of Sindh Graduates Association (SGA) since inception besides serving in other sectors like Health, Social Mobilization, Poverty Alleviation, Women Empowerment and Development, HRD, Preservation of cultural Heritage and Emergency Relief.

I am, first of all, thankful to Allah Almighty for enabling my team to make my dream come true against all odds. I am highly beholden to my mentor for his continuous inspiration in working selflessly –Dr Muhammad Suleman Shaikh Sahib. I am also thankful to SGA Chairman- Mr. Rafique Ahemd Jaffri sahib and Secretary General –Mr. Ali Hussein Sahib for teaching me many things.

I must give credit of this report to Mr. Riaz Magsi – Manager Education for his dedication and commitment. I appreciate the efforts of Miss Sadia for making and collecting Questionnaires for this report from all Roshan Tara Schools. I am thankful to Miss Paras for her timely assistance in the report.

I apologize for the mistakes in the report. There is always room for improvement. My team welcomes your suggestions for the betterment of education.

Khalid Hussein Channa Secretary Education SGA Khalidchanno@yahoo.com

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About Sindh Graduates Association (SGA)

Sindh Graduate Association (SGA) is a non-profitable Civil Society Organization, which believes on construction of developed & peaceful society in Sindh, SGA has been making untiring efforts in the areas of Health, Relief, Education, and Income Generation & Human Resource Development through social mobilization, sensitization and advocacy for the welfare & development of the disadvantaged and backward communities across Sindh.

The organization is running 22 Roshan Tara Schools (RTS) with the active support and dedication of SGA branch volunteer members and a number of philanthropists in the nook and corner of the Sindh Province. Roshan Tara Schools (RTS) have a vision to provide quality & standard education to the children of marginalized and downtrodden families at a very low fee structure. At present, 5087 boys and 3251 girls are getting quality education from nursery to intermediate level by trained and dedicated teaching staff.

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Roshan Tara Schools at a Glimpse S# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

School

District

Establised

Level

Level of School

RTS Hala 1 RTS Badin RTS Khipro RTS Sehwan RTS Dadu RTS Ghotki RTS Pano Akil RTS Mehrabpur RTS Sachal Goth RTS Mehar

Matyari Badin Sanghar Jamshoro Dadu Ghotki Sukkur Naushero Feroz

1/11/1980 17/09/1982 4/7/1983 1/9/1988 2/5/1989 23/8/1992 7/9/1992

Nur,6-10 K.G - 6 K.G - 12 K.G - 10 K.G - 8 K.G - 12 K.G - 12

7/9/1992

Karachi

RTS G-Hadeed Phase I

RTS Bhan Syedabad RTS Kashmore RTS Kaloi RTS Jarwar RTS Mirpur Khas

17

RTS G-Hadeed Phase 2

18 19 20

RTS Talhar RTS Gadap RTS Bachal Goth RTS Phulji Station RTS Hala 2

21 22

Total

No. of Students Boys

Girls

Total

Secondary Lower Sec Higher sec Secondary Lower Sec Higher sec Higher sec

133 86 287 376 107 982 552

83 55 128 256 73 615 251

216 141 415 632 180 1597 803

K.G - 10

Secondary

163

135

20/8/1992

K.G - 10

Secondary

281

Dadu

10/4/1993

K.G - 10

Secondary

Karachi

10/4/1995

K.G - 8

Jamshoro

2/5/1996

Kashmore Tharparkar

Current Fee

No. of Non-Teaching Staff

No. of Teachers

No. of SMC members

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

500-550

0 2 17 5 1 30 20

10 5 0 20 11 26 28

10 7 17 25 12 56 46

5 2 2 3 1 20 6

1 1 1 1 1 3 2

6 3 3 4 2 23 8

Owned Owned Rented Owned Owned Owned Owned

5 2 5 6 5 5 5

298

300-600

9

7

16

3

0

3

Owned

5

235

516

500-1000

10

19

29

4

2

6

Owned

5

330

193

523

300-500

3

18

21

6

1

7

Owned

5

Lower Sec

105

95

200

550-750

0

14

14

1

1

2

Owned

5

K.G - 10

Secondary

297

169

466

300-400

11

12

23

4

1

5

Owned

6

15/4/1998

K.G - 12

Higher sec

290

325

615

450-1700

8

20

28

7

2

9

Owned

6

1/9/1998 10/5/1999

K.G - 7 K.G - 10

Lower Sec Secondary

79 280

13 139

92 419

250-400 370-500

5 15

0 6

5 21

1 4

0 0

1 4

Rented Rented

6 5

1/4/2001

K.G - 8

Lower Sec

42

31

73

300-500

4

4

8

0

1

1

Rented

7

Karachi

10/4/2001

K.G - 10

Secondary

160

148

308

550-750

2

19

21

0

3

3

Rented

6

Badin Karachi

20/4/2001 1/8/2010

K.G - 6 K.G - 4

Lower Sec Primary

38 96

23 53

61 149

200-300 300

0 1

5 6

5 7

1 3

0 1

1 4

Rented Owned

7 4

Karachi

1/8/2010

K.G - 7

Lower Sec

123

115

238

250

1

12

13

0

1

1

Rented

5

Dadu

1/8/2010

K.G - 4

Primary

183

56

239

300

2

9

11

1

0

1

Rented

6

Matyari 12

1/12/2011

K.G - 5

Primary

97 5087

60 3251

157 8338

400

0 146

8 259

8 403

4 78

1 24

5 102

Owned

5 116

Ghotki Mirpur Khas

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300-400 250-300 400-500 300-500 250-300 1000-1800

Total

Nature of building

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1. Role of Projects in the Development of Roshan Tara Schools (RTS)

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Objective of Analytical Report 1. To Understand SGA’s projects implementation strategy 2. To find out the weakness and strength of the projects 3. To recommend for improvements

Procedure & Methodology 1.

2.

3.

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Reviewing available project Reports, Communication and proposals Detailed discussion with project staff and SGA’s Senior Management Communicating with concerned Roshan Tara Schools (RTS) administration Meetings with Teaching and Non-Teaching Staff and SGA’s volunteers

S# Title of the projects 1

Empowering SGA’s Education Portfolio for Better Quality Education in the Roshan Tara Schools- 1st phase

Duration

Number Beneficiaries

18 months

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of Remarks 3 IT labs established, trainings are conducted, research development center established, Salaries of teachers enhanced

Figure 1: Project Information Sheet

1. Community Development Program (CDP) During the year 2013-14 the Association signed an agreement on 30th may 2012 with the Community Development Program, Planning & Development Department (P&D), Government of Sindh, to implement a project “Empowering SGA’s Education Portfolio for Better Quality Education in the Roshan Tara Schools”. In this regard, the first installment was released in mid-October 2012 whereas the second installment was released in mid-November 2013.

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1.1. Objective of the Project: 1. To provide standard and quality education to children through enhancement of RTS teachers’ salaries for a period of 18 months followed by restructuring the RTS fee structure for making all RTS financially self-sufficient institutions.

2. To Establish Information Technology (IT) laboratories in 03 selected Roshan Tara Schools, located at Sehwan, Mehrabpur and Kashmore districts to ensure access of rural children to IT. 3. To Develop technical capability of SGA in terms of quality Research in education through establishment of a Research & Development Centre at SGA secretariat in Karachi, which will initially be used for strengthening the quality of education within SGA’s Roshan Tara Schools (RTS) and subsequently expanded to public sector schools through collaboration.

1.2. Teacher’s Enhancement in Salary:

Under this project, Rs. 2000 per month was paid to all teachers of RTS as an enhanced salary from January 2013 to September 2013, whereas, from October 2013 to June 2014, Teachers’ were paid Rs.1000 regularly from CDP project whereas Rs.1000 was paid monthly by Roshan Tara Schools. It is planned the all Roshan Tara Schools will be self-sufficient to pay Rs.2000 after completion of CDP project.

In this regard, the required information was collected from all Roshan Tara Schools regarding salary enhancement of teachers, the information was verified with the original School Attendance Register and then the salary enhancement amount was paid to teachers through cross cheques in the name of schools. For transparency purpose, the process was continuously monitored through visiting the schools and interacting with the beneficiaries and school management committees to gauge teacher’s performance and overall impact of the project on academic progress.

As yet an amount of Rs.10045000 of have been released to the teachers, the actual number of target beneficiaries in the Community Development Project (CDP) was 380 but the number varied month to month from January 2013 to April 2014. Besides academic teachers, there were also IT teachers because under the CDP project, 3 IT labs were also established in following schools, 1. RTS Kashmore 2. RTS Mehrabput 3. RTS Sehwan

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S# 1 2

Year 2013 2014

Teachers 419 403

Boys 5115 5085

Girls 3141 3251

Figure 2: Teachers and Students Enrolment in the year 2013 and 2014

The salary enhancement was supposed to retain the number of teachers and increase the admission by attracting the parents towards quality education in Roshan Tara Schools, in this regard, following schools were selected randomly and a brief discussion was carried out with the concerned principals and chairman.

1. RTS Bachal 2. RTS Sachal 3. RTS Kaloi 4. RTS Mehrabpur 5. RTS Gulshne Hadeed All the principals and chairman shared that having had the enhanced salaries, the teachers are content and producing satisfactory performance and such imitative has resulted into the retention of the teachers except those who have got the government job offers. Besides, the school management complained that due o delayed in payment from SGA head office the teachers were sometimes discouraged and RTS management managed to meet the gap and provided them the salaries on their own, so, the school management suggested to improve the coordination mechanism between head office and CDP project. In year 2013, there were

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5115 boys and 3141 girl students and 419 teachers, whereas in the year 2014, there were 5087 boys and 3251 girls. A slight positive change in the enrolment of girls was observed during year 2014 due to quality education but it needs to be improved, whereas, experienced and trained teachers should be hired to provide quality education in all RTS.

1.3. Teachers’ Trainings 1.3.1. Goal

1. Practical teaching competencies will be improved.

2. The quality of teaching methodology will be improved, with all teachers having knowledge of teaching and balances theory and practice.

3. All teachers will be engaged in relevant and effective Continuing Professional Development, based upon regular reviews of their training needs.

4. The quality of Teacher Education will be improved.

1.3.2. Objectives 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

Better Understanding of the Student by using scientific teaching methodology Building Confidence among the teachers to teach without any fear Enhancing teaching Methodology in Roshan Tara Schools Ensuring Professional Teaching Human Resource in all RTS Equipping the teachers with contemporary teaching techniques Creating social Insight among teachers Improving RTS Quality Education Standards

Recently in the year of 2013, in order to bring reforms in education sector, which is the core component of SGA, it was decided to change the publication of few subjects like Science, Math and English by introducing the Oxford university press book series to bring all Roshan Tara Schools to the level of competing private schools in Sindh and to enhance the skills, knowledge and information of teachers as well as students by providing quality education, which is the vision of RTS. All newly introduced books of oxford university press were in English, therefore, the teachers in RTS found it hard to explain and elaborate the topics. Therefore,, Research &Development Centre, decided to design a training program to build the capacity of [Sindh Graduates Association (SGA)]

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teachers on these subjects, hence, master trainers were identified and hired to train the teachers. Although, the trainings were proposed to conduct in 3 phases but due to certain administrative and financial challenges, the trainings were completed into 2 phases. In the 1st phase, 250 teachers participated and trained, whereas in the 2nd phase, the capacity of 109 teachers was enhanced in the first phase of the CDP project. Total 359 teachers are trained in CDP project as yet.

Teacher training is the most important within-school factor affecting student performance. As such, it is vital to the achievement of future goals and for a bright future. Sindh Graduates Association always remained active for teachers’ trainings in creating quality education and training system was recognized as a source to improve and furnish teaching techniques and strategies of RTS Teachers. Sindh Graduates Association deems the professional values and attitudes such as reflective practice, autonomous learning and collaboration for the training of teachers in RTS.

1.4. Establishment of Research and Development Centre Under this proposal SGA established a multi-purpose Research & Development Centre at its Headquarter Office in Karachi. The R& D centre is primarily being planned to provide internal education development facilitation, which was supposed to strengthen the overall quality of education within the Roshan Tara schools (RTS) through following components, 1. Teacher Trainings; 2. Technical Support for a range of academic activities including information education communication (IEC) material development; 3. IT based teaching; 4. Hands on understanding of concepts in science etc.

On the other hand, this was also supposed to strengthen by becoming a consulting arm of SGA to provide education Services to public sector schools as well.

In this regard, only the office for R&D center could be established in the headquarter and following project activities are carried out, 1. Teachers Training 2. Establishment of IT Centres in RTS Mehrabpur, RTS Sehwan and RTS Kashmore 3. Enhancement of teachers’ salaries from march 2013 to April 2014

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Whereas the core objective of the R&D center to provide consultancy services to public sector schools and development of IEC material couldn’t be achieved yet.

1.5. Establishment of IT Labs with equipment and appointment of IT Teachers at RTS Sehwan, RTS Mehrabpur and RTS Kashmore The third component being sought by SGA is establishment of computer labs in the three selected secondary schools for expanding IT education to rural and semi urban children. SGA’s schools are mainly located in rural areas and small towns where IT training is not available in government or even private schools. SGA believes it’s extremely important to introduce IT in increasingly in all its schools gradually.

SGA was supposed to construct 3 rooms for labs in above mentioned schools and supplied PC’s, Equipments, AC’s and Generators.

All of these three labs were to be established & IT teachers were to appointed at RTS Sehwan, RTS Mehrabpur and RTS Kashmore.

As a result, 3 Computer labs are established and reported by RTS Principles functional, whereas, more than 330 students from class eight to intermediate are availing the facility as well as enhancing their skills in information and technology under the guidance of trained IT teachers but visits carried out by SGA CEC members describes another story, which is unsatisfactory regarding achievement of the project objectives. Therefore, it is recommended to visit all IT labs to find out the facts and improve the labs as envisioned in the proposal.

2. Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) Pakistan Petroleum Limited is the pioneer in the gas industry of the country contributing about one fourth of total gas supplies besides producing crude oil, condensate and LPG In the light of recent discoveries in Gambat South Block, located in District Sanghar, Sindh, Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) started an initiative under a social welfare obligation to financially support the construction of Roshan Tara High School, Shahpur Chakar.

Therefore, In May 2012 dialogues started with PPL for the construction of school building for Roshan Tara High School Shahpur Chakar, District Sanghar. It was decided that the construction work will be started in June 2014.

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As per agreement, the PPL approved the grant of Rs.10 million to Sindh Graduates Association (SGA) for construction of ground floor of the proposed Roshan Tara High School (RTHS) premises at Shahpur Chakar, Taluka Shahdadpur. In this regard, the school has been registered, land has been donated by a philanthropist, funds have been deposited and several meetings have been conducted with government officials and PPL officials over the subject matter.

There has been a partnership between SGA and PPL in the past too, when; PPL extended its financial support in terms of construction of RTS Kashmore. Besides this recent initiative, PPL extends merit-based higher professional education scholarship to two eligible students from District Sanghar every year to study in reputable institutions across the country.

Though, it was a great achievement of SGA that PPL, which is a reputable gas industry, extending second time its financial support for construction of Shahpur Chakar Roshan Tara High School under its social welfare obligation. At present, the grant funds have been deposited in National Bank by PPL but the DCO District Sanghar is insisting to deposit it Sindh Bank instead of National Bank.

On the other hand, school registration, Site Map and proposal is signed as well as consultant is hired but there is need to increase the coordination with DCO and PPL for expediting the project.

3. INFAQ Foundation Roshan Tara High School Sehwan Sharif & Roshan Tara Higher Seconday School Sachal Karachi were in acute need of more class rooms and computer labs with equipment as well as lavatories. Due to increasing enrolment in these schools from marginalized and middle class families, the existing buildings of these schools couldn’t accommodate the students as well as to run higher classes under the same roof. On the other hand, there was no computer lab in the whole Sehwan city and Sachal village except newly established computer Lab in Roshan Tara School Sehwan and Sachal.

Hence, with the financial support of INFAQ Foundation, the buildings of Roshan Tara School Sachal Goth and Sehwan were expanded and renovated. A computer lab was also established in both schools. Yet, the INFAQ Foundation has provided Rs.2 Million rupees for construction of RTS Sachal and RTS Sehwan buildings. Hence, in each school, there are now a Figure 3: Honorable chairman SGA is laying the foundation for the 1st floor at RTS computer Labs, lavatories and additional classrooms as well as Compound Walls.

Sachal Karachi

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Due to intervention and support from INFAQ Foundation, both schools are successfully maintaining quality education in all respects ie; curriculum and co curriculum activities and due to trained teachers and support from SGA secretariat, a sufficient number of students got A-1,A & B grades and gold medals and the number of students increased from 1271 in year 2013 and 1289 in year 2014.

The I.T lab in RTS Sehwan started working form August 2013 and since then 632 students are benefiting directly from the lab. The school has also planned to start evening IT lab shifts to ensure access of students, coming from outskirts areas of Sehwan.

4. Conclusion with Recommendations There has been a vital role of ongoing projects in the development and expansion of Roshan Tara Schools, every project benefited the schools in particular and the organization in general. The collaboration with the planning and Development Department (P&D) government of Sindh, INFAQ and PPL culminated into the establishment of IT labs in three schools, 359 teachers are trained, a sufficient ratio of teachers retained into schools due to enhanced salaries, the building of certain RTS expanded and more and more students are enrolled in schools. As there has been a room for improvement in every organization, similarly, there is need to improve following in SGA as well, 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

Involvement of all stakeholders Effective Coordination Mechanism Establishment & Strengthening of fund raising Department for submission and coordination with the donors Proper project management system Establishment of a proper communication Department Strengthening R&D Centre More funding in Education Sector to increase the number of RTS

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2. Analytical Report on Syllabus Of Roshan Tara Schools (RTS)

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Objective

1. To critically analyze RTS Quality Education as explained in REHBER 2. To find out the appropriate definition of quality education 3. To find out the gaps and suggest for improvements in RTS

Methodology

1. Reviewing Rehber Booklet 2. Education Team views regarding quality education in RTS 3. Analyzing findings from monitoring data

1. Purpose of introducing new syllabus in Roshan Tara Schools In order to promote quality education in overall Roshan Tara Schools, located in Sindh province, it was decided to establish the network of Roshan Tara Schools, in this regard; the first Roshan Tara School was established in Hala district Matiari in year 1980.

Hence, slowly and gradually, the network of Roshan Tara Schools expanded all over Sindh. Currently, 22 Roshan Tara Schools are running in the nook and corner of the Sindh, particularly, in rural, semi-rural, urban and semi urban areas to ensure the access of children to quality education.

1.1. Development of REHBER Due to growing number of Roshan Tara Schools, it was indispensible to devise the rules and regulations; therefore, with the efforts of the deceased secretary education, Mr.Mazharudin Memon sahb, a guide in the name of “REHBER” was published.

Mazharudin Memon’s another major contribution was the development of syllabus for Roshan Tara Schools, which he did in collaboration with many scholars and educationists. He included the complementary books along with the course books; the complementary books were made compulsory to study and specified for the students of grade four to eight in all Roshan Tara Schools.

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The complementary books were consisted of following, 1. The heroes of Sindh- 12 Books, published by Ministry of Culture 2. Selected verses from Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai’s Magazine 3. Junior Knowledge Bank, Published by Sindica

1.2. Time to Time Changes into RTS Syllabus As there has always been a room for improvement, therefore, it was realized very much that the approved syllabus by deceased education secretary, Mr.Mazhar Ud Din memon, has been taught in overall Roshan Tara Schools since 1980 to 2006 and there was utmost need to bring changes into the rules and regulations as well as the syllabus of RTS. In this regard, in the year 2007, the then education secretary, Mr.Nazir Ahmed Bhand sahb in collaboration with Project officer, Ms Aroosa Khati formed a syllabus committee, consisted of 08 members. Hence, the existing New Active English course was discussed in details among the members and in the light of their valuable suggestions and critical examination of the course, it was concluded that the teachers find it hard to teach the active English series with translation but on the other hand, the course was successful giving better results in few schools.

However, the committee member, Ms Aroosa Khatti, introduced Get Ahead Series, which was approved after a detailed discussion and analysis of the course content for all Roshan Tara Schools from new academic year 2008 and decided that English, Math and Science from grade 1 to 08 will be studied from Get Ahead series.

The Get Ahead Series was criticized and appreciated in certain Roshan Tara Schools and during this process, central Roshan Tara Schools secretariat was Figure 4: A Roshan Tarian Student during a co-curricular established to control and administer all Roshan Tara Schools for creating a quality activity at RTS Bachal Karachi education environment.

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So, once again the meetings were conducted to change the Get Ahead Series through mutual understanding by forming a committee of 07 educationists and SGA members. The meetings remained unfruitful.

In the year, 2012, central executive committee election was held and Mr Khalid Husain Channa was elected as a new secretary education. The secretary education was also a renowned educationist and associated with academic; therefore, having joined Sindh Graduates Association (SGA) he first of all shared his vision and mission for RTS followed by regular meetings with stakeholders.

With his efforts a syllabus committee was formed, consisted of renowned educationists and SGA education team. The RTS prevalent and contemporary syllabus was shared with the syllabus committee members for their input so, after consultation and suggestion of syllabus committee members, the recommended syllabus was brought into Central Roshan Tara School Committee for approval.

Hence, Oxford University Press published English, Math and Science was approved and applied in the RTS for new academic year 2013-2014. The education secretary visited all Roshan Tara Schools to ensure implementation of newly introduced course.

Hence, the new syllabus of oxford was distributed in the year 2013 in three phases to all RTS and since then it is being taught in schools. On the other hand, all the teachers were also trained on introduced subjects and facilitated with teachers guide.

List of Syllabus committee members

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3.

4.

5.

Name

Designation

Mr Taj Mohamamd WasanMr Khadim Hussein KandhroMr Ali Akber MemonMr Agha Ali Gohar Pathan SahbMr Vashu Ram-

Chairman RTS Sachal Karachi Chairman RTS Gulshn E Hadeed Karachi BMC Member Bhansaeed Abad Principal RTS Ghotki Principal RTS Panoo Aqil

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S# No of Date Meetings Conducted 1 04 1-2-2014

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Venue Mazhar Resource Centre Rimpa Plaza MA Jinnah Road Karachi

Decisions 1. Division of Course: In 1st term 40% course, 2nd term 40%, 3rd term 20% and in final term 100% course will be taught in all Roashan Tara Schools.

2. The 1st term will start from 1st April to 31st August.

The 2nd term will start from September to November. The 3rd term will start from December to January. Whereas there will be revision of all courses in February.

3. The examinations will be held in the month of March of every year 4. The distributed course will regularly be revisited by center.

5. Mr Ali Akber Memon sahb and Vasu Ram Talreja sahb are assigned the task to review division of Science course once again and submit the final report in upcoming meeting.

6. Mr.Ali Gohar Pathan is being assigned to review the division of English course and if anything is lacking in English, he would edit and suggest the recommendations for improvement.

7. Mr. Khadim Hussain Kandhro sahb will review the division of Math course and hold the consultative meetings with Math teachers and submit the final report.

8. Worthy secretary education, Mr.Khalid Hussein Chana sahb requested to syllabus committee to hold consultative meetings with teachers to suggest the division of courses for remaining

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subjects of Isalamyat, Urdu, Social Studies, Drawing, Computer and Sindhi and bring the suggestions in next meeting 9. Course for Pre-primary; The Nursery and KG classes have been started in RTS Sachal and RTS Gulshn-e Hadeed Karachi, therefore, the members would share the syllabus details of nursery class in next meeting and KG course details from overall RTS will be collected in Roshan Tara Secretariat Karachi. It was also decided to debate over the preprimary books, published by different publishers, and the decision will be made to publish pre-primary books by secretariat.

10. Review of English & Social Studies: It is decided that decision to impose social studies in English language will be taken in next meeting after review of Gaba, Rehber, Oxford and Afaq publications’ book on social studies and the decision to teach uniform English language in all RTS will be taken in next meeting.

11. Mr. Akhter Hussein Sahol sahb was replaced with Taj Mohamamd Wasan sahb as member syllabus committee. Mr ks Nagpal sahb was made the member of syllabus committee due to vast experience and knowledge of syllabus.

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Mazhar Resource Centre Rimpa It was unanimously decided that each syllabus committee Plaza MA Jinnah Road Karachi member would develop a questionnaire as per syllabus himself. The questioner will be considered in a meeting, to be held in RTS Sehwan on 5th February 2013, and starts at 11:00am.

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Qasimabad The next meeting will be held on 17th march 2013 at meeting hall of sports club hostel. Following members would develop presentations and present in next meeting, 1. Mr.Agha Ali Gohar Khan Pathan sahb- English and Social Studies in English language.

2. Mr.Ali Akber Memon sahb- Science 3. Mr.Khadim Hussain Kandhro sahb- Maths It was also decided that class wise syllabus will be prepared for English grammar Sindh Sports Club Meeting Hall 1. It is decided that New Active English Oxford book will be taught in class 1-5 and Guided English Oxford will be for 6-8 2. Countdown Math Oxford will be taught for class 18 3. Amazing Science Oxford will be taught for class 18. Whereas social studies in English medium, published by Sindh Text Book Board will be taught in all RTS 4. The REHBER will be updated Geemkhana Hyderabad

Figure 5: Details of decisions made by syllabus committee

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List of Recommended Books by Syllabus Committee Members

S# 1 2 3

Subjects English English Math

4 5

Science Social Studies

Recommended Syllabus New Active English Guided English Oxford Countdown Maths Oxford Amazing Science Oxford English Medium

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Name Of Publisher Oxford University Press Oxford University Press Oxford University Press

Class Level 1-5 1-8 1-8

Oxford University Press Sindh Text Book Board

1-8 3-8

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3. Co-Curricular Activities in Roshan Tara Schools (RTS)

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Objective To measure the positive effects of Co-curriculum activities on learning of RTS Students

Methodology 1. Reviewing Roshan Tara Balik Magazine 2. Participation in Annual Award Distribution Ceremony 3. Organization Profile

Figure 8: Asa Jo Shah Programme Karachi Cluster

Figure 7: Sports Week at RTS Gulshn E Hadeed

3. Co-curriculum activities in Karachi Roshan Tara Schools (RTS)

Figure 6: Asa Jo Shah Programme Sehwan Cluster

As per convention on the rights of the children’s article 31, the States Parties recognize the right of the child to rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities appropriate to the age of the child and to participate freely in cultural life and the arts. In compliance to this article, Roshan Tara Schools (RTS) across Sindh province have regularly been promoting the co-curriculum activities ranging from social, religious, cultural, musical, art to sports.

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The prime objective of organizing such events is to enhance the cognitive development and emotional development as well as to highlight the creativity and talent in RTS Children. Though schooling helps children develop creativity and emotionally and acquire the skills, knowledge, values, attitudes necessary for responsible, active and productive citizenship. The co-curriculum activities in Roshan Tara Schools support peace, social harmony, citizenship, sympathy, human rights and cultural values down to future generation.

It has been observed that having recognized the talent and student’s performance and their achievement publicly, the dropout rate has also been reduced dramatically in all Roshan Tara Schools across Sindh. In such programs, the students belonging to minority groups ie; bhil, Klohi, Bagris and the students, having physical impairment, benefit a lot by availing the opportunity. Besides, the participating children, who perform on the stage, inculcate the leadership qualities, problem solving skills, time management, multiple tasking. Apart from other benefits, when a student decides they want to join a co-curricular activity, they look for one that interests them and one that they like or enjoy. When students are in high Secondary schools, this could be the thing that helps them find a career as well. By participating in co-curricular activities, they will find something they enjoy and see how they can use that as a career too.

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S#

Name of School RTS Phulji Station

S#

Name of School

2

RTS Gadap

S#

Name of School

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Name Of Events Cultural Day and Award Distribution Language Day Name Of Events Annual Award Distribution Ceremony Ist Term Result Announcement Eid Milan Party 2nd Term result announcement Ajrak Topi Day/ Games Day Art Day Art Day Name Of Events

Date 19-12-2013 21-02-2014 Date 6/4/2013 27-09-2013 6/10/2013 21-12-2013 21-12-2013 24-01-2014 7/2/2014 Date

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3

RTS Badin

S#

Name of School

4

RTS Kaloi

S#

Name of School

5

RTS Bachal Goth

S#

Name of School

6

RTS Gulshan Hadeed-I

S#

Name of School

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Eid Millan Party Culture Day Name Of Events 14th August Deewali Function Sindh Day International Mothers Language Day Name Of Events Celebration of Eid Meelad Nabi Distribution of Annual Award Distribution Ceremony Celebration of Culture Day Literacy Day Culture Day

25-10-2013 14-12-2013 Date 14-08-2013 3/11/2013 8/12/2013 21-02-2014 Date 2/1/2013 4/1/2013 12/1/2013 9-9-2013 8-12-2013

Name Of Events Fruit Day Color Day Drawing Competition Education Visit/Picnic Teachers Day International Literacy Day Eid Millad ul Nabi Sports Day Annual Awards Distribution Ceremony Cultural Day Fair Well Party World International Language Day

Date

Name Of Events

Date

9-9-2013

15/7/2013 21-12-2013 20-2-2014

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7

RTS Hala I & II

S#

Name of School

8

RTS Dadu

S#

Name of School

9

RTS Bhan Sayedabad

S# 10

Name of School RTS Mehar

S#

Name of School

11

RTS Sachal Goth

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Annual Function 2013 Magical Show Quiz Competition Games Competition Cultural Day Celebration International Mother Tongue Day Jashen-e-Milad-ul-Nabi

31-03-2013 12/9/2013 16-09-2013 2/12/2013 2/12/2013 21-02-2014 8/2/2014

Name Of Events Date Culture Day 6/12/2013 Eid Milad-un-Nabi & Annual Award Distribution 22-01-2014 Ceremony Asa Jo Shah Cluster Programe 15-11-2013 Name Of Events Culture Day Eid Melad-Nabi Day Parents Day International Literacy Day Name Of Events -Culture Day Parents Day Name Of Events Annual Awards Distribution Ceremony Shah Latif Day Students Week Result Day Math’s Day

Date 2/2/2013 29-04-2013 9-9-2013 Date 14-4-2013 14-5-2013 Date 31/3/2013 5/11/2013 17-12-2013 To 22-12-2013 31-12-2013 8-9-2013

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S#

Name of School

12

RTS Sehwan

S#

Name of School

13

RTS Gulshan Hadeed-II

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Literacy Day Shah Abdul Latif Day Safeguard Day Cultural Day Mother’s Day

9/9/2013 5/11/2013 3/12/2013 22-12-2013 12/5/2014

Name Of Events Annual Award Distribution Ceremony 2012-2013 Celebrate the 14th August Independence Day Celebrate the world literacy day Celebrate the Silver Jubli of R.T.H.S Sehwan Teacher Training, Programe and Certificate distribution Ceremony Celebrate Children Day Participate in Cluster Programe in Dadu Celebrate Sindhi Culture and Inauguration ceremony of computer Lab Celebrate Eid Milad-un-Nabi Celebrate International Mother Tongue Day

Date 1/4/2013 14-08-2013 9/9/2013 27-09-2013 01-10-2013 to 03-10-2013

Name Of Events Fruit Day Color Day Drawing Competition Education Visit/Picnic Teachers Day Literacy Day Eid Millad ul Nabi

Date

20-11-2013 30-11-2013 8/12/2013 24-01-2014 21-02-2014

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S#

14

Name of School

RTS Mehrabpur

S#

Name of School

15

RTS Ghotki

S#

Name of School

16

RTS Pano Akil

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Annual Sports Day Cultural Day Fair Well Party International Language Day Annual Awards Distribution Ceremony

19-20/12/2013

Name Of Events

Date

Annual Awards Distribution Ceremony World Environment Day World teachers day World Literacy day Mother Day International Language Day Name Of Events Prize Distribution Ceremony International Literacy Day Prize Distribution Ceremony Asan Jo Shah (Cluster Program) Cultural Day World International Language Day Name Of Events Eid Milad Ul Nabi Annual Award Distribution Ceremony Parents Day International Literacy Day

31/4/2013 6/5/2013 10/5/2013 9/8/2013 5/9/2013 2/21/2014 Date 7/5/2013 9-9-2013 7/10/2013 23-11-2013 21-12-2013 20-2-2014 Date 2-1-2013 4-1-2013 29-4-2013 9-9-2013

Mothers Language Day

5-9-2013

1/4/2013

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S#

Name of School

17

RTS Khipro

S#

Name of School

18

RTS Kashmore

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Teachers’ Day Cultural Day

10-5-2013 21-12-2013

Name Of Events 12th Rabiyul-Awal Cultural Day Teachers Day International Literacy Day International Language Day Farewell Party of Class 10th International Language Day Annual Award Distribution Ceremony

Date 1/14/2014 12/7/2013 10/5/2013 9-9-2013 2/21/2014 3/14/2014 21-3-2014 31-3-2014

Name Of Events International Literacy Day Jhoniler (Disable) Program Cultural Day Jashn-e-Did Milad ul Nabi S.A.A.W

Date 9-9-2013 11/9/2013 6-12-2013 1/14/2014

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Recommendations: During year 2013 and 2014, 10 co-curriculum activities were conducted in many Roshan Tara Schools (RTS) across Sindh but it is observed that there has been neither any plan nor any uniformity, hence, it would strongly be recommended to all RTS that such programs are supposed to disseminate the RTS values to a wider section of society as well as these are a source of inspiration for non-participating children. Therefore, RTS Secretariat should develop a list of celebrating co-curriculum activities before start of academic session and it should be followed by all RTS by making the list an important part of their school improvement plans (SIP), so that we can represent all Roshan Tara Schools in a uniformed way.

Besides, it has also been observed that there are a sufficient number of students in RTS, belonging to minority groups; therefore, besides celebrating the national and international days, there is an utmost need to promote the social harmony and peace especially among children by celebrating the days of minorities in all RTS to make realize the minority children that they are also equally treated.

Figure 9: Awarding in co-curriculum activities

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Figure 12: Farewell party at RTS Meher

Figure 14: Asa Jo Shah Quiz Competition at RTS Dadu

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Figure 12: Cultural Day Celebration at RTS Khipro

Figure 12: Awarding to winner in Asa Jo Shah at RTS Gulshn E Hadeed Karachi

Figure 13: Tableau at Asa Jo Shah at RTS Gulshn E Figure 15: Asa Jo Shah Programme at RTS Ghotki Hadeed Karachi

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Figure 17: Celebrating Culture Day at RTS Meher

Figure 19: First Aid Training at RTS Kashmore

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Figure 18: Mr. Noor Muhammad Siyal, Dadu Cluster Coordinator, Addressing to Audience at Asan Jo Shah program in Dadu, Sindh

Figure 21: First Aid Training at RTS Kashmore

Figure 16: Asa Jo Shah Programe audience

Figure 20: Eid Milad Ul Nabi programme at RTS Gadap

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Figure 22: Color Day

Figure 24: Culture Day Celebration at RTS Sachal

Figure 26: Literacy Day Celebration at RTS Sehwan

Figure 27: literacy Day Celebration at RTS Bachal

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Figure 23: Annual Award Distribution Ceremony at RTS Mehrabpur

Figure 25: Literacy Day Celebration at RTS Kashmore

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4. Role of School Management Committee (SMC) in the development of Roshan Tara Schools (RTS)

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Objective 1. To critically analyze the strength and weakness of SMC and their roles in RTS 2. Providing recommendations for improvement for strengthening SMC and promoting quality education in RTS

Methodology 1. Reviewing Rehber Booklet 2. Telephone Interviews with SMC members 3. Available Literature and reports of SMC at RTS Secretariat

1. A glance at status of Education The picture of illiteracy in Pakistan is grim. Although successive governments have announced various programs to promote literacy and education with the support of national and international organizations but still there is lot to do.

Official statistics released by the Federal Education Ministry of Pakistan give a desperate picture of education for all, especially for girls. The overall literacy rate is 46 per cent, while only 26 per cent of girls are literate. Independent sources and educational experts, however, are skeptical. They place the overall literacy rate at 26 per cent and the rate for girls and women at 12 per cent, contending that the higher figures include people who can handle little more than a signature. There are 163,000 primary schools in Pakistan, of which merely 40,000 cater to girls. Of these, 15,000 are in Punjab Province, 13,000 in Sind, 8,000 in North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) and 4,000 in Baluchistan. Similarly, out of a total 14,000 lower secondary schools and 10,000 higher secondary schools, 5,000 and 3,000 respectively are for girls, in the same decreasing proportions as above in the four provinces. There are around 250 girl’s colleges and two medical colleges for women in the public sector of 125 districts. Some 7 million girls under 10 go to primary schools, 5.4 million between 10 and 14 attend lower secondary school, and 3 million go to higher secondary schools.

About 1.5 million and 0.5 million girls respectively go to higher secondary schools/colleges and universities.

The situation is especially alarming in rural areas due to poverty, bad governance and social and cultural issues. Besides, Punjab province, the access to education is unsatisfactory in rest of all provinces.

In KPK, the girls’ schools were set on fire or blasted by extremist groups, who are opposite to girls’ education, on the other hand, there several schools, which are closed due to non-availability of teachers or missing facilities in Sindh and Baluchistan.

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But few positive things are also happening to promote quality education at the end of government and one of them is strengthening private and public partnership, enhancing the education budget, establishing the institutions like STEDA, RSU etc. Under private and public partnership, the closed or dangerous condition schools are adopted and rehabilitated by NGOs/INGOs

Structure of Roshan Tara School (RTS)

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The prime aim behind establishment of RTS School Management Committee is to, 1. Promote quality education in all Roshan Tara Schools (RTS), 2. Ensuring community participation in education related issues, 3. Development of School Improvement Plans (SIP), 4. Encouraging brilliant students and hardworking students, 5. Identifying of missing facilities in RTS and looking for philanthropists 6. Resolving conflict

SMC Structure in Roshan Tara Schools

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Each SMC in RTS is consisted of a chairman, followed by Vice Chairman, Secretary, Parents representatives and Educationists respectively. There are 21 RTS and the total numbers of SMC members are 121. The Sindh Graduate Association (SGA) concerned branch is mandated to nominate Roshan Tara School Management Committee for each Roshan Tara Schools (RTS). There are 5 members in each SMC, who administrates the RTS with collective decision.

2. Roles& Responsibilities of RTS SMC as mentioned in REHBER 1. According to page number 09, article # 7 in REHBER (A Guiding booklet for RTS Administration), each SMC would conduct meetings twice in a month 2. The SMC will dispatch the minutes of the meeting to RTS Central Committee 3. The SMC is authorized to control financial and administration affairs of RTS. 4. After every term, the SMC would hold the meetings with the teachers and parents to discuss the expansion and improvement of RTS and would take actively implement the suggestions and inform with complete information to central committee for RTS at SGA Karachi.

5. Every financial transaction will be through bank and accounts will be operated through dual signatures of Chairman and General Secretary.

6. The Committee is responsible for overall monitoring, quality education and capacity building of teachers 7. The committee would decide the leaves of teachers 8. The committee would develop the budget for June to July ever fiscal year and would send the details of income and expenditures monthly to central Secretariat for Roshan Tara Schools 9. Promoting green environment by planting in school premises 10. The SMC would pay 10 rupees per child or 5% of tuition fees to RTS central committee.

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11. SMC would implement the rules and regulations, set by SGA for its employees 12. The SMC would report the students’ performance to RTS central committee 13. The SMC would implement the code of conduct, approved by SGA secretariat, for RTS Children.

14. The SMC would present the complete report, including financial details, to executive committee every quarterly.

15. The SMC would wave off the 10% tuition fees of RTS Children 16. The SMC would meet the requirements of ministry of education, government of Sindh.

Table 1: Findings from RTS Monitoring Information S#

Name of School

Number of Minutes SMC of SMC meetings till meeting 2013-2014

# of Teachers parents Meetings

Minutes of # Of Minutes of the Teachers Teachers meetings Parents principle Meetings meetings

1 2 3 4 5 6

RTS Phulji RTS Gadap RTS Badin RTS Kaloi RTS Bachal Goth RTS Hadeed-I

9 Many times 3 4

Yes

7 8 9

RTS Hala-I&II 7 RTS Dadu 1 RTS Bhan 10 Sayedabad RTS Mehar RTS Sachal 6 RTS Sehwan 8

Yes Yes Yes

1 2 1 Many times 1 1 4

Yes Yes Yes

4 4

10 11 12

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Yes Yes No

Yes

Yes Yes Yes

Yes

6 24 8 40

Yes Yes Yes

30 5 4

Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes

8 10

Yes Yes Yes

No Yes

Yes

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13

RTS Hadeed-II

4

Yes

14 15 16 17 18

RTS Mehrabpur RTS Ghotki RTS Pano Akil RTS Khipro RTS Kashmore

27 4 8 5

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Many times 16 - 4 1 30

Yes

Yes Yes Yes

No -

20

Yes

12 4 12 4

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Note: 1. as per rules in REHBER, minutes of the meeting should be sent to RTS Secretariat but nobody has sent any minutes till January 2012 to July 2014.

Note: 2. despite of follow ups the monitoring forms have only been received from 18 RTS whereas few received forms were found incomplete.

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3. Recommendations for Improvement

1. The SMCs are backbone of each RTS and without an active SMC, neither the quality education nor transparency and accountability could be ensured, therefore, all meetings at RTS should be emphasized to conduct the scheduled meetings as guided in REHBER. The findings show that though each RTS was supposed to hold 24 SMC meetings monthly but only Roshan Tara School Mehrabpur out of 18 conducted 27 meetings and 12 SMC could only maintained minutes of the meetings. RTS Ghotki, Kaloi, Meher and Bachal couldn’t conduct teacher and principle meetings 2. Most importantly, neither the minutes of the meetings nor the financial record with complete details of income and expenditures of all RTS have been dispatched to central committee for Roshan Tara Schools at Karachi during academic session 2013-2014.

3. The trend of School Improvement Plan (SIP) should be introduced at all RTS and the capacity building of SMC members should be ensured.

4. The major decisions regarding appointment or terminating the employees in all RTS should be informed to central committee for RTS. 5. There should be a one day orientation workshop of chairman of all RTS 6. There should be training of all RTS principals 7. There must be training of all RTS clerks at RTS to make financial records of the school 8. There should be an exposure visit of all RTS Chairman to other system schools or all RTS 9. There should be at least one meeting of SMC of RTS chaired by secretary education

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5. Capacity Building of Teachers of Roshan Tara Schools (RTS) on English, Math & Science

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Objective 1. To enable the RTS teachers to teach Science, Math and English Subjects confidently in School by enhancing their level of knowledge, Subject Concept clarity and skills.

2.

To introduce different teaching methodologies on Science, Math and English for quality education in Roshan Tara Schools.

Methodology 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Analyzing already available CDP training reports Discussing training outputs in details with Education Team Reviewing Annual Report 2013-2014 Reviewing CDP training feedback and training manuals Reviewing CDP proposal

1. Project Background With the financial support of Planning & Development Department (P&D) Sindh, Sindh Graduates Association (SGA) implemented the first phase of the project “Empowering SGA’s Education Portfolio for Better Quality Education in the Roshan Tara Schools in all 25 Roshan Tara Schools, located in overall Sindh province.

Under this project, Rs. 2000 per month was paid to all teachers of RTS as an enhanced salary from January 2013 to September 2013, whereas, from October 2013 to June 2014, Teachers’ were paid Rs.1000 regularly from CDP project whereas Rs.1000 was paid monthly by Roshan Tara Schools. It is planned the all Roshan Tara Schools will be self-sufficient to pay Rs.2000 after completion of CDP project. The objective behind such salary enhancement was to retain the RTS qualified and well performing teachers and the project got it besides the turnout of teachers due to government jobs in education department. Hence, 8224 students more than 420 teachers of Roshan Tara Schools are the direct beneficiaries of this scheme.

On the other hand, Sindh Graduates Association established Research and Development Centre (R&D) at SGA headquarter at Karachi to strengthen its education portfolio but only the office was established and due to certain reasons neither the required staff was timely hired nor any research activity was carried out. During project implementation, 359 teachers were trained on Science, English [Sindh Graduates Association (SGA)]

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and Math by master trainers, the trainings enabled the teachers to confidently teach these subjects in their classrooms and enhanced their knowledge and skills in this regard.

Moreover, 3 Research Labs were also established in RTS Sehwan, RTS Mehrabpur and RTS Kashmore, which also enhanced the IT skills of teachers and students of RTS. Hence, the entire project aims to improve quality education of Roshan Tara Schools in Sindh an enabling learning environment.

Objectives of Community Development project 1. To provide standard & quality education through enhancing salaries of RTS staff for two years subsequent to which SGA will restructure the fee structure to make increase financeable 2. Developing technical capability within SGA in Research and development on schools education, which will be initially used for strengthening quality education within SGA schools and will subsequently be expanded to reach out to public Sector School through collaboration 3. Establish IT laboratory in three selected schools of SGA for gradually enabling rural children better access to Information Technology

1st Phase of RTS Teachers’ Training S.No

Name of School

1.

Roshan Tara School Gulshan-e-Hadeed I & II, Karachi

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Roshan Tara School Sachal Goth, Karachi Roshan Tara School Gadap, Karachi Roshan Tara School Bachal Goth, Malir Karachi Roshan Tara School Kashmore Roshan Tara School PanoAkil

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Total No. of Participants

Venue

Date

76

Head Office, SGA

8th& 9th April 2013

20 28

RTS Kashmore RTS PanoAkil

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7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

1.

Roshan Tara School Meharabur Roshan Tara School Hala I & II Roshan Tara School Dadu Roshan Tara School Phulji Station Roshan Tara School Mehar Roshan Tara School Badin

3.

Roshan Tara School Talhar Roshan Tara School Khipro

5.

RTS Mehrabpur RTS Hala

19th April 2013 20th April 2013

31

RTS Dadu

3th & 4th May

27

Roshan Tara School Badin

28th& 29th May 2013

Roshan Tara School Kaloi

2.

4.

16 20

Roshan Tara School MirpurKhas

Total

21 11

Roshan Tara School Khipro Roshan Tara School Mirpurkhas

30th& 31st May 2013 1st June 2013

250

2nd Phase of RTS Teachers’ Training S.No

Name of School

Total No. of Participants

Venue

Date

1.

Roshan Tara School Hala I & II

20

RTS Hala

27-9-2013 to 28-9-2013

2.

3.

4.

5.

Roshan Tara School Sehwan Roshan Tara School Dadu Roshan Tara School BhanSyedabad Roshan Tara School Phulji Station

20 8 22 11

RT S Sehwan

1-10-2013 to 3-10-2013

6.

Roshan Tara School Khipro

14

7.

Roshan Tara School Mirpurkhas

2

RTS Khipro

8-10-2013 to 10-10-2013

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8.

9.

10

Roshan Tara School Sachal Goth Roshan Tara School Bachal Goth Roshan Tara School Gadap

Total Mathematic for class1-5 Introduction participants Introduction of subject Objective Sharing Number of definition Counting from 1 to 100 Big, Small and long short bigger smaller Ordinal number Four major mathematic operations Addition of 1-digit,2-digit,3 digit and 4 digit Subtractionof 1-digit,2digit,3 digit and 4 digit [Sindh Graduates Association (SGA)]

4 5 3

SGA Head Office

1-11-2013 to 2-11-2013

109 Science Introduction of participants Teaching guidance in science Introduction of science and its main branches Step involved in solving scientific problemes System for measurement Length, mass, volume, time and their management Vernier caliper nad screw guage

English English The focus was to develop and understanding Grammar To develop the ability to make use of the Grammar items in writing To develop interest in reading English literature To motivate the students for studying English To develop the creativity of the students related to verbal ability of fluency of English language To develop the ability of English subjects

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Multiplication rules and operations of 1-digit,2digit,3-digit, 4-digit Division of 1-Digit,2-digit with 1-digit,2-digit,3digit,4-digit Fraction Unitary Method Time Graph Simplification Area Volume

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Atoms and sub-atomic particles, distribution of electrons in an atom Molucules and their shapes, atomic number and atomic mass Building block particles of matter and what is solution Phase transition Boiling point, heat of vaporization, condensation, deposition Crystallization, evaporation, freezing or solidification, chemical ionization Melting or fushion, sublimation, super-cooling and vaporization Physical and chemical changes, what is chemical reaction Exothermic and endothermic reaction

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Mathematic for class 6-8 Elementary set concepts Types of sets Operation of sets Natural numbers and whole numbers Whole numbers and number of Ray Factors and multiples Factorization Rational Numbers Decimal Numbers Exponents Exponents and Radicals Square and Squire roots Cube and cube roots Binary system of numbers Besides enhancing the knowledge of teachers on above mention contents, they were also trained on following 1. Lesson planning, 2. How to cover syllabus 3. Activity based learning at classroom level 4. How to manage a classroom

2. Analysis of trainings The teacher training provides the understanding of modern teaching methodologies and strategies for making the teaching techniques more effective. It builds an innovative approach of the teachers to utilize their abilities and capabilities in the right direction. The training polishes the thinking and behavior of the teachers to adopt the various tasks and activities in class. Thus it

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becomes an obligatory choice to teach the teachers about modern ways of teaching and learning. The training prepares the teachers for making students to be able to learn the things in an easier way.

The subjects including Science, Maths and English build the fundamental approach of the students and provide the insights and basics of all other subjects. These subjects play a vital role for building up a critical thinking and analytical ability to grasp the major areas of learning.

Under the CDP project, the prime objective behind organizing the trainings on Science, Math and English was destined to encourage as well as equip Roshan Tara School teachers to teach newly added oxford curriculum in all schools. The trainings improved not only teacher’s knowledge on Science, Math and English rather sharpened and enhanced their skills too. Thus, trained teachers inculcated the advance teaching methodology against the conventional methods at classroom level and created a learning environment in Roshan Tara Schools. During training workshop, the participation was fully ensured due to nearest training locations.

On the other hand, for a meaningful training workshop and effective resource utilization, Prior to conducting the training workshop, a training need assessment (TNA) was also carried out in all Roshan Tara Schools on Science, Math and English to measure the knowledge of teachers on these specific subjects and in the light of training need assessment (TNA) findings, the training contents were designed and delivered.

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6. Analytical Report of Annual Examination 2014 at Roshan Tara Schools (RTS)

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1. Importance of Conducting Exams at central level Besides ensuring the effective administration and management in all Roshan Tara Schools, devising the examination system is also one of the key responsibilities of Roshan Tara Secretariat. Previously, examinations were carried out individually in RTS but in the year 2014, the existing examination system was reformed and it was decided to conduct examinations centrally due to its significance because not only the standard of education will be improved rather the coordination, healthy competition among teachers and students will be strengthened and quality of lagging behind schools will also be improved. In addition, the loopholes in existing exam system would be highlighted and addressed by developing an effective strategy at central level.

Due to transparency, the copy culture will be reduced and quality of examination systems will keep on improving gradually on the basis of lessons learnt. On the other hand, certain changes were also made in the REHBER after detailed meetings and discussions by RTS central committee members and concerned School principals. The meetings were held at RTS Secretariat and other places. Each meeting was conducted under the chair of Mr. Khalid Hussain Chana (Secretary Education Sindh Graduates Association). Honorable Secretary Education presented working paper of Annual Examination 2014 and shared 03 plans with members to conduct examination 2014.

Following is details of each plan (Plan-A) Every Roshan Tara School will conduct their Annual Examination on their own.

Prior to that they are supposed to develop the examination system and time table. Whereas, the externals, suggested from Head Office will monitor the examination methodology.

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(Plan-B) A unanimous examination time table for all RTS will be developed at central level.

The schools would develop examination papers themselves Papers Assessment will be carried out at central level

(Plan-C)

Establishing Examination board at secretariat level and appointing controller of examination and examiners. Besides, the board should have a chairman and examinations would be conducted from first to eight classes for each subject

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Under Plan A, following will be the examination Methodology 1. Enrolling the students 2. Fixing the examination date 3. Fixing the period and date for submission of examination forms 4. Appointing the invigilator 5. Getting Student’s enrolment Card 6. Developing examination forms 7. Developing admit card 8. Getting sample subject papers 9. Developing keys of questions 10. Maintaining enrolment register 11. Allotting seat number 12. Numbering the enrolment, examination forms and admits cards 13. Fixing the examination fee and ensuring submission 14. Appointing paper checking committee 15. Developing time table 16. Developing award sheet 17. Developing attendance sheet 18. Developing answer sheets and maintaining its record 19. Developing result sheets 20. Developing mark sheets 21. Sindh Graduate Association would appoint externals at central level, who monitors the examination system

Under Plan B, following will be the examination Methodology 1. Developing examination budget 2. Establishing paper committee 3. Establishing examination committee

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4. Conducting monitoring and invigilation 5. Appointing externals themselves 6. Developing question papers 7. Developing answer sheets 8. Developing enrolment forms 9. Developing examination forms 10. Developing admit cards 11. Developing list of candidates( Secretariat should also develop the lists) 12. Developing internal and externals list 13. Pasting roll numbers 14. Receiving examination fees and maintaining its record 15. Developing attendance sheets for candidates (Secretariat should also develop the list) 16. Maintaining record of examination papers and sending the list to secretariat (Schools will conduct themselves but secretariat would remain in coordination) 17. Printing the question papers 18. Delegating the duties to teachers during exams 19. Conducting subject wise papers and sending to secretariat 20. The secretariat would develop time table, check the papers and develop results sheets itself

Note: Which class time tables will be developed by secretariat and which papers will be assessed, the decision will be made by the council

Under Plan C, following will be the examination Methodology 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Holding meetings to discuss examinations at secretariat level Getting approval of proposal from central committee for conducting examination Developing examination budget Enrolling the students from 1 to viii Sending the examination forms and issuing admit cards

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6. Appointing enrolment in charge 7. Designing the enrolment card 8. Designing examination form 9. Asking all RTS for sample papers 10. Setting the paper and developing the key of each subject 11. Maintaining school wise enrolment register 12. Allotting the seat numbers to all schools according to enrolment 13. Publishing & sending examination forms, enrolment forms and admit cards to all RTS 14. Receiving examination fees from all RTS and maintaining its record 15. Maintaining data base of exam fees 16. Maintaining record of enrolment number and seat number 17. Appointing controller of examination 18. Developing the list of internal and externals 19. Developing the list of teachers subject wise who asses the papers 20. Developing time table 21. Establishing paper committee 22. Getting quotations and printing papers 23. Prior to printing papers, maintaining it number and keeping its record 24. Designing stamps for examinations 25. Developing result sheets 26. Developing award sheets 27. Developing acknowledgement forms for principles 28. Developing the list of candidates as per class 29. Developing examination fee receipts 30. developing roll number sheets 31. developing examination center list 32. making class wise result sheets 33. developing school wise stationery list 34. Designing answer sheets and publishing 35. Appointing examination superintendent 36. Making list of paper assessment committee members

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37. Developing list of answer papers 38. Developing subject wise result data 39. Publishing result sheets and mark sheets 40. Developing final result sheet and announcing the result

Decisions

After having discussed three plans in detail, it was decided that annual examination in all RTS will be held on 17th March 2014 to 25th march 2014.        

A monitoring cell will be formed at SGA Head Office.

An examination vigilance team will be formed.

With the consent of all CRTMC members, the committee would develop the time table.

According to plan A, all Roshan Tara schools will conduct annual examination as per time table, developed by secretariat whereas every RTS will conduct examination itself.

Every RTS will select externals locally and assign their duties according to consent and instructions of honorable Secretary Education.

A central monitoring vigilance team will be formed.

Through centrally formed externals, all the examination process will be monitored Central monitoring cell/Central Externals will be formed.

Step-1 The Secretary Education will send letters, containing the selection criteria of externals to all RTS and as per selection criteria, the externals will be selected on the basis of high qualification, sufficient experience in the field, would provide services as a volunteer and no T.D/D.A would be paid to externals.

Step-2 List of externals consolidated and letter with instruction /suggestion will be sent to all externals.

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Step-3 As per decision, Annual Examination will be started from 17 th March 2014 to 25th March 2014 under the instruction of worthy secretary education, all the examination centres will closely be monitored through central examination monitoring cell.

2. Formation of Central Examination monitoring cell 2014      

Its main objects were: To monitor all examination centers through head office.

To control all examination centers as well as to ensure transparency in examination process.

To control and avoid any kind of unwanted indiscipline activity during examination process in all Roshan Tara Schools.

To provide professional facilitation and assist SMC and externals.

To get feedback from stakeholders regarding the proposed system through externals.

To inculcate the importance of transparent examination system and ensure the active involvement of School Management Committees.

3. Few Achievements and outputs of proposed system Education is one of the core components of Sindh Graduates Association (SGA), which is destined to provide quality education to marginalized segments of society so that a peaceful and developed society could be evolved in Sindh. That’s why it has been undergoing certain reforms every year by mutual understanding and participatory involvement from grassroots level to high decision making body. Such endeavors and personal interest of SGA volunteers culminated into introducing a uniform examination system in overall Roshan Tara Schools. Hence, extensive meetings and detailed discussions resulted into significant out puts. It proved to be the first step towards uniformity in education component from syllabus to examination system.

The newly introduced system enabled and facilitated the SMC in terms of managing the examination process successfully and efficiently. First time, transparency and discipline was maintained in overall centres. The decisions were implemented in the filed as directed by secretariat. The development of forms, criteria, process facilitated all externals. Through implementation of newly introduced mechanism, the Roshan Tara Secretariat came to know the availability of human, capital, and material resources at local level and effectively utilized it.

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The secretariat received very positive feedback from all stakeholders and on the basis of such feedback the future strategy for conducting examination system will be more strengthened. The secretariat also came to know the standard and quality education being delivered in selected Roshan Tara Schools and hence could better devise the future strategy.

There had been lack of effective and timely coordination at Roshan Tara Schools level, which hampered the secretariat performance.

It was found that there is no uniformity in syllabus in Roshan Tara Schools that created problem during paper assessment. Few RTS distributed hand written question papers. And certain examination centers were not visited by externals such as RTS Gadap whereas few centers were visited by only vigilance team. During visit, it was observed that due to lack of furniture, the candidates attempted their papers on broken furniture, which caused inconvenience to them. At RTS Mirpur, seat numbers were not allotted in time.

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7. Quality Education & Roshan Tara Schools (RTS)

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Objective 1. To critically analyze RTS Quality Education as explained in REHBER 2. To find out the appropriate definition of quality education 3. To find out the gaps and suggest for improvements in RTS

Methodology 4. Reviewing Rehber Booklet 5. Education Team views regarding quality education in RTS 6. Analyzing findings from monitoring data

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1. Aim of quality education in RTS 1. In order to cope with future challenges in terms of producing capable and civilized youngsters by promoting quality education in Roshan Tara Schools.

2. Salient Features of Quality Education at RTS. Every School has an instrumental role to help children to achieve & inculcate their own cultural, economic and social values and by doing so the new generation, in every nation, protect their societies and transmit the learnt values to the next generation. So, every school has a cultural significance, that’s reason, the schools, as an institution has been the focus by sociologists, anthropologists and policy makers planting the seeds of values for a positive social change throughout the world.

The schools have also a crucial mandate to create leaders so that the society acquires the values, skills and knowledge to be responsible and productive citizens. Hence, there is utmost importance of such institution in every society; therefore, the education is at the priority agenda for the national as well as international organizations and policy makers.

Previously, the policy makers seemed more inclined towards ensuring the access to quantity in schools but after 2002, the focus shifted by educationists, policy makers and legislators to ensure access to a good quality education too. The shift was due to unsatisfactory results, obtained from research and surveys in schools to measure the quality teaching and learning level of students in schools around the world with special focus in developing countries, where the millions of children are out of schools yet and those who are in schools luckily but getting poor quality education

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With a critical study of international treaties and legislations, It has been learnt that all human rights legislations and declarations have focused much more on access to education but not the quality education except Convention on the Rights of Children (CRC), which indicates that education should allow the children to reach their fullest potential in terms of cognitive, emotional and creative capacities. Therefore, the method of teaching and learning do depend upon how long students stay in schools and regularly attend their classes.

But few institutions, despite of their limited resources, are trying their best and bringing reforms time to time. Similarly, the establishment of Roshan Tara Schools in 1980s throughout Sindh province in Pakistan was also an initiative by SGA’s founder Dr.Suleman Shaikh to achieve the goal of providing quality education to those who don’t afford high fees structure schools with respect, dignity and self-esteem with the untiring support of energetic and dedicated volunteers of Sindh Graduates Association (SGA) around Sindh Province.

On the other hand, for ensuring quality education, all Roshan Tara Schools have been undergoing time to time reforms by enlightened educationists and SGA’S senior. So, the results of such endeavors culminated into establishment of RTS management system in terms of a

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booklet, named “REHBER� to ensure quality education and effective administration in all RTS. Hence, following 3-tier management system with the specific responsibilities of duty bearers were defined by REHBER in all RTS,

1. Principal 2. School Management Committee (SMC) 3. Central Roshan Tara Schools Management Committee (CRTSMC) The establishment of RTS Central Committee was destined to improve the performance, regular monitoring, facilitation, identifying capacity building opportunities, skill enhancement, development examination system, Information Education Communication (IEC), Curriculum, Designing co-curricular activities and implementing the decisions of central committee in all RTS.

3. Following were the major decisions taken by RTS Central Committee 1. Every RTS would conduct its own annual examinations up to viii and all examinations would be carried out as per timetable of RTS Central Committee and a committee of externals will monitor the system 2. Formation of Rehber Committee, consisted 09 members 3. Organizing Roshan Tara Balik Festival 4. Uniformity in Syllabus in all RTS 5. Implementing 3 subjects of Oxford publications Eng, Math and Science in all RTS 6. Course Distribution as per 40% in 1st term, 40% in 2nd term, 20 in 3rd term, and 100% final

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Major Achievements of RTS

RTS Ghotki Achievements:

1. Establishment of Sachal Sarmast Academic Block, 2. The school is declared as best school five times by SGA, 3, Identified as suitable for affiliation with Agha Khan Foundation, 4.MNA, CM and other dignitaries visited the school, 5. Esteemed Organizations like IBA,NUST organized career counseling for students, 6.Several Students selected in professional universities in Pakistan, 7,82 Students got A One grade and 55 A grades in academic year 2013-2014.

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Full Freeship in RTS Phulji Badin Kaloi Bachal

10%

2%

12% 55% 1%

Dadu

2%

Bahn Saeed Abad

6%

4% 7%

Mehr Sachal

12%

2% 2%

halla

12%

4%

1%

Gulshne Hadeed

14%

9%

Sehwan Gulshne Hadeed Phase-2 Mehrabpur Ghotki Panooakil

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Halffreeship 1% 8%

5%

5%

9%

3%

2%

Badin Bachal Gulshne Hadeed

19%

Dadu Bahn Saeed Abad Sehwan

41%

Gulshne Hadeed Phase-2 7%

Ghotki Panooakil

S# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Qualification Matriculate Intermediate BA BBA BSC FSC BCOM ALMA BED LLB MA BS CT DTC MSC MED MPHIL BE MBA

# Of teachers 11 92 71 1 44 04 06 01 18 03 76 08 06 02 23 09 02 03 01

Kashmore

As per data received through RTS monitoring forms, 373 children are indulging into full frees hip and 290 are getting half frees hip, so, there is need to revisit the policy of free ship and half free ship for income generation.

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Table 2:RTS Short-term and long term planning S# 1 2 3 4

Name of School RTS Phulji RTS Gadap RTS Badin RTS Kaloi

5

RTS RTS Bachal

6

RTS Gulshn E Hadeed Phase-1

7

RTS Hala-1 and ii

8 9 10

RTS Dadu RTS Bhan Saeed Abad RTS Meher

11

RTS Sachal

12

RTS Sehwan

13

RTS Gulshn-e-Hadeed

14

RTS Mehrabpur

15

RTS Ghotki

16 17 18

RTS Pano akil RTS Khipro RTS Kashmore

Short Term Targets NA Increasing the enrolment NA Increasing the enrolment Managing funds for 400 yards plot for additional Pre & Nursery Classroom Annual Planning Construction of toilets, whitewash, purchasing science and nursery class material, registering with Hyderabad Board, Hiring of teachers from xi to x class Increasing the enrolment Preparation for annual exams NA Staring primary section in morning and secondary section in evening Renovation of toilets and arranging science lab material Development of annual budget, planning, academic achievements, Organizing trips and inter RTS Competition programms School issues resolving

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Headhunting for quality teaching staff To build new rooms NA Construction of new classrooms for HSC

Long Term Targets Upgrading to Higher Secondary School Upgrading to Elementary School NA Purchasing Plot for School Establishment of Computer Lab and purchasing computers To purchase own school building, upgrading to Higher Secondary School New construction of RTS-I building, To purchase lifter machine, purchasing 12 computers, Establishment of computer lab, Playground Organizing co-curricular activities School Repair NA Upgrading to Higher Secondary School Upgrading to Higher Secondary School and establishment of science laboratory upgrading to higher secondary school, Seeking donation/support from RTS Secretariat Constructing a hostel for providing accommodation facilities Constructing a road for school Purchasing Plot for School Upgrading to college level

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4. Major Hurdles in achieving Quality Education 4.1. Unavailability of School Improvement Plans

It is found from information, obtained from school monitoring forms, that none of RTS have developed School Improvement Plans, which holistically address the development and issues of all Roshan Tara Schools. On the other hand, certain schools have set their short and long term targets as well and trying to achieve them in collaboration with RTS central committee and SMC

4.2. Financial Constraints

Financial hurdles to Roshan Tara Schools are the key factor behind Lack of interest in the growth and development of proposed new systems, ensuring quality education by hiring high paid and high quality teachers. It has been observed that matriculate and intermediate teachers are hired by certain schools. The minimum salary

4.3. Dilapidated School Building Problems A better educational infrastructure creates friendly atmosphere for teaching and learning in schools, the availability of basic facilities including the toilets, safe drinking water, and learning and playing material, teaching aids, sufficient furniture and tree plantation boost the performance of students and attract parents towards enrolling their children into that school. As per monitoring forms, collected from 18 RTS, it is found that 07 RTS buildings are in a dilapidated condition and requires urgent construction and renovation. On the other hand, the numbers of toilets are not compatible and insufficient for overall school strength, drinking water is available in 16 schools out of 18 and for promoting using soaps, there are only 11 wash basins in 11 schools. Therefore, there is utmost need to find out the donors/philanthropists for renovation of at least toilets and dilapidated classrooms and school building.

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4.4. Poor Policy Implementation

Approximately many Roshan Tara Schools are not following the rules and principles of REHBER, which were unanimously approved by Roshan Tara Schools Central Committee members; it has also been observed that there is no uniformity in using formats for classroom observation, Teacher Performance etc. So, there is need to develop and ensure implementation of uniform formats by all Roshan Tara Schools by adding the formats in REHBER.

4.5. Examination System

The standards of examination system of RTS don’t meet the requirements of modern age. The practices of assessment and evaluations at RTS are traditional. Assessment and evaluations are conducted to check only the memory of students rather than quality performance. There is need to carry out internal assessment of all schools by hiring a consultant. The RTS are registered with multiple boards, hence, there is need to uniform the system and registering a board of Sindh Graduate Association.

4.6. Ineffective Communication

Communication is the backbone of any system or organization. It connects the various parts of a system and develops sound coordination. It has been observed that teachers in the Roshan Tara Schools often remain indifferent to the developments in the overall system of education due to poor system of communication. The system of checks and balance is very poor due to weak administration and coordination. Most of the time teachers remain uninformed about the policies and plans framed at the governmental level due to poor communication. All this affects the quality of teaching and learning in RTS.

4.7. Lack of Professional Development

Teaching is a professional activity and pedagogy methods are changing day by day by contemporary educationists around the world, therefore, teachers need to continuously be abreast with latest theories, research and new knowledge. Teachers who are not professionally sound can’t solve their professional and use child centered methodologies. Teachers who acquire latest knowledge and develop their skills teach effectively.

There are less training facilitates available to the Roshan Tara School’s teachers. Due to lack of latest knowledge and skills, the teachers are found weaker in their teaching the content. Untrained teachers cannot manage the children as per their learning level; hence, physical punishment is used as a tool, which results into drop out of children from Roshan Tara Schools.

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4.8. Lack of Learning Resources

Primary and secondary education in Roshan Tara Schools is faced with acute problem of lack of learning resources. Due to lack teaching and learning aids in schools teacher face many problems during teaching process. There are no playground facilities in schools which affects the physical development of students. This situation has created more problems for teachers as they cannot provide the students wider opportunities for learning and development. Teachers are forced to cover the syllabus within the given period of the year. Teaching and learning becomes mechanical. In these conditions teachers fail to create meaningful learning environment in schools.

4.9. Lack of School Supervision

The process of supervision in schools is fraught with many weaknesses, the supervisors are professionally untrained. The process of supervision is undertaken bureaucratically. The process of supervision is characterized with the idea of inspection rather facilitation to teachers. Supervisors behave with teachers in an supervisor and subordinate manner. This trend has diminished the purpose of professional supervision in RTS due to which teachers get discouraged and feel inferior and turn out of teachers increased in RTS. So, there is utmost need to train them especially in terms of monitoring, leadership and effective communication and feedback.

5. Recommendations It can’t be generalized that all Roshan Tara Schools are not providing quality education, there has always been room for improvement, many schools like RTS Sachal, RTS Gulshn-E-Hadeed, RTS Sehwan and Ghotki and others are performing well but there is utmost need to improve monitoring and evaluation and capacity building of teachers as well as finding out the new funding sources and partnership with donors.

Besides, there is need to revise the practical implementation of teachers hiring policy, as per data, obtained from monitoring forms, 11 matriculate and 92 intermediate teachers are teaching in Roshan Tara Schools.

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8. Publications of Roshan Tara Secretariat in the year 2013-2014

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1.Roshan Tara Magazines By taking a revolutionary step, Sindh Graduates Association (SGA) laid the foundation of Roshan Tara Schools in Halla Sindh near the shrine of great Sufi poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai with the aim to provide quality education to marginalized children. Currently there are 22 Roshan Tara Schools are working in overall Sindh from Karachi to Kashmore, where besides the poetry of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai, the syllabus of oxford university press is being taught. Every year excellent results are the hallmark of this institution, which is a source of inspiration for students and encouraging parents to enroll their children every year.

In addition to this, with the support of dedicated volunteers of SGA, secretary Education took a fabulous step and started a series of quarterly magazine for promoting History, Poetry, Innovations, Information Technology, interviews, Real Stories of distinguished personalities, Exposure to places ,Advertisements, Quotations, Comedy, Life Tips, Co-curricular event reports, Environment, Global issues, current affairs, literature, English speaking tips, Wonders of science, Religious Information, Space Science etc.

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As yet 4 magazines have been published by Roshan Tara Secretariat more than 8000 copies have distributed in Roshan Tara Schools across Sindh and shared with the regular and prospective donors as well as philanthropists of Sindh Graduates Association. Every quarter, the magazine is being published on its own, the cost is being recovered from all Roshan Tara Schools and day by day its demand is increasing due to rich information and knowledge.

2.Academic Calendar 2014-2015 The Academic Calendar serves as an information source and planning document for Roshan Tara School’s students, Teaching Staff, Roshan Tara Secretariat as well as outside organizations. The calendar includes registration dates, academic and co-curricular activities, holidays, tentative days for terms and examinations.

In this regard, Roshan Tara Secretariat in collaboration with education and technical team designed different posters for the purpose and shared with secretary education for approval and guidance. Having got the approval and guidance, the team further worked day and night to complete the calendar for despatchment to all Roshan Tara Schools before Eid Ul Fitr. Hence, the dedicated and untiring efforts resulted into development of Academic colander for 2014-2015 session and distributed among all RTS before eid Ul Fitr.

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3.Complementary Book for Roshan Tara Schools Establishment of Roshan Tara Schools was a brain child of a great leader and driving force of SGA- Dr.Muhamamd Suleman Shaikh Sahib, who had dreamt to impart quality education at easy and affordable level of both the common man and rural and urban areas of Sindh. At present, by the grace of almighty Allah and indefatigable efforts of SGA members, we have a wide network of Roshan Tara Schools in Sindh. There are more than 9000 students enrolled, who are taught pottery of shah Abdul latif Bhitai apart from syllabus of oxford university press.

Curriculum committee of Roshan Tsara Schools secretariat recommended a change in existing syllabus of RTS and introduced Science, Math and English subjects by oxford university press.

Therefore, a handbook of English communication and language skills, realizing the dire need of students of secondary and higher secondary Roshan Tara schools in particular and students of Sindh in general. This book will in fact help the cover areas of not only grammar but also build up vocabulary. Many units consist of dialogues, which will encourage the communicate in real world, art of letter writing, prĂŠcis writing, comprehension are explained in the easiest ways. This book will prove to be of great help for BBA, BCS and CSS aspirants in the long run.

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9. Visits by Secretary Education

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1.Importance of monitoring the progress of schools by leadership & School Management Research has demonstrated that when school management use student progress monitoring, students learn more, teacher decision making improves, and students become more aware of their own performance. A significant body of research conducted over the past 30 years has shown this method to be a reliable and valid predictor of subsequent performance on a variety of outcome measures, and thus useful for a wide range of instructional decisions (Deno, 2003; Fuchs, Deno, & Mirkin, 1984; Good & Jefferson, 1998).

Similarly, Secretary Education, Mr Khalid Hussein Channa Sahib carried out several visits to all Roshan Tara Schools and his all visits proved helpful to school management and staff. The visits were utmost important because many new initiatives were taken during 2013-2014 academic session and it was essential to physically visit the schools to ensure proper implementation and assess the results and on the basis of lessons learnt, he further took more initiatives. Following are the snaps of his few visits during year 2013 and 2014,

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2. Details of Secretary Education Visits in Year January 2013 to July 2014 Date

Name of School

1

1st January 2013

RTS Sachal Karachi

2

2nd January 2013

RTS Gulshn E Hadeed Phase-1 Karachi

3

7th January 2013

RTS Gadap and Public School Gadap Karachi

4

12th January 2013

Public School Gadap, Karachi

5

13th January 2013

Mazhar Resource Centre SGA Head office Karachi

6

28th January 2013

RTS Gadap, Karachi

28th January 2013

SGA Head office Karachi

7

29th Januray 2013

RTS Bachal, Karachi

8

3rd Feb 2013

RTS Ghotki

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Purpose To visit RTS Sachal Karam Ilahi Channa Sahib and Taj Wassan Sahib to Review quality education and Record Maintenance of RTS Sachal.

School Visit and Meeting with RTS Management Committee Members To discuss quality education, Review children progress and conducting meeting with teaching staff To conduct a meeting with the Public School Gadap’s members and Chairman to devise the strategy for school improvement To introduce a central examination system in RTS, Enacting a uniform syllabus in RTS, Roshan Tara Magazine Publishing, Organizing Balik Melo and to update REHBER To attend the Eid Milad Ul Nabi and Mid term Result Announcement Ceremony Curriculum Committee Meeting Reviewed the Quality Education and Record Maintenance To discuss the issues and challenges of RTS Ghotki

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7th Feb 2013

9

RTS Gadap

Visited the RTS Gadap to address the issues of school Visited RTS Gulshn E Hadeed phase-1 and reviewed the quality education and record maintenance To collect CDP project information

10 8th Feb 2013

RTS Gulshn e Hadeed

11 18th Feb 2013

RTS Meher and RTS Phulji Station

12 19th Feb 2013

RTS Bhansaeed Abad, Johi and Dadu

To conduct meeting with staff and review record maintenance

13 20th Feb 2013

RTS Sehwan and Hala-1, Hala-2

To provide CDP project information to school staff

14 21st Feb 2013

RTS Badin

To visit RTS Badin and required school related information

15 22nd Feb 2013

RTS Khipro, Mirpur Khas

Meeting with school staff and principal and overview of quality of education

16 2nd March 2013

RTS Kashmore

Participation in annual award distribution ceremony

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

8th March 2013 8th March 2013 11th March 2013 12th and 13th March 2013 14th March 2013 15th March 2013 15th March 2013 16th March 2013

RTS Hala-1 & Hala-2 Hyderabad Geemkhana RTS Panooaqil and Ghotki RTS Mehrabpur, Mehr, Dadu RTS Johi, Bhansaeed Abad, Sehwan RTS Gulshn e Hadeed Phase-1 & 2 RTS Bachal RTS Gadap and Public School Gadap Karachi

25 17th March 2013

Sindh Sports Hostel Hyderabad

26 28th March 2013 27 30th March 2013

RTS Gadap and Public School Gadap Karachi RTS Hala

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School visit and Meeting with UK doctors To overview existing RTS Syllabus To visit annual examination centre To visit annual Examination Centre To visit annual Examination Centre To visit annual Examination Centre To visit annual Examination Centre To visit annual examination centre Meeting of Cenytral Roshan Tara Schools Committee to decide uniform syllabus in all RTS School Monitoring Participation in annual examination award

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28 31st March 2013

RTS Sachal

29 1st April 2013

RTS Sehwan

30 3rd April 2013

RTS Dadu

31 6th April 2013

RTS Gadap and Public School Gadap Karachi

32 7th April 2013

RTS Bachal

33 8th April 2013

Mazhar Resource Centre, Rimpa Plaza MA Jinnah Road Karachi

34

RTS Talhar and RTS Kaloi 3rd May 2013

35

RTS Badin

36 20th May 2013

RTS Johi

37 27th May 2013

RTS Mehrabpur, Phul, Hingorja, Khairpur

38 28th May 2013

Panooaqil and Ghotki

39 3rd june 2013 40 4th June2013 41 6th June 2013

Bachal, Karachi Gadap Karachi Sachal Karachi

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distribution ceremony Participation in annual examination award distribution ceremony Participation in Annual Award Distribution Ceremony Participation in Annual Award Distribution Ceremony To see the school progress and address issues and challenges Participation in Annual Award Distribution Ceremony Inaugurated the 1st phase training workshop on Science & Math for teachers of RTS Participation in Annual Award Distribution Ceremony To see the school progress and address issues and challenges Visited school, conducted meeting with Johi branch members to discuss the issues of school and made decision to move RTS Johi to an appropriate place in Johi Visited RTS Mehrabpur, conducted meeting with Phul, Hingorja and Khairpur branch members on the same day Participation in Annual Award Distribution Ceremony of RTS Panooaqil and Ghotki Visited RTS Bachal Visited RTS Gadap Visited both shifts of RTS Sachal

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42 15th June 2013

Gulshn e Hadeed

43 5th October 2013

Jamshoro Hyderabad

44 30th October 2013

Dadu

45 23rd November 2013

Ghotki

46 18th March 2014

Badin, Talhar

47 19th March 2014

Sehwan, Bhansaeedabad, Phulji station, Dadu

48 20th March 2014

Ghotki, Panoo Aqil, Jarwar

49 21st March 2014

Mehrabpur

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Participated in annual award distribution ceremony Organized and Participated in Worlds' Teachers Day Participated in Asa Jo Shah Programme at Dadu Participated in Asa Jo Shah Programme at RTS Ghotki Visited examination centers at RTS Badin & RTS Talhar & RTS Badin Visited examination centers at RTS Badin & RTS Sehwan, RTS Bhansaeedabad, RTS Phulji station and RTS Dadu Visited examination centers at RTS Ghotki, RTS Panooaqil and RTS Jarwar Visited examination centers at RTS Mehrabpur

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Soon after undertaking the responsibility of Secretary Education, Mr.Khalid Hussein Channa Sahb first of all started visiting all RTS to get a general view to devise certain policies and strategies to improve the quality and services of Roshan Tara Schools. The visits culminated into uniformity of syllabus in all Roshan Tara Schools, Introduction of Oxford University Press syllabus, Successfully publishing Roshan Tara Magazines, Uniformity in conducting annual examinations and formation of vigilance committees in all RTS, Resolution of past conflicts in certain Roshan Tara Schools, Proper Record Maintenance, Asa Jo Shah events at cluster level, Planning for Balik Melo, Capacity Building of teachers and School Management Committees, Development of Academic Calendar and Publishing of Annual Status of Education Report(ASER).

Figure 30: Visiting RTS Kaloi during examination

[Sindh Graduates Association (SGA)]

Figure 29: Encouraging a Roshan Tarian Student during a co-curricular activity at RTS Mehrabpur

Figure 28: Visiting RTS during examination Bhansaeed Abad

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Figure 33: Visiting examination centre RTS PanoAkil

[Sindh Graduates Association (SGA)]

Figure 32: Awarding to student at Asa Jo Shah Karachi Cluster

Figure 31: Secretary Education, Mr.Khalid Hussein Channa addressing to audience of Asa Jo Shah event @ RTS Dadu

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