A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students (or "pupils").Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonlycompulsory.^{[citation needed]} In these systems, students progress through a series of schools. The names for these schools vary by country (discussed in the Regional section below), but generally include primary school for young children andsecondary school for teenagers who have completed primary education. An institution where higher education is taught, is commonly call  university college oruniversity. In addition to these core schools, students in a given country may also attend schools before and after primary and secondary education. . A school may also be dedicated to one particular field, such as a school of economics or a school of dance.Alternative schools may provide nontraditional curriculum and methods.

There are also non-government schools, called private schools. Private schools may be required when the government does not supply adequate, or special education. foster other personal achievements. Schools for adults include institutions of corporate training,Military education and training and business schools.

The Department for Education performance tables and the Ofsted website is a must. But if only you could just ‘glance’. The amount of data, deluge of statistics and seemingly endless jargon can mean hours of arduous – but necessary – study before making a decision that could impact the rest of your children’s lives.

“Satisfactory doesn’t always mean satisfactory” said a former Ofsted inspector to me. Oh dear. I could tell I was going to need help. I was aware of the four gradings by Ofsted – Grade 1 Outstanding, Grade 2 Good, Grade 3 Satisfactory, Grade 4 Inadequate – and had naively assumed they did what they said on the front of the tin.

“My first action on moving house” she said “would be to go to the government’s schools finder website and type in the post code of the house I was thinking of purchasing to find the schools within easy walking/travelling distance. Then I would check a school’s website to see how current and relevant to parents, pupils and staff it is and how it reflects the work of the children.”

She makes the point that it is worth reading previous Ofsted reports as well to see how a school has changed over the last few years. At the very least, check the date of inspection reports you are reading and keep an eye out  for any change of head teacher.

But how do you get past all that jargon? Jargon perhaps isn’t quite the right world. But you do get the impression when reading the reports that the inspectors are writing in a code for which parents don’t have the key.

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

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The growing outrage against Valentine’s Day, which has been observed in recent years by young couples in Pakistan’s major cities, is the latest sign of the culture clash underway in Pakistan.
Condemnation of the day has not been restricted to Peshawar, a conservative city in the northwest. A group of female students at the University of Karachi, Pakistan’s largest public university, called on their peers to mark the day by wearing the hijab. Anti-Valentine’s Day billboards also sprang up this week in the city’s affluent, Westernized neighborhoods.








Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14. It is a festival of romantic love and many people give cards, letters, flowers or presents to their spouse or partner. They may also arrange a romantic meal in a restaurant or night in a hotel. Common symbols of Valentine's Day are hearts, red roses and Cupid.


What do people do?
Many people celebrate their love for their partner by sending cards or letters, giving gifts or flowers and arranging meals in restaurants or romantic nights in hotels. People who would like to have a romantic relationship with somebody may use the occasion to make this known, often anonymously. Valentine's cards are often decorated with images of hearts, red roses or Cupid. Common Valentine's Day gifts are flowers chocolates, candy, lingerie and champagne or sparkling wine. However, some people use the occasion to present lavish gifts, such as jewelry. Many restaurants and hotels have special offers at this time. These can include romantic meals or weekend breaks.                                                                                                                                  

                                                            Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day (Saint Valentine's Day) is an occasion celebrated on February 14. It is the traditional day on which people express their love for each other by sending Valentine's cards, presenting flowers, or offering confectionery



Who is St. Valentine?
There were many Christians names Valentine. According to the Catholic Encyclopaedia, at least three Saint Valentines are mentioned who are associated with 14 February. One is described as a priest at Rome, another as a Bishop of Interamna (now Terni in Italy) and the other lived and died in Africa. The Valentine that most experts believe is the actual one remembered on St. Valentine's Day was a Roman who was martyred for refusing to give up Christianity.


           











          

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Chitral PDCC

 the Aga Khan University’sProfessional Development Centre in Chitral (AKU-PDCC) has been
offering a variety of high quality innovative programs for building

Over 2600 teachers, head teachers, and
education managers have thus far attended various Certificate and
short courses offered by this institution. PDCC. has also developed a
number of schools as model in multi-grade teaching and ECED. Its
faculty have engaged in research and published a number of articles
and book chapters in various national and international journals and
books. PDCC has recently won a very competitive research grant award from Higher Education of Pakistan to study the role of civil society institutions in promoting cultural diversity and pluralism in Chitral.
A colorful ceremony was organized at PDCC to celebrate the successfu completion of two Certificat tCourses in ‘Educational Leadership and management’ and ‘Primary Education’. A total of 39 head teachers graduated from these two courses. 22 out of 39 were fro government schools. Executive District Officer primary and elementary schools Muhammad Siraj was chief guest on the occasion while the ceremony was presided by Sultan Mehmood Regional Program Manager Hashoo Foundation. The ceremony was attended by
educationists, leaders of the civil society institutions, and teachers community.He urged the graduates to implement what they have learnt in the courses and assured them of his full support. He particularly thanked PDCCleadership for their cooperation with the government education. He also advised the graduates that they should work with full enthusiasm and diligence.

Concluding Ceremony of the ECD (early Childhood DevelopTeacher
Training Program at Eagle Eye Educational Institute, Seen Lasht/
CHITRAL: The Eagle Eye Educational Institute awarded Certificates at
Certificate Awarding Ceremony on conclusion of its Early Childhood
Development teachers training program. The training program was held
for 20 days wherein 22 participants attended from various educational
NGOs including the Aga Khan Education Services, Chitral, I-Read,
Anmol, the ITREB, Chitral and Eagle Eye School.The training prograss was based on the High scope approach which focuses on active, direct hands on experience of children with people,objects events and ideas. While offering choices based on their interests, the children construct their own knowledge through interaction with the materials and people around them. Teachers and parents offer physical emotional and intellectual supporting active learning setting. The participants were given an opportunity through.provision of time and resources to create low/no cost teaching materials for the  classrooms. The teaching focused on enhancing the practical skills of the trainees especially in the area of storytelling, poems, games and other creative arts. Developing reflective practice through writing daily reflective journals was an important expectation during the training.The chief guest of the ceremony was Dr. Mir Afzal Tajik and the other attendees were Zohran Shah, the Director of Eagle Eye Educational
Institute, Ms. Yasmin Khan, an education consultant from Canada whoversaw the program with participation of local trainers, Mir Zaman Shah, the GM of Aga khan Education Services, Chitral, Zulfiqar Alithe Principal of the Aga Khan Higher Secondary School and Ms. Gul Hawa, the Principal of Eagle Eye School spokabout the importance ofthe ECD program.

Science and Technology competition 2012 held

CHITRAL: More than 12 educational institutions from different parts of Chitral took part in the science and technology competition that concluded here on Sunday.
The competition was organized by the Aga Khan Higher Secondary School Chitral with the objective to promote scientific thinking, nurture creativity and enhance innovative potentials among the students of Chitral.
The Chitral Model College and School remained first in the competition by securing overall five first positions in various categories of the competition.In the category of biology, Kausar Jahan and Nazrana Sadiq of Chiral Model School and College were awarded the first prize for their project, “Drug abuse and its socio-economic impacts.” Razia Nwaz and Nousheen Iqbal of the AKHSS Kuragh and Saqib Azam group of AKHSS Chitral were awarded the second prize and Sara Andaleed group of the Langlands School and College were given the third prize in this category.

In chemistry category, Umme-Saeed group of Chitral Model College clinched the first position for their project on “Global Warming.” Sumair group of FCPS stood second and Faranaz Subhani group of AKHSS Kuragh stood third in this category.

In the category of mathematics, Hanifa Sidique and group of AKHSS Kuragh secured first position for their project, “Classroom Mathematics in daily life,” Faryal Kanwal and group of Govt. Degree College Booni secured second position for their project, “Application of trigonometry” and Veneeza Tashfeen of FCPS and Hissamuddin of AKHSS Chitral shared the third prize.

In the category of physics Noorina of chitral Model School and College was given first prize for her project, “Alternative and Renewable Sources of Energy”, While Ishaq Rahim of FCPS Was given second prize and Madeeha Murtaza of the Langlands School and College and Sayed Nasab Hussain of AKHSS Chitral equally shared the third prize in this category.
In the category of Computer Science, Umair Haider of Chitral Model College was given the first prize for his project “Conference Chat utility”, while Sharif Ahmad of AKHSS Chitral was given second prize and Maria Karim of FCPS was awarded third prize in this category.
In various categories of Art and Painting, Maham Ambareen of The Langlands School and College, Khusrow Sarwar of Chitral Model College and Yasmin Saba of Government, Girls Degree College Booni were given the first prizes, while Shehnila Zafar of FCPS,T ashfeen Shams of AKHSS kuragh and Seveera Andalib of Chitral public School and College were given second prizes. In this category Faisal Aman of community Based School Dolomuch, Nisar Ahmad of Golden Jubilee School and College Arkari and Wasim Faraz of AKHSS Chitral were given the third prizes.
Addressing the gathering on the occasion, Zulfiqar Ali, principal AKHSS, Chitral thanked all the teachers and participants of different educational institutions for participating in the competition and making it a success. He said that AKESP had been in the vanguard in promoting the culture of concept based learning among the students in the country. He stressed the need to create conceptual learning environment in the country, so that the young generation may come up with creative and innovative ideas in future, which has been a real power and asset of the Muslim Umma. He also ensured the gathering that AKHSS will arrange such programs in future as well, in collaboration with other educational institutions of the district.
At the end of the program Mrs. Commandent Chitral Scouts, chief guest of the programme, eulogized the efforts of AKESP in promoting quality education in the district and providing a forum for the students to use their creative abilities.

  Active  :       1903 (Source Khowar Academy)

Country  :          Pakistan                                                                    

  Branch    :        frontier crps                                                                     

  Type   :           Paramilitary

Garrison/HQ   :           Drosh Cantonment

Engagements:             Kargil War[1]        

                                                  
   

Indo-Pakistani War of 1947[2]:      

    The Chitral Scouts (CS) (Urdu: چترال سکاوٹس‎) is a part of fedrally controlled Frontier Corps of Pakistan, also knowas

Chitral levies. The Chitral Scouts is part of Frontier Corps, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa which falls under Ministry of            Interior. Its Headquarter is at Chitral town and is commanded by a Colonel from Pakistan Army. The Chitral scouts     have seven wings each headed by Army officers equal in ranks of Lieutenant Colonel/Major. Its role is to keep Guard   the western borders in Peace and assist the civil admin in keeping law and order situation in the district Chitral.

       

       

 

                                                                                                                                                         

Learning place

    Through standard education, the area of human resource can be promoted leading to integrated,holistic and all-encompassing social and economic progress. This is the vision of IBCSK has in mindTheschool largely focuses on providing better working environment for students by harnessing an   promotingthe potential of teachers, who lie at the centre of almost every thing within any educational institution,  alone IBSCK. Still there are certain factors we feel are potential hindrances adversely affecting the  better vision of IBCSK’s educational system:
Talented and energetic people always go for jobs other than teaching. The reason perhaps is that this vital field of nation building has traditionally been meted out step-motherly treatment and teachers are thought of as social creature of lesser importance
Teachers once trained in communication, teaching skills, class management, lesson plan preparation and most importantly individual student assessment, are induced by businesses selling education—the individually owned educational institutions. They offer higher salary as compare to the poor-friendly IBCSK with lowest fee structure in the entire region!
The school is teaching Oxford courses, but at SSC level students have compulsorily to attempt the exam in accordance with the government curriculum. This affects the academic performance of the student and diverts the track of learning that they have had learnt for more than years at IBCSK.

We request our friends for financial, technical and consultative support in order to take ahead the noble objective of poor-friendly education system of IBCSK.

More from our v Mr.Geoffrey Langlands. We last saw him in his much talked about retirement coverage fromBBC. This time , New York Times is covering what the 94 year old Major has been up to since he has taken up retirement as the Chitral School Principle in Pakistan.

Two-day conference on education was organized from July 27-28 in the Chitral town through the facilitation of the District Coordination Officer and the Executive District Officer Elementary and Secondary Education Chitral, Ms Gulsambar Begum. The objective was to provide the stakeholders of education—both private and government sectors—a forum and opportunity to discuss ways and means to improve the quality of education in the Chitral district by identifying the constraints and assigning responsibilities to the relevant authorities, stakeholders and decision-makers. Large number of community representatives, women leadership, teachers, students, educationists and political leadership, decision-makers from different part of the Chitral district participated in the conference and made their voice heard, highlighted problems and devised remedial measures in respect of final recommendations of the conference

Dear readers, the detail proceedings of the conference is being finalised and will be uploaded in this website sometimes later. Please do not miss reading it out to understand the present condition of education in one of the remotest and less developed districts of Pakistan…

You'll find the proceedings of the conference attached bellow:Mr.Geoffrey Langlands. We last saw him in his much talked about retirement coverage fromBBC. This time , New York Times is covering what the 94 year old Major has been up to since he has taken up retirement as the Chitral School Principle in Pakista

                              New Educational Policy Envisages Uniform System 

The long awaited National Educational Policy (NEP) 2009, after facing many hiccups, has been finally approved the Federal Minister for Education Mir Hazar Khan Bijrani here on Wednesday.
The salient features of the policy, inter alia, are that 7% of GDP will be spent on education and efforts are afoot to introduce modern curriculum in madaris. There will be uniform system of education across the country.
The policy document which termed as “lining adaptable document” comprises of 11 chapters and includes overarching challenges and responses, filling the commitment gap, filling the implementation gap, Islamic education, broadening the base and achieving access, raising the quality of education, strengthening the skill development and innovation, higher education, implementation framework and the state of education in the country.
While addressing a press conference the minister highlighted the various clauses of the policy and also described policy actions. He said foremost priority in the policy has been given to the uniform system of education across the country.

“Common curriculum framework in general is as well as professional education will be applied to educational institutions in both the public and private sectors,” he said while adding that the government will take steps to bring the public and private sectors in harmony through common standards, quality and regulatory regimes. He said the students of madaris would be brought at par with the students of formal public secondary schools through introduction of formal subjects in madaris so that they could also contribute to the progress of the country,” he said.
He said they have been facing resistance from Wafaqul Madaris in this regard but hopefully they will reach some fruitful conclusion within two weeks. “Rehman Malik has been assigned the task to negotiate with the religious quarters in order to implement modern curriculum in madaris” he said.
While describing the purpose of behind the inclusion of the chapter “Islamic Education” in the policy, he said the objectives of teaching Islamiyat will be to ensure that all Muslim children are provided opportunities to learn, understand and apply the fundamental principles of Islam in their lives with the purpose of reformation and development of the society on the principles of Quran and Sunnah.
He said improvement in quality of Early Childhood Education (ECE) will be based on a concept of holistic development of the child that provides a stimulating, interactive environment, including play, rather than a focus on regimes requires rote learning and rigid achievement of standards.
“Provision of ECE shall be attached primary schools which will be provided with additional budget, teachers, and assistants for this purpose,” he said while adding that for ECE teachers a two-year specialized training in dealing with young children will be a necessary requirement.
Highlighting the chapter regarding the Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, he said grade XI and XII will not be part of the college level and will be merged into the school level forming part of existing secondary schools and where needed provision of necessary human resources shall be ensured.
A system for ranking of primary and secondary educational institutions across the country will be introduced with rankings based on results outcomes, extracurricular activities and facilities provided to the students, in order to encourage healthy competition between schools,” he said.
While point to steps regarding improvement in the quality of education, he said a Bachelors degree, with a B.Ed, will be the requirement for teaching at elementary level. “A Master level for the secondary and higher secondary, with a B.Ed, will be ensured by 2018,” he said while adding that PTC and CT will be phased out by encouraging the present set of teachers to improve their qualifications, while new hiring will be based on the advanced criteria.
The minister said that curriculum development and review process as well as textbooks review process will be standardized and institutionalized within the framework of the Federal Supervision of Curriculum, Textbooks and Maintenance of Standards of Education Act, 1976.
Professional Council like Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PM&DC) and Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) shall be involved in consultations for relevant curriculum development,” he said.
Bijrani said steps will be taken to raise enrolment in higher educational sector from existing 4.7% to 10% by 2015 and 15% by 2020. “Investment in higher education shall be increased to 20% of the education budget along with an enhancement of the total education budget to 7% of GDP,” he said.
It is worth mentioning here that chapter number four “Islamic Education” had been added a month ago after consultation with Ittehad-e-Tanzeemat-e-Deeni Madaris and Ministry of Religion Affairs which declared Islamic Education as duty of the society and the state. It says ideology of the State of Islamic Republic of Pakistan and its fundamental principles were defined in the Objective Resolution 1949, which is part of the constitution.
The NEP has largely been agreed upon by all the federating units and has become a jointly owned national document. After the approval of the policy each province and area will develop implementation strategies and plans as per its won priorities including current ongoing activities.
At the Federal level, the Ministry of Education will collate the plans of the federating units to develop a national picture of educational progress for reporting to international for a and more importantly, presenting it to Inter-Provincial Education Ministers’ Conference—the highest body to oversee development of education in Pakistan.
The NEP 2009 analyses problems and issues hampering the development of education in Pakistan, and outlines a wide range of reforms and policy actions to be taken and pursued in a coordinated federal-inter-provincial process.
The NEP thus outlines what is to be done. The NEP does not deal with who will be what, how something will be done and when something is done?
Past national education policy documents, with some exceptions, largely remained declaration ofs of intent and were not followed up by an effective implementation. Even where implementation did take place, there was no complete process for monitoring and feedback.
To prevent failure of this policy and implementation framework, with a follow up and feedback mechanism will be developed. The basic principles agreed in the 13th Meeting Inter-Provincial Education Minister (IPEM) held on 9 th May, 2008 in Islamabad. The meeting decided and directed that “An Action Plan” will be developed by each Province/Area and collated at the Federal level”.
The purpose of the Action Plan will be to outline, create an understanding and achieve consensus across the federating units as well as within each province and areas, on who will be responsible and who will do what, how will it be done (implementation process, organizational set-up interaction of working groups and advisory panels), and when would be something done (priorities and time scheduling).

increase enrollement

Before I pen down my comments on the subject, let my sincere appreciations be conveyed to the organizers and participants of the recent education conference in Chitral for at least gathering at one place and discussing issues relating to education system in the area.