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.