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Concluding Ceremony of the ECD (early Childhood Development) Teacher
Training Program at Eagle Eye Educational Institute, Seen Lasht/
CHITRAL: The Eagle Eye Educational Institute awarded Certificates at a
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 program 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 their classrooms. The teaching focused on enhancing the
practical skills of the trainees especially in the area of story
telling, poems, games and other creative arts. Developing reflective
practice through writing daily reflective journals was an important
expectation during the training.
The participants were also familiarized on the Learning Through Play
Program developed by Hincks- Dell crest Centre in Toronto, Canada
whose objective is to work with parents of children 0 – 6 years at
home to prepare them for school readiness and to involve children in
simple activities at home to enhance brain development. The brain is
the only organ in the body which is not fully developed at birth but
by the age of 5, 90% of the synapses are made depending on the kinds
of experiences and attachment provided to them by their parents and
caregivers in the early years. It is hoped that the participants will
hold parenting sessions in their respective villages to discuss with
parents ways and means of taking advantage of this window of
opportunity in child development so that a solid foundation is set for
the future success of our Chitrali children. The Urdu Calendars for
parents distributed to the participants provide a variety of tips to
parents in a pictorial and user friendly manner.
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 who
oversaw the program with participation of local trainers, Mir Zaman
Shah, the GM of Aga khan Education Services, Chitral, Zulfiqar Ali,
the Principal of the Aga Khan Higher Secondary School and Ms. Gul
Hawa, the Principal of Eagle Eye School spoke about the importance of
the ECD program.
The participants shared their experiences during the concluding
program. They highlighted the immense benefits of the training
program to their professional development and were very appreciative
of the practical skills which have prepared them to lead as ECD
teachers in their respective areas in Chitral. The confidence and
commitment of the participants in enhancing quality learning of our
young children was clearly visible in their presentations of the Holy
Quran, Naat, Duas, poems, skits, etc.
In his address, the Chief Guest Dr. Tajik lauded the efforts of Eagle
Eye Educational Institute in building capacity of Early Childhood
educators as this is an area of major focus by AKDN institutions and
other NGOs in Chitral. He emphasized the importance of providing
quality education in the early years to enable a successful future for
our children. Mir Zaman Shah GM AKES,P encouraged the participants to
be persistent in implementing the skills and ideas learned in the
program in their respective schools. Zulfiqar reminded the audience
on the importance for every generation of teachers to provide
education based on the need of the time and we cannot afford to teach
the next generation in the same manner as we were taught by our
teachers. The program concluded with a brief display of engaging
resources created by the participants.
G.H. Farooqi PO Box NO. 50 GPO Chitral OR Bank Islami Main Branch Chitral
telephone No. 03337069572, 03469002167, 03159698446, 03025989602, 0943
3207373, 316052, 414418 email: gulhamad@gmail.com
chitral phtoso
Concluding Ceremony of the ECD (early Childhood Development) Teacher
Training Program at Eagle Eye Educational Institute, Seen Lasht/
CHITRAL: The Eagle Eye Educational Institute awarded Certificates at a
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 program 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 their classrooms. The teaching focused on enhancing the
practical skills of the trainees especially in the area of story
telling, poems, games and other creative arts. Developing reflective
practice through writing daily reflective journals was an important
expectation during the training.
The participants were also familiarized on the Learning Through Play
Program developed by Hincks- Dell crest Centre in Toronto, Canada
whose objective is to work with parents of children 0 – 6 years at
home to prepare them for school readiness and to involve children in
simple activities at home to enhance brain development. The brain is
the only organ in the body which is not fully developed at birth but
by the age of 5, 90% of the synapses are made depending on the kinds
of experiences and attachment provided to them by their parents and
caregivers in the early years. It is hoped that the participants will
hold parenting sessions in their respective villages to discuss with
parents ways and means of taking advantage of this window of
opportunity in child development so that a solid foundation is set for
the future success of our Chitrali children. The Urdu Calendars for
parents distributed to the participants provide a variety of tips to
parents in a pictorial and user friendly manner.
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 who
oversaw the program with participation of local trainers, Mir Zaman
Shah, the GM of Aga khan Education Services, Chitral, Zulfiqar Ali,
the Principal of the Aga Khan Higher Secondary School and Ms. Gul
Hawa, the Principal of Eagle Eye School spoke about the importance of
the ECD program.
The participants shared their experiences during the concluding
program. They highlighted the immense benefits of the training
program to their professional development and were very appreciative
of the practical skills which have prepared them to lead as ECD
teachers in their respective areas in Chitral. The confidence and
commitment of the participants in enhancing quality learning of our
young children was clearly visible in their presentations of the Holy
Quran, Naat, Duas, poems, skits, etc.
In his address, the Chief Guest Dr. Tajik lauded the efforts of Eagle
Eye Educational Institute in building capacity of Early Childhood
educators as this is an area of major focus by AKDN institutions and
other NGOs in Chitral. He emphasized the importance of providing
quality education in the early years to enable a successful future for
our children. Mir Zaman Shah GM AKES,P encouraged the participants to
be persistent in implementing the skills and ideas learned in the
program in their respective schools. Zulfiqar reminded the audience
on the importance for every generation of teachers to provide
education based on the need of the time and we cannot afford to teach
the next generation in the same manner as we were taught by our
teachers. The program concluded with a brief display of engaging
resources created by the participants.
G.H. Farooqi PO Box NO. 50 GPO Chitral OR Bank Islami Main Branch Chitral
telephone No. 03337069572, 03469002167, 03159698446, 03025989602, 0943
3207373, 316052, 414418 email: gulhamad@gmail.com