British Council delegation visits a low-cost girls private school

Lahore: A 5-member high level delegation of the British Council led by its U.K. based Chief Executive Martin Davidson visited a low-cost girls private school affiliated with the Punjab Education Foundation (PEF) under its Foundation Assisted School (FAS) program in Baghbanpura.

Other members of the delegation included Stephan Roman Regional Director South Asia, Peter Upton Director British Council Pakistan, Richard Weyers Director British Council Punjab chapter, Ms. Danielle Soper Bhat Training Consultant and Ms. Aisha Nauman Projects Manager.
The purpose of the visit was to personally watch the quality of training being imparted to the English language teachers of various FAS partner schools of the provincial metropolis.

Lahore: The training has been arranged by the PEF in collaboration with the British Council Pakistan to improve and enhance the didactic skills of the English language teachers of elementary and secondary level partner schools under its Certificate in Secondary English Language Teaching (CiSELT) program.

On the occasion, PEF-Deputy Managing Director (HRM) Aamir Iftikhar Ahmed and Director (CPDP) Bushra Saeed Khan briefed the British delegation about various aspects of teachers training program of the Foundation aiming at improving the quality of education of partner schools through teachers’ trainings. Mr. Ahmed said that PEF model of public private partnership, comprising of about 3300 partner schools in 36 districts of the province, has greatly helped to expeditiously extend free education to the doors of poor and the needy. Ms. Khan told that the training modules have been designed to give state of the art trainings to the teachers and follow-up workshops are also held to ensure that the teachers may not forget the training lessons. She maintained that training facility has helped in the standardization of teaching faculty adding that this has broadened their future job prospects, as well.

Later, the British Council delegation visited various class rooms and observed the training session. They also met with teachers & students and inquired about the quality of education and the future plans of the girl students. He said that PEF’s teachers training programs are helpful in improving the quality of education of partner schools. While talking to the students, Martin Davidson hailed their enthusiasm and hoped that it would help in improving teaching methodology.

While appreciating the confidence level and communication skills of the girl students, he said that this program has also promoted learning and creative abilities of the girls who are keen to learn new ideas in teaching. He also assured British Council’s full support to the PEF in its teachers training programs.