Human Development Foundation

HDF runs non-formal schools with the participation of the community. Following are the salient features of the program:

1. Education program is carried out in collaboration with one of the existing NGO in Pakistan, which has been active in the field of education. Selection of the NGO is done based on their program and activities in that geographical location.
   
   
2. HDF follows the concept of non-formal schools. According to this the school is basically a one room, where one teacher educates 30-35 children. The children are of different age groups ranging anywhere from 5 years to 10 years.
   
   
3. The curriculum is the same as the government schools, but the goal is to finish the 5 years' curriculum in 3 years. This is possible because there are no summer vacations.
   
   
4. HDF is trying very hard to change the teaching methodology from the traditional "memorization" method to that of "joyful and activity based learning".
   
   
5. Like all other aspects of the program the community is asked to contribute something towards this. So the community provides a room for the school either in someone's house or by building a room.
   
   
6. Teacher's are selected whenever possible from the same community. This way there is very little turn over of teachers. Also the local people trust their children specially daughters with someone they know. The teacher also feels comfortable because he or she knows the community and can deal with several social issues.
   
   
7. The teachers have to go through a teacher's training program before beginning and then periodically after that.
   
   
8. All the expenses except the space (which is provided by the community) are born by HDF. This includes all the material, teacher's salary, teachers' training etc.
   
   
9. The parents are charged a school management fee, which goes into a special fund. This fund will be later used for the sustainability of the school.
   
   
10. There are very active parent teacher associations (PTA). These are involved in the management of the school.
    
    
11. There are regular meetings of all the teachers from various schools in the same community to discuss many issues of the education program.

Date/Time Last Modified: 6/17/2002 4:29:40 PM

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