Education Watch report 2000
by SAHE-Pakistan (Society for Advancement of Education)

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The Society for the Advancement of Education (SAHE) was set up in 1982 by a group of concerned citizens and academics to respond to the deteriorating standards of education. SAHE is one of the first NGOs to focus on the cause of accessible quality education for the disadvantaged in Pakistan.

Education is the key for realizing Pakistan's abundant human resource potential. For nearly two decades SAHE has sought to develop and propagate innovative methods that facilitate access to education for the greatest number while ensuring minimum standards. It has been part of the effort many people are making throughout Pakistan to involve the citizen and the community in the struggle for better education. In the course of its work SAHE also undertakes research and consultative services for government and international agencies.

SAHE's Education Watch Report 2000 `Engaging with Basic Education in Pakistan' seeks to draw attention to some key aspects of Pakistan's current education scenario with a view to mobilizing opinion for change. Section I looks at the issue of enabling our children to secure access to quality basic education by reference to Public, Private and NGO schools. Recent surveys, on which the section is based, indicate the potential and limitations of all three models and point to the urgency of instituting reform. Section II investigates the role of the community in ensuring access and quality drawing on the experience of SAHE's community schools in Arifwala and Pakpattan. It also examines the efficacy of School Management Committees as a mechanism for securing community participation for better education, based on an inter-provincial study of SMCs. Section III deals with the Adopt-a-school program that has evoked considerable interest in official as well as non-government circles as a possible panacea for the ills of public sector schools.

from http://www.brain.net.pk/~sahe