Over 700 students of Government Higher Secondary School, Dosehra in District Charsadda got a direct introduction to the Better Environment School Team (BEST) project in a ceremony launching the initiative in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. BEST had already seen a soft launch in KP at GGHSS Shahbaz Garri in Mardan during the visit of the British High Commissioner Thomas Drew.
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The District Media Sensitisation Workshop in Rahim Yar Khan was greeted by the gathered participants as a unique activity to strengthen the media's role in bringing the focus on education. Fifth in a series of such workshops, the event was held in Rahim Yar Khan with the active participation of the district's journalists, teachers, community members and education department officials.
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Charsadda was the setting of a unique gathering, where the district's media connected with the different stakeholders of the education landscape. Drawing on the three successful District Media Sensitisation Workshops in Faislabad, Mardan and Sialkot, the Charsadda edition was geared towards bridging the gap between the media, the district education office-bearers and the community.
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Government Kinnaird High School for Girls, Lahore brought the perfect setting for a short but impactful visit for UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson as he basked in his role as a passionate advocate for girls' education. Accompanied by DFID Pakistan's Head Joanna Reid, Boris Johnson received a heartfelt welcome from the students and teachers of the school, which went beyond the traditional roadside billboards.
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For the majority of the young journalists attending the District Media Sensitisation Workshop in Sialkot, it was a unique event on issues surrounding education reporting. The third in a series of such media sensitisation workshops, the Sialkot chapter brought together 25 representatives from print, electronic and social media from around the district.
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A surge of positive energy and excitement was visible from the students and teachers of the Government High School 61/RB, Jaranwala at the District Launch Ceremony in Faisalabad District. The Deputy Head of DFID Pakistan, led a delegation of DFID officials to the school where she was welcomed by the Executive District Officer (Education) Mr Bashir Ahmed Goraya and members of the school's CCSI.
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Media persons savoured the rare opportunity for candid discussion on school improvement and how media can play a positive role. The occasion was the District Media Sensitisation Workshop on Media for Education held in collaboration with Abdul Wali Khan University. Second of the series, the workshop brought together 30 carefully identified media representatives from print, radio, television, and social media.
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Feeling elated as their call to help is finally being answered, the students, parents and teachers of the Government Kinnard Girls High School cannot hide their happiness as they talk about the new blocks of class rooms rapidly coming up on the premises. The latest person to lend an ear is none other than the IMC Worldwide Board Director and Adviser, Mathew Honey.
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Thanks to the DFID-assisted School Construction & Rehabilitation Programme (SCRP) nearly a 1000 girl students of the Government Girls Higher Secondary School Shahbaz Ghari, Mardan will receive respite from days of classes in the open, harsh temperamental weather.
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A Department of International Development (DFID) Evaluation Team, headed by Marc Ducroquet-Lavin, made its first field visit to Humqadam Schools in Faisalabad, where construction had begun in earnest during the last week of September.
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