Agahi Community Schools
| Agahi Community Schools | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
Mari Khan Khel, Buffa Mera, Safaida, Laberkot (2 schools), Mazullah, Maidan | |
| Information | |
| Type | Primary, child-centred |
| School district | Maneshra |
| Oversight | Parent committee |
| Gender | 50:50 |
| Average class size | 30 |
| Teachers | All community-based women |
| Website | http://agahischools.org |
The Agahi Community Schools are a series of schools established by the Agahi group. Since 1997 Agahi has established seven community schools in villages in Mansehra District of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. In each village, a Community Based Organization (CBO) known locally as a Tanzeem, made up of parents, is responsible for the management of the school. A sub-committee of Tanzeem members handles operational issues, motivates parents to enrol their children in the school, and helps identify village-based teachers.
Agahi has introduced activity-based education and a modern curriculum in the schools. The Agahi Teacher Training Centre in Mansehra town trains teachers during holidays and provides back-up ‘mentoring’ in the classrooms by sending mentors to the schools to provide support and oversight. All teachers are local women and classes are normally around 50% girls.
Schools
The villages in which Agahi schools are located are:
- Mari Khan Khel
- Buffa Mera
- Safaida
- Laberkot (two schools)
- Mazullah
- Maidan
Mazullah and Maidan schools are near the 2005 Kashmir earthquake ‘red zone’, devastated by the earthquake on 8 October 2005,[1] and were built and continue to be supported by Developments in Literacy (DIL)[2] and Agahi.
References
- ↑ "Pakistan 2005 Earthquake Preliminary Damage and Needs Assessment" Archived October 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine adb.org, accessed 27 April 2009
- ↑ "Mansehra Schools" Archived April 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine dil.org, accessed 27 April 2009
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