iEARN CIVICS-Pakistan

iEARN-CIVICS Phase-1:1999-2000

The iEARN CIVICS Program was initiated in Pakistan in 1999 by piloting it in 2 Pakistani schools; Sultan Mohamed Shah Aga Khan School-Karachi and the Headstart School-Islamabad. Rachelle Englar an iEARN trainer from USA spend two weeks in Karachi and Islamabad training the pioneering group of iEARN teachers in Pakistan from 6 different schools . As part of the CIVICS Phase -1 activities Farah S.Kamal from SMS Aga Khan School and Shahnaz Zafar from Headstart School participated in  a 3 weeks iEARN training programme in USA. 

Following this training iEARN CIVICS students projects was successfully integrated in several schools in Pakistan . The Phase -1  developed local expertise capable enough to respond to the training and support needs for new iEARN schools and programs in Pakistan.

iEARN CIVICS Phase -2: 2000-2001

  Two Pakistani Educators Ms. Farah Kamal  and Nazleen Shiraz of SMS Aga Khan School traveled to Cairo to participate in a CIVICS-regional conference.

Nazleen Shiraz went ahead to participate in an exchange and training program with community and schools of  New Maxico-USA

Bina Ashraf Ali from Dawood Public School participated in a 3 weeks exchange program  in Sunnyside Elementary School in Washington, USA.

Read more about it: http://www.iearn.org/civics/spotlights/p02.html

iEARN CIVICS Phase -3: 2001-2002

 45 educators from 20 schools of different cities of Pakistan received 3 days teacher training in two workshops organized in collaboration with Consulate General of US in Karachi and Islamabad.                                                                 

Mr. Nasim Siddique of NCC School Rawalpindi and Ms. Parveen Mehboob of Al Murtaza School have successfully merited to participate in a 3 weeks iEARN Teachers Training and Development Programme in New York-USA in fall 2002.Read more about this exchangge programme at : http://www.iearn.org/civics/decemberworkshop/

 iEARN CIVICS Phase -4: 2002-2003

 And now in 2002, we are preparing to launch the Phase -4 of the   CIVICS Project which will recruit 15 new schools and train 30 teachers nationwide in an iEARN CIVICS-BRIDGE national Workshop.