LAHORE: Minister for Education Rana Mashhood Ahmed Khan and British Council CEO Sir Martin Davidson spoke at a panel discussion held in connection with the Punjab Education and English Language Initiative’s (PEELI) first anniversary.
Khan outlined various initiatives the provincial government had taken to improve the education sector in the province.
He said he hoped that PEELI would contribute to the government’s strategy in this regard.
Sir Martin said that he looked forward to seeing excellent work by PEELI. “I hope PEELI colours education in the Punjab for the better,” he said.
He thanked the government for taking the initiative with the British Council and said they aimed to improve educational yield. “This is of crucial importance to the Punjab.”
Barbara Payne of the Department for International Development (DFID) and Ehsan Bhutta of the Directorate of Staff Development spoke on the quality of instruction in English language.
Since its launch, PEELI has reached approximately 94,000 teachers through various interventions.
This had a slipover for at least three million school going children, organisers said.
Organisers said that PEELI had set up well-equipped resource centres in Lahore and Multan and planned to set up offices in other districts.
They also said the programme aimed to reach around 300,000 teachers by 2018.
PEELI works in collaboration with the Schools Education Department and the Directorate of Staff Development to train teachers, teacher educators and education managers to bring about a successful transition to English-medium instruction across the Punjab.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 18th, 2014.
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