Parent-teacher councils receive UNICEF training

The United Nations International Fund for Children (UNICEF) Pakistan has supported activation and training of 680 Parent Teachers' Councils (PTCs) in 680 schools of the newly merged tribal districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

As many as 2,190 PTC members, including 1,164 females were trained on the roles and responsibilities and safe functioning of schools in South Waziristan, North Waziristan, Khyber, Kurrum and Orakzai districts, according to a document issued by UNICEF Pakistan on Sunday.

The PTCs would receive conditional grants based on the School Improvement Plans (SIPs) which were developed during the training sessions, it said.

As per the UNICEF Pakistan document, 11 prefabricated school units were completed and handed over to the district departments of education in South Waziristan district. Under the plan, 534 students, including 208 girls, and 21 teachers, including nine female teachers, were directly benefiting from the schools.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 22^nd, 2021.