Advancements made through Education, In Gilgit Baltistan

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Presentation By:Saad ImtiazMehtaba Hidayat Syed Naveed-ul-Kamil

Our Main Points

Abolishing War & Bringing Peace Through Education

Gender Equity

Bridging The Different Cultures

Empowerment Through Education

NGOs In Promoting Education

Conclusion

Empowerment Through Education:

"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself." - John Dewey

Making a difference

Makes us human beings

Broadens our horizon

Basis of a civilized structured society

Longer Life expectancies:

• Understanding Capabilities• Healthy Choices

Higher self-esteem

Gender Equity:

Past

Education & Women

Impacts

Past:

Male dominated society

Women were limited to home chores only

Lack of communicative skills and conservation

Sense of inferiority

Education & Women:

Islamic obligation:

- “Acq uiring e duc a tio n is o blig a to ry up o n e ve ry Mus lim ” (Hadith)

Conservative societies were reluctant towards female education

Modern education was regarded as unIslamic and against cultural norms

Education empowers women by providing them leadership skills

Eventually people realized the importance of female education

Impacts:Education has equalized the women’s status in society as:

Education reforms:

- Liberation of Afghan Women (1922) proposed an important reform program in Afghanistan for women’s education. (Middle East & Islamic World Reader, Pg.123)

Gender gaps have almost disappeared

Women enrollment rate in universities

Women in all fields

Bridges Among The Different Cultures:

Education reduces social and economic disparity

Education rejects all sorts of discriminations on the basis of ethnicity, caste, color, creed etc

YES (Youth Exchange and Study Program)

-Building bridges of understanding

MUNs (Model United Nations)

-Great source of bringing different cultures closer to each other

Abolishing War & Bringing Peace Through Education:

Following topics will be covered:

Basic Reasons of War

How to Control War through Education

Examples

Basic Reasons of War:

Illiteracy

Incognizance to social values

Inability to communicate peacefully

Discriminations (racial, gender, class, mental) and lack of justice

Misunderstandings

War Eradication:

Thinning out education

Peaceful communication

UNESCO purposes : Through our mind through education that war eradicates and peace must be established

Diversity, justice , equality etc should be promoted

Examples: Dark ages in Europe

Korphe… (Three Cups of Tea)

Peshawar

Afghanistan

UNESCO

“The abolishing of war must be our ultimate goal and its only possible when our society has at least 76%

literacy rate ”

(Joseph Rotblat, Noble prize winner)

NGOs In Promoting Education:

AKESP’s role (AGA Khan Education Services in Pakistan)

CAI (Central Asian Institute)

Foreigners

Community Schools

AKES (Aga Khan Educational Services)

Services

Working under AKDN

AKES since 1980s

Operating more than 300 schools around the globe

Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Uganda, Kenya, Tajikistan, Tanzania and Kyrgyz republic.

Foreigners:

Skurdu was a backward area in Pakistan, Greg made first school and extended his vision throughout Pakistan with the help of CAI.

Diana Mac Aurthur is currently making an English medium school in Murtazabad (a valley in Hunza)

Tsuneo Hasegawa and Masami Hasegawa

CAI:

A non-profit organization

Central Asia Institute’s mission is to promote and support community-based education, especially for girls, in remote regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

. Built 145 schools and over 65000 students are studying

(www.threecupsoftea.com)

Community Based Development: Definition: Community development is a structured intervention that

gives communities greater control over the conditions that affect their lives.

Community Schools:

• Sustainability

• Trustworthy

• Contribution

Conclusion:There have been a number of encouraging trends in the education sector which have brought the following changes: Education has empowered the humankind in different ways to bring a change in this world

There have been a number of encouraging trends in women’s education which has ultimately eradicated the gender disparity

Education has brought the different cultures of the world very closer to each other

Education is the key to abolish war and bring peace

NGOs are playing a vital role in promoting education in remote areas of Pakistan and other countries