To ensure provision of quantity education especially in low-income communities.
OPD adopted provision of quality education and not only literacy as the main objective of its education program. The program started with Home School Education project complemented by training of the teachers of Home schools were
integrated in 1996 in the form of a formal school i.e. Community Model School' The current active components of education program are:
Community Model School (CMS) is a symbol of OPD’s commitment to quality education. The school at Noshehra road, the initial intervention area of OPD, carrying on efforts to impact the light of education to people who need it. CMS has maintained its unique structure among a large number of private schools on the basis of following characteristics.
Mothers' Club (MC) was established to involve parents and especially, mothers in the educational process of their children. Its objectives are
Mothers' Club is a democratic forum consisting of General and Executive bodies. The Executive body i.e. President, Vice president and Secretary are elected by the General Body. Mothers' Club has regular monthly meetings to actualize its objectives. During this year 10 formal and 03 non-formal meetings of others' Club were held. Besides frequently addressed issues, the main issue discussed and decided this year by Mothers' Club was initiation of Secondary classes in CMS and the subjects to be offered. It was decided that CMS will start 9th & 1Oth classes for female students only. Following elective subjects were selected keeping in mind the future utility of the subjects:
Children Club (CC) is meant to enhance the creative abilities of CMS students. It is aimed at inculcating a sense of responsibility and value of democracy among students. It has three sections:
Children Club is a democratic forum and children elect a president, a vice president and a sectary of each section. These heads also participate in the planning of activities for these sections with the help of CC in charge teachers
Year | Achievement |
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1991- 1996 | Home School Project |
1991- continued | Teachers Training program |
1996- continued | Community Model school |
1997 | Municipal corporation schools’ survey |
1998 | Survey of Private Schools of Naushehra Road, Initiation of Education forum |
1999-2000 | OPD-AIE collaborative TTC Project |
2001 | Collaborative agreement with DEO |
2001 | MC’s primary schools’ & Private schools’ teachers’ training |
2002 | Private School Data base survey |
2003 – continued | IT education started |
2003 – continued | Vocational Training Facility |
2004 | Base line survey of Adhi Sargal, Khushab |
2004 – continued | Adult Literacy Initiative in Khushab |