Education Sector

Education

Quality basic education is important not only for preparing individuals for the subsequent higher educational levels but also to equip them with the requisite basic life skills. Quality education also ensures increased access and equality and it is mainly due to these reasons that various international Forums and Declarations have emphasized improvements in the quality of education.

   Strengthening the quality of education in the area of its influence has been one of our top agenda item. Since inception the organization has been experimenting with a number of initiatives and interventions for improving the quality of education with the assistance of national and international NGOs, foreign donors and influential people of the locality. Moreover, the organization in the collaboration of the Village Jirga and some donors has worked for the expansion of educational infrastructure to bring the area at par with the rest of the N.W.F.P. Recently SESWA Constructed its own building for the Shewa Model School (SMS) with the aim to give a permanent basis to its educational efforts and provide innovative leadership in overcoming the educational deficit of the area which is quite obvious both in terms of quality as well as quantity.

 No one can deny the heavy burden over the government schools, aged curriculum and lack of facilities to provide a conducive environment for the students to get quality education. Keeping these facts in mind, the organization took the historical decision to establish a primary model school for the poor and destitute children of the area. It was a difficult job with limited resources but with utmost confidence, courage and dedication of the persons associated with it, the experiment was successfully carried out.  

The school was initially started   in the year 2004 in a hired building with seven classrooms, a computer lab and library. Gradually with the growing number of students and interest of the community, the Board of Governors after deliberation with the senior members, HID Sector and educationists of the area, conceived a plan for establishing a middle school to address the demand of the community. The plan was then discussed with the Executive Body, which resulted in an allocation of two million rupees for the construction of the building of the school on land already procured by SESWA.  The Executive Body SESWA also nominated a construction committee to handle the task effectively.

  After completion of the project, the Board of Governors and the Executive Body SESWA decided to inaugurate the school on April 22, 2007 . Accordingly all the general members, affiliated members, VOs’ office bearers, local elites, Jarga members and renowned personalities of the area were invited to the eventful ceremony. The permanent building of SESWA model school will not only provide  opportunities of experimenting with innovative ways of learning and education but will also boast the confidence of the SESWA members to work more earnestly in the direction of their cherished goal of building a peaceful and prosperous society.

 Through out its existence SESWA has persistently pursued policies for the welfare of the common man in general and promotion and improvement of education in particular. Some of which are the following;  

1. Holding of competitive examinations: Since 1995 the organization has been regularly conducting competitive examinations among the students of the surrounding schools in order to create the sense of completion and achievement and high light the importance and value of hard work and self reliance. in the children of the area.

2. Distribution of books and schools’ uniform amongst the deserving students:- alongside the competitive examinations, advertisements are published in the local newspapers and also pasted in the public places for the deserving students to submit applications to be considered for the provision of text books and schools’ uniforms. Special committee selects the deserving students.

3. Establishment of Shewa Welfare Fund: Mr. Yousaf Khan (Retired Air Vice Marshall), social worker of the area, has established the SWF for the deserving and talented students of the area. Under the program an amount Rs. 90,000 is given as scholarship to the deserving students. The students are selected with a strict procedure to avoid any kind of discrepancies with the rules and guidelines as set by the founder and the organization mutually.

4. Teachers Training Program (TTP): In order to introduce new methodologies at the classroom level, teachers of the area are trained on regular basis. Modules for the trainings are developed in collaboration with the retired schoolteachers, educationists and experts of the area. Help is also sought from internationally renowned experts and educationists. The trainings are conducted and facilitated by the staff members and external facilitators.

5. SESWA regularly organizes walks, campaigns and rallies for the promotion of education and convincing the parents to get their children admitted. Moreover, efforts are also taken to aware the masses about the importance of education to cope with the drop out rates.

6. Regular workshops and seminars at the district level are arranged for proper lobbying and advocacy purpose.    
7. SESWA also facilitate all the schools of the locality, forward their applications and demands the District Education officials and Ministry of education for necessary actions and help them in mitigating their problems.