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NCHD takes Intel® Education Initiative to the far flung areas of the country
National Commission for Human Development, NCHD joined hands with Intel® Education Initiative to promote ICT integration through their CLTC centers in different districts all over Pakistan. A four day workshop with 23 participants from all four provinces was conducted in Islamabad from 28th – 31st January 2008. The participants belonged to Pishin, Kech, Zhob and Lasbela in Balochistan; Manshera, Dera Ismail Khan and Mardan in NWFP; Gujrat, Mandibahuddin and Attock in Punjab; and Badin, Thatta, Umerkot and Jacobabad in Sindh.

The National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) was established by the President of Pakistan, in July, 2001 as a federal statutory body as an initiative to improve social sector outcomes at the grass-root level. The goal of the Commission is to fill the implementation gaps and improve public sector delivery mechanisms. It is currently operating in 32 districts have far-reaching impacts amongst the masses.

The Getting Started Course (part of the Intel® Teach Program) has been created to help acquire technology literacy skills and develop 21st century teaching and learning approaches amongst the teachers and the students. The purpose of the workshop was to enrich teacher' knowledge and to provide them the opportunity to plan enhancement activities for their classrooms. The training was funded by NCHD.

NCHD takes Intel® Education Initiative to the far flung areas of the country NCHD takes Intel® Education Initiative to the far flung areas of the country
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NCHD takes Intel® Education Initiative to the far flung areas of the country NCHD takes Intel® Education Initiative to the far flung areas of the country
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The trainees were requested to give their feedback during the workshop and their experiences of implementation. Majority of the participants agreed that the training had a positive impact on their teaching methods implemented in their Community Technology Learning Centers (CTLC).

“I practiced the 21st century approaches in my class and saw a noticeable change in the learners’ attitudes. I feel that my students have become a learning machine all of a sudden and my classroom is a fun-filled place of discussion rather than a strict typical classroom. I am very contented with this new approach in my teaching practices” Madiha Farooq, Mardan.

The CTLC Project of NCHD with its intervention and untiring efforts has improved the lives of people who otherwise could perhaps never get the opportunity to have access to free quality IT training. NCHD’s National Literacy Program has been awarded the 2006 UNESCO International Reading Association Literacy Prize.