ISLAMABAD, May 18: The Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training has expanded the use of teacher aid kits to strengthen foundational learning for out-of-school children enrolled in non-formal education centres.
Secretary MoFEPT Nadeem Mahbub visited a National Commission for Human Development non-formal education centre in Bhara Kahu, where he reviewed classroom activities and the use of recently distributed learning materials.
During the visit, the secretary interacted with teacher Maryam Imran and 57 enrolled students to assess how the Non-Formal Education Teacher Aid Kits are being used in daily classroom instruction.
The kits are designed to support interactive, activity-based learning in multigrade classrooms, where one teacher often works with children of different ages and learning levels.
According to MoFEPT, 3,450 teacher aid kits have been distributed to non-formal education teachers across Islamabad Capital Territory, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.
Focus on literacy and numeracy
The teacher aid kits are intended to improve foundational literacy and numeracy through hands-on, participatory and child-centred teaching methods.
Each kit contains 17 educational items, including pocket boards, flashcards, character masks, Snake and Ladder games, handmade puppets, English and Urdu alphabet cards, word-making puzzles, number cards, math jigsaw puzzles, magic charts, science charts, experiment materials and unit tens cards.
The materials are meant to support storytelling, educational games, visual learning, role play and collaborative classroom activities.
Teacher training and classroom support
Nadeem Mahbub appreciated the efforts of non-formal education teachers working at the community level and stressed the importance of using learning materials effectively to improve student engagement and learning outcomes.
MoFEPT said it has also conducted ICT-based orientation sessions for all non-formal education teachers on the use of teacher aid kits and activity-based teaching methods.
The secretary was accompanied by NCHD Director General Ali Asghar and members of the NCHD team during the visit.
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