Category: Events

Project TAF Foundation hosted the Two Days Brainstorming Session on STEM in Non-Formal Education organized by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Advanced Quality Alternative Learning (AQAL) Project Phase II in collaboration with Directorate of Literacy & Non-Formal Education (DLNFE), Directorate of Curriculum Assessment and Research (DCAR) and TAF Foundation, held on 21st and 22nd September 2021.

The objective of this brainstorming session was to initiate dialogue and develop a mechanism where STEM concepts through inquiry-based and experimental learning can be introduced in NFE centers from packages A to E.

The session was graced by Dr Fauzia Khan (Chief Advisor/ Additional Secretary, School Education Department), Asghar Memon (Director, DCAR), Manzoor Ahmed (Deputy Director, DLNFE), Farman Ali Khan (Senior Program Coordinator, Save the Children), Dr Dilshad Ashraf (Associate Professor, AKU-IED) Maham Ali

The NDMA organized a one-day inter-provincial consultation session under the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. Which was done jointly by PDMA Punjab and UNDP. The session was attended by people from various departments across the province. And information relevant to implementing the DRR strategy was discussed. According to the press of Tuesday, the participants of the session were PDMA Punjab, Local Government, Statistics Institute, C&W, Irrigation Department, Health Department, and people from the University of Peshawar.

Idrees Mahsud (Member Disaster Risk Reduction NDMA) welcomed all those present at the session and reviewed all the work being done across the province. He also discussed the need to “reduce disasters in the country”. Also, He told about the Infrastructure of the Sendai Framework and its obligations at the national level.