Role of the Sindh Education Foundation.
Sindh Education Foundation (SEF), a semi-autonomous organisation, was established under the Sindh Education Foundation Act 1992 to enhance the education system with the collaboration of the Sindh Government.
Today, the foundation has extended several components such SAS, (Sef Assisted Schools), ESSP (Existing Schools Support Program), SMHS, (Sef Middle/High Schools) and AALTP (Adult and Adolescent Training Program). There are more than 1800 schools with an enrollment of more than 450000 students across the province who are getting free of cost quality education and free of cost Oxford and STBB books.
SEF's schools are purely subsidy based. In general, the schools are opened where there is no government school or with at least 1 to 1.5 Km distance from the government schools with at least 100 strength of children to be enrolled. There is a prescribed way of selecting schools. Any graduate holder who possesses the abilities to run schools may apply for the schools. Additionally, non-profit organisations are also preferred for schools. An amount of 700/child subsidy is paid to the entrepreneur/ operator for primary level (PPRS, SAS and ESSP) whereas 1000/child subsidy and 1200/ child subsidy is paid for middle and high schools on monthly basis respectively. Advance subsidy for the period of 3 months and rehabilitation cost is also paid to the operator for schools which may vary from program to program. An operator has to run schools and fulfil all the needs of schools from the subsidy, the hiring of qualified teaching staff and their salaries to school administration cost.
SEF has introduced e-learning system for the students from far-flung areas by launching INSTAL Program. The students can now easily access the modern learning technics by operating tablets in which different teaching and learning programs and activities are designed.
'Teach for Change' an innovative program has been initiated in SEF Schools in which professional engagement of fresh, qualified and motivated youth have been hired to bring about a change in the quality of teaching-learning process in the schools through subject-specific teaching support in Mathematics, Science and English, as well as mentoring of teachers with an overarching objective of school improvement. Its main objective is 'Teaching Support Associates' in the Teach for Change initiative work at the Foundation Assisted Schools in a cooperative and collaborative manner both with the management as well as...
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