Pakistan Education

Efforts
By: Maddie Tisher
Statistics
○ Pakistan has the 2nd highest number of out of school children
○ Female literacy rate: 49%
○ 32% of primary school age girls are out of school in Pakistan
○ By age six, 59% of girls are out of school
○ Only 13% of girls are still in school by 9th grade
○ 22.6 million kids are out of school in Pakistan between 5 to 16 years of age
Siyani Sahelian/Wise Friends

By who and when was What is it?

it established?

2018 Second chance program

for out of school
Initiated by: adolescent girls in
Idara-E-Taleem-O-Aagahi Pakistan.

CEO: Baela Raza Jamil (9-19)

Idara-E-Taleem-O-Aagahi (ITA)

○ “Centre of Education and Consciousness” Public Trust

○ Expanded across the country with 23 offices and 131 staff
○ Certified by the Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy (PCP)
○ Advocate and demonstrate universal access to quality learning and standard setting in
education
○ Response to the deeply felt crises of learning
 Nutrition
Menstruation Embroidery

Domestic Violence Critical Thinking

Beautician Self Defense

Health & Hygiene Mental Health

Financial Literacy Leadership

Entrepreneurship Self Awareness

Tailoring
Mobile Cinema
○ Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy
○ Taken to villages with no
power, tv or cinemas
○ Educational lessons
○ https://itacec.org/SiyaniSa
helian/life_skills_based_e
ducation.html
The United States

○ Second Chance Pell Experiment

○ Federal TRIO Programs
○ Title 1 (Every Student Succeeds Act)
Dedication To Their Women
○ Seeking disadvantage populations of young women
○ Teaching them about their bodies, voices, and abilities
○ Domestic violence, menstruation, mental health, self awareness, self
defense etc…
Thoughts, Comments, Questions or
Concerns?
Sources:
https://hundred.org/en/innovations/siyani-sahelian-wise-friends-2nd-chance-program-for-out-of-school-adolescent-girls-in-pakistan

https://hundred.org/en/innovations/siyani-sahelian-wise-friends-2nd-chance-program-for-out-of-school-adolescent-girls-in-pakistan

https://palnetwork.org/english-es/making-unequal-equal-campaigning-for-gender-equality-through-education/

https://pakistanlearningfestival.com/tlf_karachi_2022/

https://itacec.org/SiyaniSahelian/

https://itacec.org/SiyaniSahelian/life_skills_based_education.html

https://www.unicef.org/pakistan/education

https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-department-education-announces-expansion-second-chance-pell-program-and-actions-help-incarcerated-individuals-resume-educational-journeys-
and-reduce-recidivism

https://www.bestcolleges.com/blog/second-chance-programs/

https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/trio/index.html#:~:text=TRIO%20includes%20eight%20programs%20targeted,middle%20school%20to%20postbaccalaureate%20programs.

https://www2.ed.gov/programs/titleiparta/index.html