309 schools in Sindh make the transition from pre-school to primary school smoother
WHAT: A holistic, multi-stakeholder project was developed to strengthen the ability of 309 public primary schools to provide quality pre-primary education, enabling children to successfully transition to Primary School
WHERE: In three districts of Sindh Province, Pakistan: Sukkur, Shikarpur and Karachi
WHEN: The project spanned a three-year period from January 2014 – December 2017
WHO: The project recruited and trained 399 teaching assistants who helped ensure that 26,096 children successfully transitioned to Primary School over the duration of the 3-year project
WHY: Data from ASER Pakistan demonstrated low learning levels amongst children in the early grades, in addition to difficulties transitioning from early childhood education to primary school. As the early school years are crucial building blocks to all future progress in school, this project aimed to provide quality pre-primary education to prepare children for Grade 1.
