KARACHI, Nov 1: A ten-day workshop on academic supervision, organized by the Middle School Project Sindh (MSPS), under its in-service training programme for District Officers, Assistant District Officers and Supervisors, Education, from all over Sindh concluded here on Thursday.

The programme was part of a series of workshops and training programmes, launched by MSPS, in financial collaboration with Asian Development Bank to strengthen primary and secondary level education in the province, especially in the rural areas.

About 29 DOs, ADOs and Supervisors from districts Badin, Mirpurkhas, Thatta and Karachi, attended the programme.

Speaking at the concluding ceremony, Additional Secretary Education, Sindh, Prof Anwar Ahmed Zai, praised the efforts of the organizers and held the view that it would benefit thousands of teachers, students and supervisors in Sindh, besides strengthening and improving present standard of education.

“All those who have attended the course and have learnt something new and unique are fortunate among thousands of their colleagues, who could have the opportunity to learn from foreign qualified educationists and academicians,” he said.

He observed that the programme had been launched to groom and motivate a few selected academicians from the province and now it was their responsibility to show their commitment and impart the knowledge.

The MSPS project manager Talat Jaskani lauded the support extended by the Institute for Educational Development, a project of the Aga Khan University, and termed it a good example of the government-community participation.

She informed that four DOs, ADOs and Supervisors, each from districts Thatta, Badin and Mirpurkhas had been selected to attend the workshop while the rest belonged to various towns of Karachi. Seven resource persons, who specially got trained at Manila, Philippines, shared their knowledge and experience with the participants, she added.

“We have imparted them training on academic, clinical supervision, budgeting, leadership abilities, task management, motivation of communities, financial management, development of model schools in their concerned areas” she informed.—PPI