The headmaster said to us,‘ If you have other boys in your village, send them to our school.’ The school and the teacher were given honour and respect because of our marks. Now we have respect too( translated by Ms. Erona Matthew).
These Parkari boys from desert schools live in a hostel in the city so they can continue their education.
© Sindh Literacy and Development Programme, Pakistan
MTB MLE RESOURCE KIT Including the Excluded: Promoting Multilingual Education
What are your plans for the future?
As people in the area have seen the success of MT education, requests have come from many communities to open more MLE schools, but the lack of funding makes this very difficult. TCDO and DCDP are each planning to open two more schools in 2016. Two new language communities are developing materials for new pilot schools— one in each language— in 2017. PCDP and KCDA, the two established literacy projects, are focusing on sustainability through clusters and self-help groups. PCDP has initiated a Community Development Network that encourages local communities to provide financial support for their own MT schools and for other community development activities.
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