How did you develop curriculum for the program?
The programme team developed the curriculum and teaching / learning materials for preschool and after-school courses. They used the government curriculum as a guide to ensure that the lessons will prepare Pashai students to do well when they enter the formal education system.
The two-year pre-primary programme is three hours a day, five days a week. The curriculum goals for each year are below:
In Year 1 students will... In Year 2 students will...
•• Adjust to school environment
•• Build fluency in oral Pashai
•• Develop oral Pashai language
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Begin pre-reading & pre-writing in Pashai
•• Begin oral Pashto
•• Learn basic mathematics
•• Develop socially and emotionally
•• Learn about the heritage culture
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Take part in physical education activities
•• Begin reading and writing in Pashai
•• Build competency in oral Pashto
•• Begin transferring literacy skills to Pashto
•• Expand knowledge of mathematics
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Continue social and emotional development
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Build general knowledge and appreciate heritage culture
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Continue physical development
Curriculum for the three-year after-school classes has three goals for students:
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•• Build fluency in Pashai and Pashto literacy
•• Understand math concepts
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Understand their daily lessons and complete homework assignments for other school subjects
How did you develop classroom materials?
The Pashai programme team, with support from a technical advisor, developed materials for the pre-primary and after school classes. These included a Pashai primer, twenty-five Pashai reading books, a pictorial dictionary, a book of proverbs, a riddle book and several story books.
How do you train teachers?
One-week training workshops for MTB BE pre-primary and after-school classes take place at the beginning of each school year and at the beginning of each term.
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