By Ayub Ejaz | Project Leader
Peace School for Afghan Refugees and Host Communities
Report – March 2022- August 2022
Peace School for Afghan Refugees and Host Communities
Report –March 2022- August 2022
Zara:
Zara a 10 years old girl is the middle child among 4 siblings. Her father is a garbage collector and his mother is a housewife. Her mother use to segregate the garbage which his father collects from the outside the whole day and dump it at home. Her mother after doing household chores segregates the waste and wraps it. It took half of her day to help his husband with his work.
She belongs to a very low-income group, and he mentioned that many times he came to school without breakfast, sometimes his family didn’t get food at night time.
Her performance in school is satisfactory. During the COVID, her father didn’t want her to continue her studies. She took her and her younger brother along with himself with his work. She took a chance to report her school principal about it. The principal called a meeting of both parents and convinced them about the issue. She also told them that child labor is illegal as per law. The family was convinced after two sessions.
This courage was provided by the school and the sessions conducted on several social issues, with mothers and children.
Zara wanted to become an Army officer in the future.
Regular Staff Meeting
The staff meeting is held regularly to assess the work plan and ongoing studies. This time it was held to plan the strategies for the midterm examination of the students. It has been observed that during the COVID-19 and the school schedules given on the Government’s instructions and notifications, the students are lacking behind in their studies. The students were serving as unpaid family help and were out of the focus from studies. The student had a summer vacation of 2 months June and July 2022 and after that the new session started. The school had new admissions of the people who came from other areas
Final Term Examinations:
Final examinations were held in the school. The examinations were based on the curriculum shared with the parents. The syllabus was on the fast track and the studies were given home tests before the examinations.
Campaign for COVID-19 Vaccination
A regular campaign is being done by the school staff on a voluntary basis to ensure that all the parents and the students are fully vaccinated. The Government took an initiative to vaccinate school going children now and they have started in schools also. Most of the children are
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