Sim4Com helps Dawood Public School Teachers become proficient in English.

November 15th, 2008: Sim4Com has rolled-out its newest initiative, an ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR PRIVATE SCHOOL TEACHERS, using an innovative English Literacy software, at the Dawood Public School (DPS). Sabrina Dawood, daughter of the industrial magnate Hussein Dawood and Chief Executive of DPS, has launched this initiative with Sim4Com to help develop English language proficiency of the DPS teachers.

 

These days, most low-cost private and public schools in the country, are unable to provide competent teachers, especially for subjects like English language. Teachers who have a good command over the English language demand salaries that are far in excess of what these schools can afford to pay. Ironically, the course books that these schools use are in English and the teachers, due to a lack of proficiency in the English language, are unable to fully comprehend the material themselves, nor convey it effectively to their students. The lack of knowledge of the English language has led to a downward spiral in the standard of education of the masses.     Although, most teachers are interested in developing their English language skills, a majority of the language training institutes are unable to deliver, and those that are able to effectively teach English charge such exorbitant fees that most teachers cannot afford.

Sim4Com, realized that there was a gap in the market waiting to filled. By offering a well-structured program, which has made more than a million people literate in English, Sim4Com hopes to offer these schools high-value at a very minimal cost. We charge a fraction of  what most good language training institutes would charge today and are still managing to offer the same, if not a better standard. The reason is that most of the teaching content has already been incorporated into the software and the facilitator of the course simply needs to follow a pre-written teaching guide in order to train and achieve outstanding results.  According a Sim4Com spokesman, “We request the media to give coverage to the DPS ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL TEACHERS in order to motivate the management of other low-cost private and public schools to teach their teachers English. We need the Media’s support to galvanize a silent revolution where, instead of relying on the government to solve Pakistan’s educational deficiencies, the educational institutions themselves come forward to implement initiatives that are aimed towards improving the standard of education in their schools, and slowly move towards a curriculum which is being used by the high-end private schools. We would appreciate it if the media could help us out in getting the message out to the masses.”

Sim4Com to use Software to train Government School Teachers

April 21st, 2008: A press conference was held to inform the media about an innovative, teacher training program that uses software to train teachers on how to teach English. A project has just been launched in the Hyderabad District, in conjunction with the District Government and the National Commission for Human Development (NCHD).

As part of the District Government's plan to convert government primary schools into English-medium schools, Sim4Com's English training program is being used to help Government Primary School Teachers (PSTs) develop the skills required to teach English to their students. Teaching English from the primary level is essential for educational reforms in Pakistan. Our masses are at a disadvantage when they apply for higher education or prestigious corporate jobs. Although, the government wants to teach English language from the primary level, most teachers do not have the required skills to teach the language. This presents an opportunity for us to train these teachers, using our tried and tested training software, says Mohammed Ali Millwala, CEO of Sim4Com. His company, has partnered with South Africa's leading adult education and training firm 'Media Works' to teach English to Pakistanis using a state-of-the-art, interactive training software that is being used in many countries around the world.

Sim4Com has been working with some of Pakistan’s largest corporate clients to improve English language training of their employees. Sim4Com’s English teacher training project, the first of its kind in Pakistan, is being facilitated by the National Commission for Human Development (NCHD), as part of an R&D initiative to use international best-practices, technological innovation and local experience to improve the quality of teacher training in Pakistan. An MOU to this effect was signed on the 3rd of March, 2008, between the three parties, and subsequently, training began on the 1st of April, 2008. Â

 

MOU Signing Ceremony for Sim4Com's revolutionary teacher training program.

March 3rd 2008, Hyderabad: A tripartite MoU signing ceremony, for a ground-breaking English teacher training program was held at the Zila Nazim's Office, between the District Government Hyderabad, NCHD and Sim4Com. The ceremony was graced by the Zila Nazim and other istinguished personnel from the Education Department.

This teacher training program uses an innovative training methodology called 'blended learning'. The program is unique because it not only improves English language proficiency of government school teachers, but also trains them to educate their students in a structured manner. Sim4Com provides blended learning training solutions in Pakistan, through partnerships with international training firms. The training program being implemented for training these government school teachers is being used by several educational institutions internationally.

Sohail Rajput, the Director Operations NCHD (Sindh), gave the welcome address, followed by a presentation by the CEO of Sim4Com, Mohammed Ali Millwala and a speech by the Zila Nazim. The signing ceremony, which took place soon after, marked the first step towards achieving the District Government Hyderabad's vision of converting all Urdu-medium public schools into English medium. After the successful implementation of this revolutionary teacher training program, in the words of Sim4Com's CEO, "we will revolutionize teacher training in Pakistan."

LOCAL LITERACY PROGRAMME PROVES POPULAR IN PAKISTAN

Issued by: Alison Job V Squared (011) 678 2227 vsquared@telkomsa.net

Issued on behalf of: Media Works Jackie Carroll (011) 803 0575 jackie@mediaworks.co.za

 

 

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