In the latest development, CM Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif has created history in Punjab by initiating a novel concept, the School on Wheels initiative, to change the future of education. This is a mobile education initiative aiming to bring education to children denied adequate education because of geographical, financial or social reasons.By introducing this programme, the Punjab government is bringing quality education to the most disadvantaged regions of the province and in many cases it may mean the difference between getting an education or not.
What is the School on Wheels Program?
School on Wheels refers to a mobile classroom van which visits different towns, villages or slum areas providing basic education to children not attending schools free of cost. These vehicles become schools in mini that have everything to create an interactive learning and entertaining environment.
Every mobile school van has:
- Easy chairs and tables
- Writing materials and Whiteboards
- Educative charts and pictures
- Smart learning devices which can be tablets or computers
- During drawing and painting, drawing and painting materials are required.
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Key Objectives of School on Wheels
It would be the key objective of the initiative to:
- Give good and free education to school drop out children
- Decrease the population of out-of-school children of Punjab
- Access far and slum regions where years can pass by before permanent schools are constructed
- Promote learning and pile up with struggling children on simple literacy and numeracy
This program will particularly assist the street children, the working children, children in the informal settlements and those who cannot get access to normal schools.
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School On Wheels Program Working Process
The vans have a daily or a weekly route pattern where it visits different localities that have places where the van stops so that children can be able to meet. Educators who guide each session are trained and are contracted and assigned by the Punjab Education Department.
The activity-based child-friendly ways of teaching include:
- Storytelling
- Group learning
- Drawing and painting
- Basic math and language games
- Tablet assisted learning
The sessions are usually 1.5-2 hours, and children can come regularly, as a school period. This is because the curriculum will be gradually increased with subjects and levels.
Areas Covered Under Scheel On Wheels
First, School on Wheels program is starting off in the larger cities and rural districts in Punjab:
- Lahore
- Rawalpindi
- Multan
- Bahawalpur
- Dera Ghazi Khan
- the under-served belts of south Punjab
This is in order to ensure that the number of districts with operational network is increased gradually and potential impact is as much as possible across the 36 districts of the state of Punjab.
Future Plans
The chief minister Maryam Nawaz has also been very vocal in increasing the size of this project further. There are some developments that are coming up:
- There are more vans in the province.
- Launching labs on a move and learning buses
- Joining hands with local NGOs and independent schools in good teaching
- The creation of a tracking system based on providing applications to enrolled children
- Giving certificates and ways leading to official school attendance
Conclusion
The project by CM Maryam Nawaz called School on Wheels is a transformative and humanistic way of addressing one of the most serious problems faced by Pakistan out-of-school children. With the help of vans, the Punjab government is sending a strong message out there, a message that education is a right, not a privilege.This program demonstrates that being innovative and driven with a goal to bring a light to the life of the most ignored children, can help tear up the barriers and open a bright future to the children.
