New Degrees Pre-STEP Pakistan USAID Program for Teachers

New Degrees Pre-STEP Pakistan USAID Program for Teachers

Introduction

In keeping with the National Education Policy, Pre-STEP is supporting the Government of Pakistan, provincial Departments of Education and the Higher Education Commission (HEC) in implementing the B. Ed. (Hons.) Elementary to replace the Diploma, CT and PTC teaching credentials.  In the short term, the initial two years (in Punjab the first three years) of the B. Ed. (Hons.) Elementary, will comprise a teaching degree for elementary school teachers called the Associate Degree in Education (ADE).

The new degree is designed to be offered in eight semesters (four semesters for the ADE). This will be a significant change from the annual system followed by colleges and RITEs, and the hybrid annual/semester system followed by some universities.

The new degrees encourage a change in approaches to teaching and learning, away from an over reliance on a teacher-centered lecture method to learner centered, active learning approaches that encourage the development of skills and dispositions for teaching, in addition to knowledge required for teaching. This change also involves a change in the way prospective teachers are assessed. In the new degree, work completed during a course will count towards a final grade at the end of a semester.

Pakistan has a set of 10 national professional standards for teachers. The new degree is designed to help prospective teachers achieve the highest quality of teaching as described by these standards.

Institutions Offering the ADE/B.Ed Degree Program

Provincial Departments of Education and the Higher Education Commission (HEC) with support from Pre-STEP will be offering the ADE/B. Ed. (Hons.) Elementary in forty-six government elementary colleges of education/RITEs and thirteen universities.

Colleges (46)	Universities (13)
Government Elementary College of Education (GECE),Women, Hussainabad	Karakorum International University
Government Elementary College of Education (GECE), Men-Women, Hyderabad	University of Karachi
Government Elementary College of Education (GECE), Men, Sukkur	University of Sindh, Jamshoro
Government Elementary College of Education (GECE), Men-Women, Mithi	Sardar Bahadur Khan Women’s University
Government Elementary College of Education (GECE), Men, Larkana	University of Balochistan
Government Elementary College of Education (GECE), Men, Dadu	University of Hazara
Government Elementary College of Education (GECE), Men, Qasimabad-Karachi	University of Peshawar
Government Elementary College of Education (GECE), Men-Women, Lyari	Gomal University
Government Elementary College of Education (GECE), Men, Mirpurkhas	University of the Punjab
Government Elementary College of Education (GECE), Men, Khairpur	University of Education, Lahore
Government Elementary College of Education (GECE), Men-Women, PITE-Nawabshah	Fatima Jinnah Women University
Government College of Elementary Teachers (GCET), Men, Faisalabad	Bahauddin Zakariya University
Government College of Elementary Teachers (GCET), Women, D.G. Khan	University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir
Government College of Elementary Teachers (GCET), Women, Bahawalpur
Government College of Elementary Teachers (GCET), Men, Kasur
Government College of Elementary Teachers (GCET), Men, Lalamusa
Government College of Elementary Teachers (GCET), Men, Shahpur-Sargodha
Government College for Elementary Education (GCEE), Women, Pishin
Government College for Elementary Education (GCEE), Women, Loralai
Government College for Elementary Education (GCEE), Men-Women, AgroTech-Quetta
Government College for Elementary Education (GCEE), Women, Quetta
Government College for Elementary Education (GCEE), Men, Uthel Lasbela
Regional Institutes of Teacher Education, Women, Peshawar
Regional Institutes of Teacher Education, Women, Charsadda
Regional Institutes of Teacher Education, Women, Kohat
Regional Institutes of Teacher Education, Women, D I Khan
Regional Institutes of Teacher Education, Women, Dargai
Regional Institutes of Teacher Education, Women, Abbotabad
Regional Institutes of Teacher Education, Women, Mansehra
Regional Institutes of Teacher Education, Men, Peshawar
Regional Institutes of Teacher Education, Men, Mardan
Regional Institutes of Teacher Education, Men, D I Khan
Regional Institutes of Teacher Education, Men, Kohat
Regional Institutes of Teacher Education, Men, Lower Dir
Regional Institutes of Teacher Education, Men, Haripur
Regional Institutes of Teacher Education, Men-Women, Chitral
Government College of Education, Men-Women, Gilgit
Government College of Education, Women, Skardu
Government College of Elementary Teachers (GCET), Men-Women, Muzaffarabad
Government College of Elementary Teachers (GCET), Men-Women, Rawalakot
Government College of Elementary Teachers (GCET), Men-Women, Mirpur