LAHORE: The Literacy & Non-Formal Basic Education (L&NFBE) Department has initiated a five-day training of master trainers about Accelerated Learning Programme for the Primary Section (ALP-P) in five districts with the technical assistance of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
Additional secretary, director training, deputy chief adviser JICA and provincial coordinator JICA-AQAL project were present.
Under the ALP-P, L&NFBE has set up the ALP non-formal schools in five districts of south Punjab to provide a second chance to those children who are not able to join any formal school or who have dropped out. These schools will provide primary education to such students with a new curriculum and textbooks in thirty-two months.
Curriculum and textual material have been specifically designed according to the newly approved Single National Curriculum.