Dynamic girl determent to introduce reforms in AJK schools

ISLAMABAD

When you have the ability and will to effect a change for the better, no matter how difficult the task may be,  it can be achieved with determination and application. This has been proven by a young but dynamic woman in Rawalakot.

A young woman from a remote village of Rawalakot has taken the charge to improve the education standard in Azad Jammu and Kashmir schools, lacking in quality and relevance.

“I believe that the only way to save the schools is to improve them, and they can only be improved by enhancing the quality of education, building capacity and skills of teachers with effective community engagement” emphasized Dania Javaid

Dania,  Incharge of Girls Primary School Dhoke Dreak, Rawalakot, to improve the educational standard of her school, gathered the alumni of GGPS Dhoke to fundraise affecting improvements needed to deliver quality education to 120 students of her primary school. This worthwhile initiative was started in August 2021 with many benefits for school students.

The school is located in a hilly area and all the students belong to economically, socially, and ethnically marginalized families, said Dania, adding that this school was the only hope for these families to educate their children.

“Regretfully, the school lacked even basic facilities imperative for maintaining a conducive learning environment.”   With the help of overseas Kashmiris, who were the former students of the school, Dania was able to arrange a uniform distribution ceremony this week, where school uniforms were distributed among 120 deprived students.

In order to acknowledge their contribution, people from different fields were invited including the DG Directorate of Curriculum AJK, the Provincial Secretary AJK Scouts Association, and other educationists and community members.

The dignitaries, while applauding the splendid efforts of Dania, termed the primary school Dhoke as Model Primary School of Azad Kashmir. They also pledged to help the community in getting the school upgraded from primary to the middle level which has not been done since 1979.

Dania, who has won the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to pursue her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from a top-notch American University has also been working on promoting adult education, especially women’s literacy in AJK. For this purpose, she encouraged and facilitated a group of educated women to teach their fellow beings in the evening at her school.