The Sindh Education Foundation (SEF) has launched a book titled “Dard Kay Rishtay” for neo-literate adult women learners and their educators.
A statement released on Sunday said the SEF hosted a launching ceremony of another book “Dard Kay Rishtay” in its “Ujlee Rahein” (Qaida and Teachers’ Guide) series, which is part of SEF’s publications portfolio comprising theme-based post-literacy materials for neo-literate adult women learners and their educators.
The Code of Conduct of employees was also presented by the SEF and copies of the code in Urdu and Sindhi were distributed among the audience.
While primary education remains the organisation’s prime intervention area, through the Women’s Literacy and Empowerment Programme (WLEP) the SEF has extended educational and self-developmental opportunities to the disadvantaged adult women.
In an effort to continuously enrich the programme and facilitate the teaching-learning process, the foundation also develops various educational and post-literacy materials.
SEF Programme Adviser Prof Rehana Mughni launched her new book “Dard Kay Rishtay”, an addition to the adult literacy books series “Ujlee Rahein” that she has authored and is being utilised in the WLEP.
Mughni commended the unique manner in which SEF utilises its resources, such as the adult literacy stories in the development of learners by taking the subject matter and moulding it to fit the cultural context of the province.
She said these books talk about relevant social issues, and in some situations aim to provide solutions for them.
She also said to discover relevant issues faced by women, the SEF team and she travelled all over rural Sindh, and talked to women in the villages at the grassroots level and asked what mattered to them.
She further said the stories are a manifestation of the foundation’s continuous efforts towards developing issue-based resource materials for educating adult women learners.
SEF Managing Director Prof Anita Ghulam Ali lauded Mughni on her new book and highlighted the critical role of the various publications of the SEF in achieving the overarching goals of education and development.
Ali said dissemination of information and knowledge hidden in the latest publication would surely spread the rays of hope and awareness among the neo-literate adult women learners.
She expressed hope that increased support and synergies between the learning facilitators and learners would revitalise the social development efforts in the less privileged communities of Pakistan, specifically in Sindh.
Dr Habiba Hassan, a paediatrician by profession and a women’s rights activist, said the commitment and tireless efforts made by Prof Ali in the field of women empowerment are to be lauded and are without a doubt a boon to this nation.
