A huge number of teachers marked their presence vibrantly among the leading scholars, educationists and children here at Capital’s second Teachers Literature Festival on Thursday, starting of the three-day literature celebrations at Lok Virsa.
Idara-e -Taleem-o-Aagahi and Lok Virsa in collaboration with Oxford University Press and Open Society Foundation are organizing the literature celebrations where the two-day Children Literature Festival would be inaugurated today (Friday) by Federal Minister for information Senator Parvez Rasheed at the same venue.
Capital’s second Teachers Literature Festival succeeded to attract more than 5000 teachers presenting a large number of renowned and well known authors, literary figures and performers through different interactive sessions including Art of Reading with Expression by Rumana Husain. Famous TV actor Adeel Hashmi shared important and unique understanding of Faiz Ahmed Faiz while Izzah Meyer facilitated a consulting session for teachers’ involvement in the making of new education policy. Renowned vocalist Tina Sani and TV actor cum singer Khaled Anum shared their thoughts in a session “Word and Music and the changing times”.
The audience celebrated the famous drama “Toba Tek Singh” of renowned writer Saadat Hassan Manto presented through Dastaan Goi by Taimoor Rehman and Tajdaar Zaidi.
On the first day known writer Haseena Moin shared her thoughts in a session “How to write a script”. A special session “How to protect yourself from online harassment” was held by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) was also held. A documentary on Margala Hills National Park was presented by Dawood Foundation.
CLF inauguration would be followed by day long activities including Performance of Folk Artists facilitated by Lok Virsa, an interactive session “Promoting Libraries and Reading Through Innovations in Pakistan” would be held in which Barbara Welsh, Baela Raza Jamil, Inam ul Haq and Ameena Saiyid will participate. To discuss the nature of Curriculum a special session “ Curriculum of Peace or hate” would be moderated by Munizeh Jahangir while Tahira Abdullah, Peter Jacob, Sameena Imtiaz, Baela Raza Jamil would be participating in the discussion. In a session “Article 25 – A: Right to Education – From Access to Quality Learning for All”, panelists icluding Nargis Sultana, Zubeida Mustafa, Mosharraf Zaidi, Haroona Jatoi, Dr. Faisal Bari share their thoughts. A theatre performance “ KlaMotte” would be presented by Goethe Institute. Many other interactive sessions and programs would be held in the following two days of three-day literature celebrations including many more creative activities for children during the days of celebration.
