Over the past years our understanding and positioning on education has sharpened. We now have a much clearer analysis of the international and local dynamics affecting education policy and practice.  A shift and movement in our work education work is gradually taking place: beyond projects and programs at a micro level to building linkages between our micro and macro level interventions by harnessing our local level presence effectively for our policy and campaigning work.

Our work encompasses the following main thematic thrusts:

a)      Good Governance in Education with the main objective to increase transparency, accountability and responsiveness in education systems through increased participation (through budget tracking, strengthening PTAs, building alliances etc)

b)      Realization of entitlements and rights. Ensuring the right to free, quality basic education is enshrined in law and enforceable in practice (through alliance building and working with the media)

c)       Adequate resources. Ensuring publicly funded and provided quality education is available to all (using the outcome of budget tracking initiative for lobbying and influencing)

d)      Access. Ensuring that all children including the most marginalized and disadvantaged have access to quality education (building pressure through coalitions etc)

At the national level, our education work is focused on and flows from the Commonwealth Education Fund (CEF), for which AAPk is one of the Managing Agencies in Pakistan along with Oxfam and Save the Children Fund UK. Main themes of our work dovetail with the CEF priorities and objectives. The year 2003 saw the first phase of implementation of the CEF program in Pakistan.

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