Confidential Idara-e-Taleem-O-Aagahi 1 Confidential Idara-e-Taleem-O-Aagahi Acknowledgments.............................................................................................................................. 4 Introduction to Children’s Literature Festival ....................................................................................... 8 Teachers Literature Festival Islamabad .............................................................................................. 11 Art of Reading with Expression..................................................................................................... 11 Creative Writing Workshops ......................................................................................................... 11 Use of New Media in the Classroom .............................................................................................. 11 Protecting our Culture, Literature and Language............................................................................. 11 Taleem-o-Tarbiyat........................................................................................................................ 11 Nurturing Creativity in Children .................................................................................................... 12 Peace Education in Classrooms/Schools......................................................................................... 12 Mera Karachi Mera Mobile Cinema............................................................................................... 12 Bringing the World in your Classroom........................................................................................... 12 How to Design a Student Centered Lesson Plan.............................................................................. 12 Exploitating Poetry, Drama, Novel in the Classroom ...................................................................... 12 Understanding Faiz Ahmed Faiz.................................................................................................... 12 Teachers’ Voices: What Promotes or Inhibits Reading and Creativity in the Classroom ................... 13 Teachers’ Katcheri: Right to Education Campaign.......................................................................... 13 Oxford University Press Workshops .............................................................................................. 13 Technology in the Classroom by 3i logic....................................................................................... 13 Book Launches............................................................................................................................ 13 Book Stalls .................................................................................................................................. 14 Multi Sensory Stalls .................................................................................................................... 14 Closing Ceremony ........................................................................................................................ 14 Children’s Literature Festival Islamabad............................................................................................ 15 Opening Ceremony....................................................................................................................... 15 Storytelling .................................................................................................................................. 15 Poetry .......................................................................................................................................... 15 Puppet show................................................................................................................................. 16 Mural and Art Paintings ................................................................................................................ 16 theatre ......................................................................................................................................... 16 Music Performance....................................................................................................................... 16 Digital story ................................................................................................................................. 16 Reclaiming heritage and diversity .................................................................................................. 16 2 Confidential Idara-e-Taleem-O-Aagahi Workshops................................................................................................................................... 17 plenary session s........................................................................................................................... 17 book launches .............................................................................................................................. 17 bol kay lub azad hain teray (speak for your lips are free) ................................................................. 18 Multi experience stalls .................................................................................................................. 18 Closing ceremony......................................................................................................................... 18 Comments about CLF....................................................................................................................... 19 Comments from Resource Persons................................................................................................. 19 Comments from Schools ............................................................................................................... 19 Challenges Faced During Islamabad Festival ..................................................................................... 20 Media Coverage ............................................................................................................................... 21 Print Media Coverage: Curtain Raiser (30.04.14)........................................................................... 21 Print Media Coverage: TLF (01-05-2014) ...................................................................................... 22 Print Media Coverage: CLF Day-1 (02-05-2014) ............................................................................ 24 Print Media Coverage: CLF Day-2 (03-05-2014) ............................................................................ 26 Program Cards ................................................................................................................................. 28 Teacher’s Literature Festival (1st may, 2014) .................................................................................. 28 Children’s Literature Festival (2nd May, 2014)................................................................................ 29 Children’s Literature Festival ( 3rd May, 2014) ............................................................................... 30 Photo Gallery................................................................................................................................... 31 3 Confidential Idara-e-Taleem-O-Aagahi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This report is compiled by the Children’s Literature Festival (CLF) team of Idara-e-Taleem-O-Aagahi (ITA) to share information regarding Children’s Literature Festival and Teachers’ Literature Festival Islamabad 2014 with all its partners and friends. We are thankful to the entire team of Idara-e-Taleem-O-Aagahi (ITA), Oxford University Press (OUP), and Open Society Foundations (OSF) for collaborating for the purpose of this unique social movement in order to promote a culture of reading, writing and critical thinking in each school of Pakistan. Together, the three organizations have organized a total of 13 CLFs, CLF Islamabad was the 14th one and two Teachers’ Literature Festival. We are profoundly thankful and grateful to our sponsors Habib Bank Limited, Alif Ailaan, Dubai Cares, Open Society Foundations, European Union, Oxfam, Capital Administration & Development Division (CADD), Federal College of Education (FCE) and Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) for their generous support for the Children’s Literature Festival Islamabad and Teachers’ Literature Festival Islamabad. We hope that these partnerships continue to grow over the years. We are also extremely thankful to Federal College of Education (FCE) for providing us the venue free of cost. CLF Islamabad would not have been such a huge success without the cooperation and support of the entire team of FCE. We are also grateful to Federal Directorate of Education (FDE), and Capital Administration & Development Division (CADD) for the mobilization of schools and teachers for the three day event. Idara-e-Taleem-O-Aagahi (ITA) with Oxford University Press and Federal College of Education (FCE) want to extend their deepest gratitude to all the resource persons for their dedication and support in making Teacher’s Literature Festival and Children’s Literature Festival a huge success: Abbas Husain Active Youth Organization Adnan Abbasi Adeel Hashmi Afshan Huma Aftab Surooj Alif Laila Book Bus Society Alam Ameena Saiyid Ammar Khalid Amra Alam Anam Tariq Asad Mian Asad Umar Asma Munderwala Ayub Baloch Azka Khan Baela Raza Jamil Bakhtawar Shah 4 Confidential Idara-e-Taleem-O-Aagahi Basarat Kazim Batool Nasir