Annual Report 2008-2009 Sanjan Nagar Public Education Trust Compiled By: Sahar Dar Coordinator Trust Office Head Office and School Campus: 117, Anum Street, Glaxo Town, Ferozepur Road, Lahore. Tel: 92 42 35275646, 35275649, E-mail: [email protected] Website:www.snpet.org CONTENTS This report records the activities and plans of SNPETHSS and the changes organization went through during 2008-09. The report gives an account of the developments in the following areas: Vision .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 3 Goal .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 3 Trust Overview .......................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Governance .................................................................................................................................................................................. 5 1. Major Programs ............................................................................................................................................................... 5 2. Board of Trustees ............................................................................................................................................................ 5 3. New Board Members ..................................................................................................................................................... 8 School Progress (August 2008‐May 2009) ................................................................................................................... 9 ADMISSION AND PLACEMENTS ................................................................................................................................... 9 Successful Placements of Sanjan Nagar College Students .............................................................................. 10 SANJAN NAGAR SCHOOL HIGH ACHIEVERS FOR 2008‐09 ............................................................................ 11 WORKSHOPS/TRAININGS (In and outside the School) ................................................................................... 13 SOME NEW INITIATIVES ............................................................................................................................................... 18 CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMETS .................................................................................................................... 19 EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES .............................................................................................................................................. 20 PARENTS TEACHERS MEETINGS ............................................................................................................................... 25 PROJECTS .............................................................................................................................................................................. 25 VISITS ABROAD .................................................................................................................................................................. 26 SCHOOL TRIPS .................................................................................................................................................................... 28 INTERNSHIPS AND VOLUNTEERS AT SNPETHSS .............................................................................................. 31 VISITORS AND SPEAKER SESSION ............................................................................................................................ 32 GRANTS AND COLLABORATIONS ................................................................................................................................... 35 thanking friends of SANJAN NAGAR .............................................................................................................................. 36 Financial Report 2008 .......................................................................................................................................................... 37 • Important events which took place in months before August 2008 and during the summer vacations, after May 2009, are also included in the report. 2 Head Office and School Campus: 117, Anum Street, Glaxo Town, Ferozepur Road, Lahore. Tel: 92 42 35275646, 35275649, E-mail: [email protected] Website:www.snpet.org VISION “Enabling the future of disadvantaged children to develop their creative potential for the advancement of mankind and meaningful progress of the country by providing them intensive, quality, contemporary education almost completely free of cost” GOAL To set up an alternative high quality education program in Pakistan for the disadvantaged that can be replicated across the country and the region. The Trust serves all disadvantaged communities and their children without any discrimination 3 Head Office and School Campus: 117, Anum Street, Glaxo Town, Ferozepur Road, Lahore. Tel: 92 42 35275646, 35275649, E-mail: [email protected] Website:www.snpet.org TRUST OVERVIEW Registration The organisation was registered in Lahore on October 25, 1994 as a Public Charitable Trust under the Trust Act. 1882 and on December 29, 1994 under the Societies Registration Act,860 (Registration No. RP/5365-L/S/94/110) PCP Certification # PCP-R1/2007/0026 Tax Exempted U/S 2 (36) Rule 214 vide L No.CIT/425/1 & E Dated 06 Jan 2007 Board of Trustees 12 Members Chairman Mr. Mueen Afzal Staff Strength School Staff: 56 (20 Males, 36 Females) Trust Office Staff: 3 (2 Males, 1 Female) Auditors Ford-Rhodes Sidat Hyder & Co (Chartered Accountants) Mall View Bank Square 4-Building P.O Box No.104 Lahore 54000 Pakistan Bank Standard Chartered Bank, Mall Branch, Bank Square, Lahore 4 Head Office and School Campus: 117, Anum Street, Glaxo Town, Ferozepur Road, Lahore. Tel: 92 42 35275646, 35275649, E-mail: [email protected] Website:www.snpet.org GOVERNANCE 1. MAJOR PROGRAMS The programme planning in the SNPET is participatory. Sanjan Nagar Public Education Trust is currently involved in the running of a High Secondary school in the suburbs of Lahore. It has now progressed to senior level (class Nursery-XII) with a current enrolment of 545 students. Formal education is inclusive of all creative arts, emerging technologies, karate, girl guiding & cricket. All students are provided with milk every day. Three programs are currently offered at the School Premises: 1. Regular Secondary School – Morning Shift – Girls Only 2. Afternoon Shift Primary School – Mixed 3. Higher Secondary School/College for FA. FSC – Girls Only 2. BOARD OF TRUSTEES The Board of Trustees held four meetings in 2008-09 and continued to provide effective governance and support to all activities. The Trustees review and approve overall matters and the programmes undertaken. The Education Committee, which comprises of six members, including Principal, plays its important role in overseeing affairs of the School. EC meetings highlighted a variety of topics including academic performance, results and follow-up, effective school management, and the nurturing of SNPET spirit. All financial matters and expenditures were reviewed on quarterly basis. All the matters were also discussed with the Education Committee which was being followed to a large extent in staff recruitment. Trust office made sure that all expenditures were duly documented and recorded according to the laid down policy and procedure and corresponded to approved budgetary allocation. 5 Head Office and School Campus: 117, Anum Street, Glaxo Town, Ferozepur Road, Lahore. Tel: 92 42 35275646, 35275649, E-mail: [email protected] Website:www.snpet.org All stakeholders including Trustees, employees, teachers, parents and students were involved at various stages of programme/ project design, development and implementation. Most Trustees regularly visited the school and very actively involved in programme delivery. SNPET School has a monitoring system for the effective monitoring of its teachers and to ensure quality of education provided at its school. For the purpose the Trust has also devised specific, measurable and objectively verifiable indicators to assess and monitor the progress and output of its School. The results obtained from monitoring are fed back for bringing improvement in programme delivery. Parents at SNPETHSS were being involved in various community awareness workshops and meetings conducted by external facilitators and Trustees, on various areas of personal and social well-being. SNPET offers learning experiences that match the fertile minds of the young. SNPET is striving to provide an alternative educational system for intensive capability enhancement and intellectual growth with the objective of developing and heightening the understanding of one’s role in life. 6 Head Office and School Campus: 117, Anum Street, Glaxo Town, Ferozepur Road, Lahore. Tel: 92 42 35275646, 35275649, E-mail: [email protected] Website:www.snpet.org Governing Body Mr. Mueen Afzal Chairman SNPET, Ex-Secretary General Finance Mrs. Baela Raza Jamil Managing Trustee SNPET,