NRDF - National Research & Development Foundation, Peshawar

Location:

British Council Peshawar

Objectives:

•  To enhance the listening, speaking and reading skills of Ulama in English language.
•  To provide the participants of the course an opportunity to practice speaking and listening English language during the course with native as well as British people in a real situation.
•  To provide learning and information sharing environment to the participants of the course.
•  To expose the information technology that is used in the British Council library and Information Service to the participants of the course.
•  To offer to the participants an exposure to the British culture and exchange of ideas through use of material during the course.
•  To rationalize gender sensitivity in the participants by their interaction with female s and staff of the British Council.

Activities:

•  Selection of groups of fifteen to twenty persons for the English language course
•  To ensure their Participation in the Courses
•  To Identify Foreigners Teachers for Imparting Training
•  To design curricula for the courses
•  Conduct Courses
•  Preparing Reports of the Courses

Outputs:

•  12 courses each one of Five days/30 Hours were organized
•  A total number of 240 Ulama, Imams/Khateebs and female clerics attended the events
•  Female Western Teachers imparted all the training courses
•  The English Language/Cultural interaction courses greatly facilitated dialogue and discussion on vital issues

Project Period:

March 6, 2000 to December 2003

Collaboration:

British Council Peshawar-Pakistan and Small Grant Program of US Embassy