Landi Arbab Primary School For Girls

Landi Arbab Primary, an all girls school, was started in September 2002 in Landi Arbab. Landi Arbab, a suburb of Peshawar in the North-West Frontier Province, has a population of 70,000 (excluding Afghan refugees). There is only one government primary school serving this entire population.

Landi Arbab primary was started with a single kindergarten class of 30 girls, ranging in age from 5 to 8 years. Prior to this, none of these girls had ever been enrolled in any educational institution.

The girls received 6 weeks of orientation/training for general awareness about cleanliness, etiquette, and manners prior to formal learning. The teacher used a child-centered teaching methodology and an activity-oriented approach, thus discouraging rote learning.

As of November 2007, 139 girls were enrolled in the school.

Ibtida started this school and worked with it for almost 3 years. In 2007, the school was successfully turned over to the local community who with the help of a local NGO is operating the school. Currently, Ibtida does not provide any financial assistance to the school.

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