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PAKISTAN / SCHOOLS
STORY: PAKISTAN / SCHOOLS
TRT: 3:15
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: URDU / PASHTO
DATELINE: 15 DECEMBER 2011, SWAT DISTRICT,KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PAKISTAN / FILE
15 DECEMBER 2010, MINGORA, SWAT VALLEY
1. Pan right, scenic valley in Khawazakhela
15 DECEMBER 2010, MINGORA, SWAT VALLEY
2. Wide shot, building destroyed during conflict due to shelling between Taliban and military
3. Med shot, building destroyed during conflict due to shelling
20 SEPTEMBER 2010, SWAT RIVER
4. Various shots, aerial views of flooding Swat river
5. Pan left, farmers working in the fields cultivated after the floods and conflict in the Sheen Patay village, GGPS Sheen Patay (the school) in the background
6. Med shot, children stepping into classroom
7. Med shot, teacher writing on the blackboard and handing the chalk to a student to write
8. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Mussarrat Begum, Head Teacher, GGPS, Sheen Patay:
“This area was severally affected during conflict, the school was damaged, and children were scared to come. Enrollment decreased sharply but I still continued to take lessons out in the open with very few students. Now our school has been repaired by UNICEF and HRDS. It’s looking beautiful. Both the parents and students are happy.”
9. Pan left, children walking into the school building on a hill
10. Med shot, three girls in classroom taking notes
11. Med shot, students with bagpacks walking in the street heading to school
12. Pan left, teacher writing on blackboard to girls sitting on the floor in the classroom and reciting alphabets
13. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Dildhad Begum, mother, PTC chairperson:
“Two of my children come to this school, my boy is in kindergarten and my daughter is in grade 4. I am not educated but want to make sure that my children get an education. I am also a PTC member and visit other mothers in my village to convince them to send their girls to school. I hope a lot of children will start attending school again”
14. Pan right, from mountain to school that’s being re-constructed
15. Med shot, construction workers at the site
16. SOUNDBITE (Pashtu) Girl:
“I want to study. We were really upset when our school closed down because of the terrible circumstances. We wanted to come back to school, we really like studying here”
17. Wide shot, little girl walking with dry bushes in the foreground
18. Wide shot, girl with bag pack walking in the street
19. Med shot, children in classroom reciting lesson
20. Close up, girl writing on the notebook
As farmers busily work in their fields in the beautiful Swat Valley village of Sheen Patay – located in Pakistan’s troubled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, where both conflict and floods have taken a toll – students excitedly rush to the newly renovated Government Girls’ Primary School.
SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Mussarrat Begum, Head Teacher, GPS Sheen Patay:
“This area was severally affected during conflict, the school was damaged, and children were scared to come. Enrollment decreased sharply but I still continued to take lessons out in the open with very few students. Now our school has been repaired by UNICEF and HRDS. It’s looking beautiful. Both the parents and students are happy.”
The school was re-constructed as part of UNICEF’s “Welcome to School” initiative, a program aimed at giving the region’s dying education system a new lease of life.
It focuses on the involvement of the community, especially mothers, to increase the enrollment of girls by setting up Parent Teacher Councils or PTCs.
SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Dildhad Begum, mother, PTC chairperson:
“Two of my children come to this school, my boy is in kindergarten and my daughter is in grade four. I am not educated but want to make sure that my children get an education. I am also a PTC member and visit other mothers in my village to convince them to send their girls to school.I hope a lot of children will start attending school again.”
There are more than 1,000 school buildings that have been damaged by the conflict and flooding in this district alone.
Fifty-one of those are being rebuilt through the ‘Welcome to School’ program and nearly 900 Parent Teacher Councils have already been established.
SOUNDBITE (Pashtu) Girl:
“I want to study. We were really upset when our school closed down because of the terrible circumstances. We wanted to come back to school, we really like studying here.”
Efforts like this aim to ensure continuity in learning and teaching, and provide safe spaces for thousands of children, teachers and other community members who have endured psycho-social distress.
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