Activities
1. Training Needs Assessments
Material Development Wing carries out the Training Needs Assessments in which there is a systematic collection and analysis of all subjective and objective information necessary to define and validate the training courses.
Process of a Training Needs Assessment
- Preparation of Tools: Forms, Checklist, Proformas etc.
- Coordination with Concerned Stakeholders.
- Planning and Conduction of TNA Workshop / Survey.
- Analysis of Reports Submitted.
- Final Report Compilation.
TNAs conducted in 2010-2012
- TNA for Newly Inducted Subject Specialists.
- TNA/Pilot Testing of Primary Lesson Plans.
- TNA for Educational Managers EDO, DEOs, DDEOs.
- TNA of Primary, Elementary, Secondary and Higher Secondary Head Teachers.
- TNA for Promotion Linked Training.
- TNA for the Revision of Primary Teachers’ Guides.
2. Material Development
Process of Material Development
- Needs Assessment and Analysis / special initiative.
- Selection of Material Developers and Reviewers (from Public and Private sector).
- Development of TORs for each part of activity e.g. development, review, quality review, proofreading, editing, translation, designing etc.
- Workshop of Experts for Material Development.
- 1st Review Workshop of developed Material.
- Pilot Testing of developed Material.
- 2nd Review Workshop after Pilot Testing.
- Internal review by the QAED Material Development Team.
- Finalization after the inclusion of suggested changes.
- Technical/Quality Review of the developed Material.
- Proofreading & Editing of Material.
- Designing of developed Material.
- Translations (if required).
- Uniformity of Urdu & English version(s).
- Proofreading of designed version before printing.
- Printing of the developed Material.
- Feedback from Trainers (TOTs, MTs), Participants of Training Sessions, QA and M&E Wing.