FLI’s Workshop on Saraiki Subject Teaching Concludes in D.I. Khan
FLI’s three-day training workshop for government school teachers on Saraiki subject teaching successfully concluded in Dera Ismail Khan. The closing ceremony was marked by the distribution of certificates to both participants and trainers, who themselves are government school teachers. Representative from the Directorate of Professional Development, Mr. Muneerr Ali Shah distributed certificates.
The event took place at Mufti Mahmood School and College, a semi-government institution in D.I. Khan, in collaboration with the Directorate of Professional Development, Peshawar — a wing of the provincial education ministry. The workshop aimed to strengthen teachers’ capacity, particularly in mother tongue education.
The school’s principal, representatives of district education officers, and other dignitaries attended the event. Speakers on the occasion commended FLI’s efforts in enabling government school teachers to teach in their mother tongue. FLI’s Program Manager, Naseem Haider, announced that another training workshop is planned for the last quarter of the year to reach more teachers. He praised the participants for their attentive engagement and expressed gratitude to the local administration for their cooperation.
Saraiki is one of the four regional languages included in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government’s school curriculum. However, the lack of teacher training has slowed the implementation of this policy. FLI has stepped in to bridge this gap by equipping teachers with the skills needed to teach effectively in their mother tongue.
A total of 50 teachers — half of them women — participated in this workshop. The same number of teachers, with equal female representation, were trained in the last quarter of last year, and another 50 teachers are scheduled for training later this year.
This initiative marks another important step toward empowering educators and preserving regional languages through quality teaching. By strengthening teacher capacity, FLI continues to contribute to the promotion of linguistic diversity and cultural heritage in Pakistan’s education system.
