INTRODUCTION

The poor educational learning outcomes of students have become a matter of great concern for parents, public and private sector managers of education. The deficient human capital in education sector has a major constraining influence on the quest for achievement of excellence in the field of quality education.
The lack of qualified manpower in teaching profession at primary, secondary, higher secondary and tertiary level has impeded the national strategies aimed at optimal service delivery mechanism for quality education and the umpteen desires of the stakeholders to have quality premier institutions in public and private sector, essentially remained unfulfilled, barring a few honorable exceptions.
The importance of teacher training cannot be underestimated. The better a teacher is trained, the better he or she can educate tomorrow's generation of Pakistan. The investment in professional development of teachers is therefore the right investment for the formation of human capital and decidedly the most accurate investment in future Based Training.

ITA's Teacher's Training Program in collaboration with Punjab Education Foundation (PEF)

Since 2006, Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) has been involved in Subject Based Teacher's Training (CBT) and School Leadership training (SLDP) in collaboration with Punjab Education Foundation (PEF) in Punjab especially in South Punjab.
Its main objectives are to:

• Create a richer learning environment.
• Introduce newer educational methods and offer teachers in these schools a chance to share the most innovative ideas and concepts being explored today and to make their teaching/training methodology more effective and to provide more shareable resources for the cluster schools in outlying areas where the schools heads and teachers should meet together to share ideas.
• Training and resources since it is understandable that these activities cannot be provided easily in their own schools.
•  Overcoming isolation and making training accessible to more teachers at one focal point is advantageous.
• The value of working together and sharing the feedback builds support network.