MINUTES OF THE SECOND BI-ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

FALCONS’ REMOTE AREA DEVELOPMENT TRUST

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017, NALTAR

ATTENDEES:- ACM Tahir Rafiq BUTT (Retd)                          Chairman

Gp Capt zahid Farooq (Retd)                               Secretary

Air Cdre Qadeer Hashmi (Retd)                           Member

Air Cdre Aftab Iqbal (Retd)                                    Member

Mrs Gp capt Zahid Farooq                                    Principal PLP School

Introduction

Second annual meeting of the Board of Trustees was held at Naltar on September 25, 2017. The Board was briefed by Gp Capt Zahid in detail about the initiation and evolution of the Parha Likha Pakistan Project as well as  the Falcons’ Remote Area Development Project. The Board appreciated the endeavours of the couple to manage the affairs in a commendable way.

Agenda Points:-

I           Assignment of Responsibilities:-               Air Cdre Aftab Iqbal agreed to handle the responsibilities of Finance Secretary of the Trust.

II          Feedback on Capacity Building Workshop by TTI, Islamabad.           The principal conveyed her complete satisfaction with the workshop as the TTI staff had structured the workshop according to the requirements of the school as well as skill level/ status of the teachers.

III         Two Shift System for the Falcons Trust School.             Since the climatic conditions permit the running of second shift in the school, an entirely Boys-second shift was suggested to commence after the completion of the building.

IV        Induction of students (April 2018).            Gp Capt Zahid explained the class structure and informed the Board that the next induction in Play Group section in April 2018 session would be limited to 50 students in two sections.

V         Furniture Designs for the Falcons Trust School.                        Since the classroom furniture is included in the construction cost of the school building, it was important that the manufacturing was started in parallel with the school building. Gp capt zahid requested that he be given time to work out the details and forward these to the Chairman at a later date.

VI        Establishment of Progress section.          The Forms/documents for student folders of Fazaia Schools were handed over to the Principal for re-structuring according to local needs. After the requisite changes, the forms would be got printed to start individual student folders.

VII       Syllabi for the school.          Gp Capt Zahid highlighted the salient features of the in-vogue syllabi for the children which were based on AFAK system of schools and satisfactorily meeting the requirements of the children from the local area. Discussion of adoption of Fazaia curriculum was pended for a later date.

Conclusion

The board members interacted with the PLP staff and commended their efforts. After the meeting, the members visited the school and interacted with the young students.