CRADLE WELFARE ORGANIZATION Welfare from Cradle to Grave

CRADLE WELFARE ORGANIZATION Welfare from Cradle to Grave

PAKISTAN Area Total 796, 095 km 2 Population (2012 estimate) 182, 490, 72 Population Density (2012 estimate) 226. 6/km 2 GDP (Nominal) (2012 estimate) Total $230. 525 billion $1, 410 Per Capita Around 64% of country population is living in rural vicinity with lack of sufficient resources for their life.

EDUCATION IN PAKISTAN • Education in Pakistan is overseen by the Ministry of Education • Article 25 -A of Constitution of Pakistan obligates the state to provide free and compulsory quality education to children of the age group 5 to 16 years.

EDUCATION IN PAKISTAN The education system in Pakistan is generally divided into five levels: o Primary (grades one through five); o Middle (grades six through eight); o High (grades nine and ten, leading to the Secondary School Certificate or SSC); o Intermediate (grades eleven and twelve, leading to a Higher Secondary (School) Certificate or HSC); and o University programs leading to undergraduate and graduate degrees.

LITERACY IN PAKISTAN The literacy rate ranges from 96% in Islamabad to 28% in the Kohlu District. By Age (Between 2000 and 2004) 55– 64 yrs – 38% 45– 54 yrs – 46% 25– 34 yrs – 57% 15– 24 yrs – 72% Literacy rates vary regionally, particularly by sex. In tribal areas female literacy is 9. 5%. Pakistan still has one of the highest illiteracy rates in the world and the second largest out of school population (5. 1 million children) after Nigeria.

Pakistan’s Human Development Index (HDI) value for 2011 is 0. 504 which is falls in low human development category positioning the country at 145 out of 187 countries and territories. Unfortunately, Education is one of the deprived fields of our country.

EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS • 270, 825 institutions facilitating 40, 926, 661 students with the help of 1, 507, 100 teachers. • 194, 151 public institutions and 76, 674 private institutions. • Public sector - 26. 63 million students • Private sector - 13. 96 million students

EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS Figures indicate that 28% of educational institutions are serving 34% of students which hints at a slightly higher per-institution enrollment ratio in the private sector compared to the public sector.

Vision CRADLE WELFARE ORGANIZATION To work for human development and mark prosperous and healthy society. Mission We are totally committed to serve for the well being of society by energetic team. With the highly trained professionals and latest methodologies, CWO deliver advanced and organized multi-dimensional knowledge and health facilities for the long term benefit of deprived persons without any discrimination. Our values, standards and determination keep maintaining our patrons and donors’ confidence in us that lead to optimistic and sound growth. CWO is committed to do all activities ethically and professionally by respecting the rights of employees and all other citizen.

CRADLE WELFARE ORGANIZATION Following are the recent two major projects of CWO. 1. Hand Pump Project 2. CWO Falcons Scholarship 2014 Program Hand Pump Project CWO installed more than 100 pumps in the deprived areas of interior Sindh like Thar Parker, Badin and Gujju near Thatta. Fund for this project is majorly donated by the well wisher Public of Kuwait and Bahrain for the people of Pakistan. CWO Falcons Scholarship 2014 Program CWO Falcons which is a youth wing of Cradle Welfare Organization initiated a great step to provide scholarships for needy and meritorious students who couldn’t continue their education due to their financial condition.

CWO FALCONS SCHOLARSHIP 2014 CWO Falcons Scholarship 2014 is the recent educational project of CWO. First we will define here the selection process of scholarship which is the most important part. Transparency and fairness of this process is the only way to make the purpose successful.

Scholarship Selection Process

School Recommendation Test Interviews 4 Steps of Filtering Random verification visit

SCHOOL RECOMMENDATIONS School administrations have in depth information about their students that’s why we distribute and collect scholarship forms through schools.

TEST DAY 4000 forms have been distributed in more than 200 schools of Karachi. Five tests have been taken in different areas of Karachi. 1500 students appeared in the tests. 100 to 200 scholarships are planned to give to the students. Tests have been taken in the following areas of Karachi. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Malir Gulshan-e-Iqbal Orangi Town Gulshan-e-Hadeed Korangi

TEST DAY 1 Test #1 conducted in Malir

TEST DAY 2 Test #2 conducted in Gulshan-e-Iqbal

TEST DAY 3 Test #3 conducted in Orangi Town

TEST DAY 4 Test #4 conducted in Gulshan-e-Hadeed

TEST DAY 5 Test #5 conducted in Korangi

INTERVIEWS Interviews of short listed candidates have been taken to filter out the most deserving.

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

RANDOM VISITS Random visits have been conducted to further reinforce our household data before finalization.

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