March 2011 Blog Posts (2)

Teach For Pakistan Offers Hope

Guest Post by Rakesh Mani



With all the depressing news coming out of Pakistan in the last few months, there is one major development that has me hopeful and excited. Last month saw the launch of the Teach For Pakistan movement, which aims to expand the urban poor’s access to quality education by recruiting highly qualified young Pakistanis to teach in… Continue

Added by Riaz Haq on March 4, 2011 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment

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