Case
EXPANDING KHOJ's EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
INDUSTRY :EDUCATION
AREA :HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT/ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
ORGANIZATION :-
LENGTH :9
LUMS No :05-709-2006-1
PUBLICATION YEAR : 2006
ABSTRACT:
In September 1995, Nasira Habib, founder and Executive Director of Khoj, a Lahore based development organization, was approached by a group of women with a request to replicate her successful pedagogy for women’s education for their children. She wondered whether she should work with children, considering she had no experience of working with them through her new methodology. She did not want to use the conventional methodology to educate the children either. The case focuses on the policy issues the NGOs may face while working in the field of non-formal education. It also highlights the differences in the nature of education for the disadvantaged women and elementary education for children from low income households. The case generates discussion on the purpose of education, various approaches and methodologies and their possible outputs and outcomes. It also initiates a debate on the comparative advantages of different philosophies of education and alternative visions for social development.