Rolling Out a National TeleSchool Program in One Month During COVID-19: A Conversation with Pakistan's Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training

<p>The World Bank's EduTech team is speaking with educators around the world to learn how they are innovating to support continued teaching and learning during COVID-19.</p> <p>In this episode, World Bank's EduTech team member <a href="https://blogs.worldbank.org/team/sharon-zacharia">Sharon Zacharia</a> speaks with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/umbreen-arif-519b1315/?originalSubdomain=pk">Umbreen Arif</a>, Technical Advisor and Umair Javed,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sujaved/?originalSubdomain=pk">Syed Umair Javed</a>, (then) Joint Secretary of Education of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.mofept.gov.pk/">Pakistan's Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training</a>. They discuss opportunities and challenges of Pakistan's rapid response to COVID-19 based school closures via a speedy one-month rollout of its national <a href="http://facebook.com/teleschool.edu.pk/">TeleSchool</a> (Education TV) program.</p> <p><em>Further reading/listening on Education TV as a remote learning tool during COVID-19:</em></p> <ul> <li><em>[Slide Deck]</em> <a href="http://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/267791593613610668/Education-TV-Knowledge-Pack-WorldBank-Edtech-Team">Education TV Knowledge Pack</a> <em>(June 1, 2020)</em>: A&nbsp;short, pragmatic slide deck on how to start and enhance education TV with case studies on Pakistan, China, Korea,&nbsp;Ubongo (Africa) and&nbsp;Sesame Workshop. <a href="http://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/267791593613610668/Education-TV-Knowledge-Pack-WorldBank-Edtech-Team">pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/267791593613610668/Education-TV-Knowledge-Pack-WorldBank-Edtech-Team<br> </a></li> <li><em>[Blog]</em> <a href="https://blogs.worldbank.org/education/educational-television-during-covid-19-how-start-and-what-consider">'Education TV&nbsp;during COVID-19: How to start &amp; What to consider'&nbsp;</a><em>(April 24, 2020)</em>: &nbsp;A blog that summarizes key takeaways from the policy briefing (Rapid Response Guidance Note) on education TV (by World Bank's EduTech team members Sharon Zacharia an