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Director P & D, PAK-TURK International CAG Educational Foundation calls upon the President ECOSF and proposes collaborative activities

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February 18, 2014 (Tuesday): Mr. Turgut Puyan, Director P & D, PAK-TURK International CAG Educational Foundation (Pakistan) called upon Prof. Dr. Manzoor Hussain Soomro, President ECO Science Foundation (ECOSF) and discussed areas of mutual interest and possible collaborative activities between the two institutions:

President ECSOF briefed him about the establishment and programmes of ECOSF, and considering the domain of PAK-TURK institution, he explained in detail the launching of programme of IBSE in ECO Region in collaboration with ECO Education Institute Ankara-Turkey, La main a la pate Foundation, Paris- France, International Science, Technology and Innovation Centre (ISTIC), Kuala Lumpur- Malaysia, and the Science Education Program of Inter Academy Panel (IAP/SEP).

Further he invited PAK-TURK International School System as well as the CAG Educational Foundation Turkey, to participate in an International Seminar, "5th International Seminar on Science Education in School, 2-7 June 2014 at International Center for Pedagogical Studies (CIEP)" is being organized mainly by the La main a la pate Foundation in France.

Mr. Puyan appreciated the initiatives of ECOSF and proposed to work together with ECOSF, not only in Pakistan but also in Turkey and other ECO member states for Science Education at school level with emphasis on inquiry based science education (IBSE) and the Science Olympiads.

The two agreed to join hands in Pak-Turk Program of Inter-School Mathematics Olympiad (ISMO) in the next year and to expand the Inter School Olympiad to other science subjects and to other ECO member states so that the competition could be held at the ECO regional level however, the expansion will be step wise.


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