PAIMAN is committed to implementing peace education programs in schools and madaris across Pakistan, recognizing the vital role education plays in shaping the values and attitudes of future generations. By integrating peace education into existing curricula, PAIMAN aims to foster a culture of tolerance, empathy, and conflict resolution among students from diverse backgrounds. The organization develops engaging educational materials that promote critical thinking and encourage students to discuss and reflect on issues related to peace, justice, and social responsibility. Workshops and training sessions for teachers equip them with the skills necessary to facilitate discussions on sensitive topics and manage conflict effectively within the classroom. Additionally, PAIMAN collaborates with community leaders and parents to create supportive environments that reinforce the principles of peace education outside of school. By targeting both formal and informal educational settings, PAIMAN seeks to instill values that challenge extremism and promote harmonious coexistence, ultimately contributing to a more peaceful society. Through these initiatives, PAIMAN not only addresses immediate educational needs but also lays the groundwork for long-term societal change, empowering young people to become active advocates for peace in their communities.
PAIMAN’s innovative Peace Education model was implemented in Madrassa and private elites schools to enhance their understanding regarding conflict, peace, impact of violent extremism and ways of addressing it in the conflict prone with focus on conflict affected city of Peshawar, Khyber Pukhtunkhwa. The usual stereotype thinking against each other was addressed through interactions and increased communication between the students of madrassas and schools. The project not only aided in capacity building of Madrassa and school teachers but also helped foster greater understanding between two groups who were distant apart and look down upon each other. The students of both institutes were engaged in healthy and creative activities where they learn and act together for building social cohesion.
Peace Education & Awareness Raising Regarding Importance of Human Rights Protection Inter-faith and Inter-communal Understanding:
The project aimed to help build the capacity of teachers of Maddrassas and schools on various aspects of conflict, peace, interfaith harmony which helped develop an environment of tolerance and accommodation through Peace Education & awareness rising regarding importance of Human Rights protection, inter-faith & inter-communal understanding in selected schools and Madrassa in Peshawar.
PAIMAN has collaborated with Qadeems Lumiere School Peshawar to design curriculum in the areas of peace education and is using this curriculum since 2011 in three educational institutions and two madrassas of Peshawar. Under this program, students of schools and Madrassas are given an orientation in various aspects of conflict transformation, peace building, human rights, tolerance, interfaith dialogue and networking and they network, work together in their communities.
PAIMAN has been carrying out advocacy with education authorities and policymakers to include peace education in the curriculum of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa.