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<\/p>\nIn May 2018, Mahmoud Rezaei, from Herat visited the Institute for Research on the History of Children\u2019s Literature in Iran. Mahmoud Rezaei is a children’s education activists in Afghanistan and responsible for Tawhid Education Institutions in the country. During this visit, he was acquainted with the \u201cRead with Me\u201d project and also purchased the educational materials for literacy improvement program for his students in Herat. On July 4th and 30th, the \u201cRead with Me\u201d trainers held online workshops from thousand miles away from Herat for Tawhid Educational Institutions\u2019 teachers and tutors.
\nHere is a brief interview with Mr. Mahmoud Rezaei:
\nTell us about yourself and your activities.
\nI am Mahmoud Rezaei, the head of Tawhid Education Institutions in Afghanistan. I hold a master\u2019s degree in Education Management. I started my education activities in Afghanistan since 1994.
\nTell us about Tawhid Educational Institutions\u2019 activities in Herat.
\nTawhid Institutions started their educational activities in Herat, Afghanistan in 1992. These institutions focused on children\u2019s education, especially girls, during the Taliban era. The organization is a major educational organization in Afghanistan, which was originally a small school with only a few students, but now it has nine schools and four cultural and artistic institutions with 5,000 male and female students and 400 educational and administrative staff.<\/p>\n
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How did you get acquainted with \u201cLearning Sounds\u201d and \u201cLearning Alphabet\u201d packages?
\nIn 2016, I traveled to Norway to participate in a cultural and literary program hosted by the “Rumi Festival\u201d. I met representatives from the Children’s Book Council from Iran. This was the beginning of my acquaintance with the Institute for Research on the History of Children\u2019s Literature. Later, on a trip to Tehran, I met Ms. Zohreh Ghaini and her colleagues, and got acquainted closely with the activities of the Institute and the \u201cRead with Me\u201d program.
\nFollowing this acquaintance, I learned about \u201cLearning Sounds\u201d and \u201cLearning Alphabet\u201dcreative packages and bought a number of them and took them to Herat. Then, through the collaboration with the \u201cRead with Me\u201d group, the online workshops were arranged, which was held in conjunction with these packages for our educators at Tawhid Education Institutions.
\nWhat was the education like in Herat for preschoolers previously?
\nIn Afghanistan, there is no syllabus for preschool courses. Tawhid Education Institutions have developed a program aimed at preparing children to enter the elementary school by studying various educational programs and educators\u2019 experiences. After knowing about \u201cRead with Me\u201d, we found that the program can help children\u2019s in learning and it also develops the reading culture.
\nWhat is your idea about online \u201cLearning Sounds\u201d and \u201cLearning Alphabet\u201d workshops?
\nThey were perfect. They were a great experience for our educators. They welcomed it and they believe that they can be better at educating children now on.
\nWhat is your future plan?
\nWe want to further expand the \u201cRead with Me\u201d program at our institute in the next year. And of course first of all, we need to find a way to monitor the implementation of the program.
\n\u201cRead with Me\u201d in Afghanistan
\nThe \u201cRead with Me\u201d program has been accompanied by children in Afghanistan before. This program was implemented for 15 pre and primary school educators in Mazar-e-Sharif in October 2016 and covered 400 children in partnership with the Afghan Children’s Fund.<\/p>\n
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