Rural Pakistani Teachers Learn Innovation at Oregon University

A program designed to encourage educational improvement and innovation in Pakistan, and begin breaking down cultural stereotypes in that country and in the United States, will begin this fall when a group of 18 rural Pakistani educators come to Oregon State University to study teacher education.

Two other groups of Pakistanis will study at OSU during winter and fall terms of 2005, and the program may be renewed for an additional three years. It is funded by a grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development to the Academy for Educational Development. OSU is one of three universities participating in the program, along with the University of Montana and George Mason University…