ABES-Teacher Empowerment Centre – regional office of ABES was instituted in 1993 in Rawalpindi, working for the promotion of quality education in government and community schools. It exclusively focuses on improving the standard of teachers by providing quality in formal and non-formal primary education. ABES-TEC pioneered the concept of Joyful Learning and initiated Multi-grade Teaching System in Pakistan. It carries out various activities with I/NGOs, Teachers, Communities, Education Departments and Teachers’ Training Centres in all over the country. ABES-TEC’s project interventions revolve around the educational programme of the organization. The areas of work mainly included the components of project planning, field implementation, monitoring, capacity building, and materials development related to Early Childhood Education (ECE), primary formal and non-formal education, adult literacy (functional), Disaster Risk Reduction and social mobilization and community development.