October 11, 2015: CODE PAKISTAN gave the first of a series of trainings to the students of madrasahs as part of its University Madrasah Interaction Program (UMIP). The training was aimed at introducing UMIP to the participating students as well as training them on having a non-hostile and meaningful dialogue in a situation where there could be serious disagreements in opinions. The participating students were trained on understanding the topic and giving logical arguments in favor of their stance on the topic. They were also trained on keeping the discussion relevant and on refraining from monopolizing time in order to give every participant of the discussion an opportunity to participate. The participating students were also trained on how to express difference of opinion without getting confrontational in a spirit of a logical discussion rather than a competition. Since all the discussions under the program were moderated, the students were also trained on the rules and procedures of participation in moderated discussions..
During the course of UMIP, team CODE PAKISTAN gave ten trainings to ten different groups of students between October and December 2015. For more information on UMIP, click here.