● Provide short-term, need-based training for teachers of non-government primary schools, kindergartens and madrasahs on teaching methods and techniques, FLN skills development, classroom management, curriculum implementation, assessment strategies, climate-resilient education, education in emergencies, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in teaching and learning, and other relevant areas. Such training will aim to improve teaching practice and help teachers maintain continuity of learning during emergencies and crises.

● Promote teachers’ continuous professional development through post-training peer learning, professional experience-sharing, exchange visits to observe classroom activities, and other appropriate professional learning activities.

● Provide regular learning support to children from disadvantaged communities in classroom tasks, homework, reading comprehension and learning practice. Organise learning catch-up programmes for children who need additional support to strengthen their foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN) skills.

● Build teachers’ and relevant personnel’s capacity to prepare and use teaching and learning materials and other resources that support children’s acquisition of FLN skills.

● Strengthen teachers’ capacity to collaborate with parents, communities, education-minded individuals, educators, educational institutions and relevant organisations, and to develop partnerships that contribute to quality education.

● Subject to approval from the appropriate authorities, conduct research and effectiveness studies on programmes related to primary education; assess their effectiveness; and provide recommendations for future planning based on the needs of relevant stakeholders.

● Undertake public-welfare and charitable activities to support poor and vulnerable people.

● Establish or support formal and non-formal educational institutions or centres, subject to the required approvals, and undertake educational, technological and vocational learning activities focused on FLN, livelihood-related life skills, arts and science education, climate- and crisis-resilient education, and values and morality.

● Distribute educational materials to disadvantaged and poverty-stricken children and communities.

● Arrange academic, hands-on, and motivational training programmes to improve the practical and professional skills of adults with limited or no literacy skills, using appropriate learning methods.

● Raise public awareness on lifelong learning, maintaining peace and discipline, respect to laws and orders, cleanliness of environment, and community-development initiatives, particularly those benefiting disadvantaged communities.

● Establish community-based libraries and reading rooms/corners to encourage reading habits.

● Mobilise public and private support to assist vulnerable children and adults affected by natural disasters and other unforeseen crises.