fun never used to be on jamshaid khan's lesson plan. jamshaid kahn: we never used to have games during lessons. but now we have pantomime, ball games and rhymes. that's a big advance for us teachers, but especially for the children, who really have fun. >> it's fun with a purpose. usually girls in the traditional textbooks cook, clean and iron. so the interactive radio program is also trying to overcome stereotypes. in addition to vocabulary, it's teaching gender equality. for many teachers, it's a huge adjustment -- especially in rural areas where people tend to be conservative. school principal mir ahmad had to campaign for the innovative teaching method for a long time among teaching staff and parents. mir ahmad: our local language is urdu, but our official language is english. that means english is spoken in offices. so only those who learn english will have success later on. >> former teacher fakhira najib invented the new concept. she travels constantly around the country to win over more schools for her project. every class gets i