Pakistan hosts teacher education conference, with Oxford University faculty attending

Non-Profit Education Company, Durbeen's first International Teacher Education Conference is being attended by several senior faculty members from Oxford, today and tomorrow, on 2nd and 3rd February, respectively.

In addition to visiting government schools, they will also learn about the local education system and policies. The first Master of Science (Education) program in Pakistan will also be finalized as part of this project.

A number of Oxford faculty members are visiting this week, including Professor Ann Childs, Professor Ian Thompson, and Professor Aliya Khalid.

GECE, Hussainabad, will host the conference for two days. The event will focus on innovative pedagogy and assessment practices in Pakistan, along with key challenges and possible solutions.

A number of educationalists from across the country will attend the conference, along with faculty from the University of Oxford.

Additionally, corporate and media speakers are scheduled to discuss how the public perceives teaching and how to encourage talented young people to pursue it as a career.

An array of institutions will be represented, including Aga Khan University-Institute of Educational Development (AKU-IED), Karachi University, the Lahore University of Management Sciences, Notre Dame Institute of Education, Lahore College for Women University, Sukkur IBA University, and Forman Christian College.

As a non-profit organization, Durbeen trains professional teachers from restructured Government Colleges of Teacher Education in order to improve the quality of education in government schools nationwide.

This project is intended to train teacher educators who can become change leaders in teacher training colleges across Sindh and around Pakistan. This will result in long-term benefits for government schools.

There are four partners involved in this program, which are the University of Oxford, the Government of Sindh (GoS), the Malala Fund and, of course, Durbeen.

In Sindh, successful candidates from GECE, Hussainabad, and other teacher training colleges will take this exam, which will open up many job opportunities.

For more information, visit: https://durbeen.pk/conference/