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Whitepaper on teacher licensing; AKU-IED, Durbeen and STEDA lead the way
and private sector representatives attended the event.
Government revises the Teacher Recruitment Policy 2021
Every year, Sindh requires ~7000 new teachers. However, whenever the government needs to hire it is never able to find enough B.Ed. qualified teachers on the market. As a result, it lowers the admissions criteria to allow all degree-holders to apply, which in turn hurts the prestige and quality of the teaching profession. How can we ensure a steady supply of B.Ed. qualified teachers to ensure that all vacancies are being filled with highly qualified and effective teachers?
Improving education through teaching license: A whitepaper
Hear from Dr Sajid Ali – Aga Khan University faculty on the teaching license effort – as he talks about how licensing can impact our future generation of learners.
Organised in collaboration with Durbeen and Sindh Teachers Education Development Authority-STEDA,SE&LD,Govt of Sindh.
Dr Nasira Khatoon lauds Durbeen’s intervention in teacher education
Karachi University Vice Chancellor, Dr Nasira Khatoon and Registrar, Prof Maqsood Ali Ansari, visited the Government Elementary College of Education, Hussainabad on Tuesday. During her visit, Dr Nasira highly appreciated Durbeen’s intervention in teacher education and also appreciated the Teaching Licensing Exam reform by the Sindh Education Department in collaboration with Durbeen, whereby all BEd degree holders will be eligible to take the test, and after clearing, will be inducted in BPS-16.
Sindh’s teaching license exam to work as ‘incentive’ to improve profession
Following the Sindh government’s decision to introduce a teaching license exam, philanthropist Shehzad Roy said the assessment would work as an “incentive” to improve the “entire teaching profession”.
Age limit for B.Ed. admissions abolished
Through its advocacy efforts, Durbeen was behind the government’s decision to remove the age limit previously required for admission to the B.Ed. program across Sindh.
