International Conference on Quality Teacher Education
Date: 26-27 May 2025
Location: Hybrid; Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan and Facebook livestream
The live-streamed event will be in English.
The KIX EMAP Hub is partnering with the International Conference on Quality Teacher Education, organised by the National Accreditation Council for Teacher Education Islamabad and Department of Secondary Teacher Education Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU).
This international conference will provide a platform to academics, professionals, administrators, policy makers, and curriculum developers to gather experiences based on research-based knowledge and furnish valuable recommendations to cope with the challenges of teacher education. The sessions will aim at addressing the emerging issues and challenges in the teacher education. It will also provide an opportunity to renowned national and international academicians to conclude the ultimate possibilities and guidelines for teachers’ licensing, accreditation of teacher education programs, teacher education roadmap, recruitment of trained teachers and teachers’ induction and career pathways.
This conference is a two-day event, being held in-person at AIOU, Islamabad. The KIX EMAP Hub will support online live-streaming on Facebook for selected sessions, including a GPE KIX EMAP Session that will feature presentations from Learning Cycle case study authors and KIX research projects. The following sessions will be live-streamed:
26 May 2025
- Inaugural Ceremony:
- Time: 9:00-10:00 AM (Islamabad/PKT)
- Keynote Speech I:
- Time: 10:00-10:30 AM (Islamabad/PKT)
- Speaker: Dr. Akiko Hanaya, Education Policy Advisor, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
- Keynote Speech II:
- Time: 10:30-11:00 AM (Islamabad/PKT)
- Speaker: Prof. Dr. Mehmet Firat Educational Technology, Anadolu University, Turkiya
27 May 2025
- Keynote Speech III:
- Time: 9:30-10:00 AM (Islamabad/PKT)
- Speaker: Prof. Dr. Sajid Ali, Director Research, Aga Khan University, Institute for Educational Development
- GPE KIX EMAP Session:
- Time: 10:00-11:30 AM (Islamabad/PKT)
- “Teacher Licensing”, by Prof. Dr. Sajid Ali
- KIX research: Delivering Responsive and Inclusive Initial Teacher Education Through Design Thinking, by Dr. Takbir Ali
- KIX research: School Leaders as Agents of Change Towards Equity and Inclusion, by Dr. Zahid Majeed
- KIX EMAP Learning Cycle 6: Creating Opportunities: Advancing Women Leadership in Sindh-Pakistan (Teachers’ Career Pathways), by Dr. Kiran Hashmi
- KIX EMAP Learning Cycle 6: Breaking Barriers and Empowering Change: Strengthening Women’s Leadership in School Systems (Teachers’ Career Pathways), by Dr. Zahida Batool
- Closing Ceremony:
- Time: 4:00 PM (Islamabad/PKT)
Eligibility
Online participation is free; anyone is eligible to participate.
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