AFSHAN HUMA

Concerned citizen, Educator/Teacher, Social entrepreneur

An Educator, Researcher and Consultant, working at the Department of EPPSL at Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan, and creator of the facebook group turned into an organization Quality Education Services, that provides training and consultancy in research and education. I completed my PhD at Michigan State University, MI, USA. Proud to be a Spartan. I started my career as a Mathematics teacher in Army Public School and College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Then I worked as a senior trainer in Intel®Teach for a year. I also worked as a school head in The Educators for one year. I am also honored to be on the Board of Trusties at Idara-e-Taleem o Agahi.

I am passionate about education but not in the form it is being administered now

Education could have been a source of breaking power structures but it has been rebuilding them...I wish to see how educational planning, curriculum and leadership could be re-engineered for making education more inclusive and becoming a source of peace and harmony at large

I was born in a middle class conservative Pakistani family. I was told during my teen age that I cannot do certain things because of my gender, religion and economic status. I kept studying and working. I became a rebel once i had done my masters and started earning. I wanted to break the model of gender, religious and socioeconomic stereotypical model prevailing around me. Today I am heading the department of educational planning policy studies and leadership where I offered the first course of Critical Thinking and Reflective Practice for the teachers and educational leaders. My major work and concern is to re-engineer educational nexus to make it more inclusive for all. I am working with a vibrant team of educators and research students. I don't know if I succeed or fail but I am determined to do my best effort for making education a pathway to peace and socioeconomic development in a country like Pakistan.

Non directive counselling. I want every human being to be an independent thinker and make his/her own decision. I help people making their own pathways. I do counseling for making career goals and achieving personal or professional goals through effectively and efficiently recognizing and using natural and developed strengths.