AKU IED-PDCN Library, Gilgit

10/03/2026

From Teaching to Learning The power of SLOs
Date 16 - 17 March -2026
Venue : PDCN Gilgit
This session challenges educators to shift their focus from simply delivering content to ensuring students truly learn. It explores how Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) can serve as the foundation for this transformation.
Participants will learn to use SLOs as a blueprint for curriculum planning, ensuring that lesson objectives, teaching strategies, and assessments are fully aligned. By analyzing measurable student progress, educators will develop the skills to reflect on and refine their own practices. The ultimate goal is to empower teachers to become facilitators of deep, meaningful learning experiences. We welcome teachers, headteachers, teacher educators, section heads, and education students to participate!
Registration Fee2000/-
Register Today!
https://tinyurl.com/mvwtd9r6

19/02/2026

CPE: Teaching Poetry in Elementary Language Classes
📅 Dates: February 25–26, 2026 ⏰ Time: 09:30am - 12:30pm 📍 Venue: PDCN 💰 Course Fee: Rs. 1500/-

This workshop is an invitation to rediscover the heartbeat of poetry, open to teachers, headteachers, educators, parents, and anyone who believes in the power of words. It’s a space where we move beyond simple reading to truly enjoy and understand a poem, letting new vocabulary sink in naturally as we learn to recite and dramatize with newfound confidence.
Attendees will treat dictionaries as creative companions, then work together in groups to write and illustrate their very own poems. These creations will be shared for feedback and displayed.

This session is about providing the time and space to practice, to play, and to engage deeply by developing materials, reciting poems, and singing songs together!
Venue: PDCN, Konodass Gilgit
Mode: In person only
Course Fee: 1500 Rs.
Register Today!
https://tinyurl.com/mp2vmt8z

02/02/2026

Open House at the AKU IED Professional Development Centre, Gilgit Baltistan

07/11/2025

21/10/2025

Silver Jubilee Celebrations!
Heartiest congratulations to AKU-IED/PDCN on completing 25 years of excellence, dedication, and impactful service! Let’s celebrate and applaud AKU-PDCN for its remarkable contributions to transforming the educational landscape of Gilgit-Baltistan and beyond.

18/10/2025

https://www.facebook.com/share/16U2N8MEgh/

Dr. Sadruddin Bahadur Qutoshi is an Associate Professor at Karakoram International University (KIU), where he has built a career dedicated to advancing educational practices and teacher development. His professional journey in education, which began in 2008, is characterized by a sustained focus on community-based schooling and student-centered pedagogy.

Dr. Qutoshi's academic expertise is grounded in his PhD in Education, where he specialized in transformative teacher education. This research focus forms the core of his scholarly work, which examines how to equip educators with the methodologies and philosophies to foster profound, meaningful learning experiences. His commitment to academic discourse extends beyond KIU, as evidenced by his participation in a doctoral student conference at The Aga Khan University.

His research portfolio addresses practical and strategic dimensions of education. He has published on critical topics such as implementing student-centered learning approaches and analyzing the leadership role of principals within community schools. This work is often collaborative, as seen in his co-authored publication, "A Philosophical View on and a Technical Approach to Leading a Learning Organization" with M. M. S. Rajbhandari.

Dr. Qutoshi maintains an active presence in the wider academic community through professional affiliations and platforms such as Google Scholar and LinkedIn, which facilitate the dissemination of his research and connection with fellow scholars. His body of work demonstrates a consistent commitment to improving educational outcomes through transformative teaching and community-oriented leadership.

We are honoured to have Dr Sadruddin Bahadur Qutoshi, onboard with us a Session Chair at the 13th International Conference - Raising Children in Our Times, on the 20th of October 2025, in Gilgit-Baltistan.

For further details about the conference visit
https://www.aku.edu/iedpk/research/Pages/13-international-conference.aspx

18/10/2025

https://www.facebook.com/share/1BJrRPPPom/

18/10/2025

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CzzcXtmaT/

Mahi Parveen is currently serving as the Principal at the Government College of Education for Women, Gilgit, a Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Educational Leadership and Management from the Aga Khan University, Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED), where I graduated with a distinction for her research thesis. Additionally, she has an MPhil from Karakoram International University (KIU).
She received the prestigious Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship, awarded under the Fulbright Exchange Program, through which she pursued studies in Educational Administration, Planning, and Policy at Vanderbilt University, USA.

Over the course of her career, she has contributed extensively to both public and private education sectors. She has worked with the Aga Khan Education Service, Pakistan (AKESP) as a teacher trainer, Head Teacher, and Principal, and with the Professional Development Centre North (PDCN) under the Child-Friendly Schools Project as a teacher trainer.
In the Government Education Department, Mahi Parveen served in various leadership and training roles including teacher trainer, Vice Principal, and now Principal. She has played a key role in policy-level initiatives, particularly in promoting formative assessment, and has contributed to the Model Schools Project and Capacity Building Programs in remote regions of Gilgit-Baltistan, including Chilas, Skardu, Ghizer, and Hunza.
Currently, she is working alongside a team of energetic and professional colleagues, and with the strong support of forward-thinking leadership to bring about meaningful and sustainable reform in teacher education in Gilgit. A collective focus on improving the quality, relevance, and impact of teacher preparation to meet the evolving educational needs of the region.

We are delighted to have Mahi Parveen onboard with us a Session Chair at the 13th International Conference - Raising Children in Our Times, on the 20th of October 2025 in Gilgit-Baltistan.

For further details about the conference visit
https://www.aku.edu/iedpk/research/Pages/13-international-conference.aspx

18/10/2025

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16X6VB5XN2/

Dr. Dil Angaiz has been working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Development at Karakoram International University, Gilgit. She holds a Doctoral Degree in Education from USA. She brings in vast experience of teaching right from ECD to University level.

She was the first initiator of an ECD program in 1998 in the Aga Khan School Sherqilla, followed by the initiator of the ECD center at Karakoram International University in 2009 with the support of the institutional leadership in both places. Dr. Dil Angaiz worked as principal of the Aga Khan School Sherqilla and Ghakuch. In the University, she had an opportunity to work in the leadership positions as Head of Department in the Department of Educational Development at KIU, as well as Assistant Dean in the faculty of Social Sciences in the University. She has presented papers in national and international forums and published in both national and international journals, and have supervised research work of MPhil students. She is an active faculty in the University, and have been working in the faculty development area along with other resource persons from KIU in support of the Aga Khan University Center of Quality Teaching and Learning at KIU as well as in the University of Chitral Since 2023.

We are honoured to have Dr Dil Angaiz onboard with us a Session Chair at the 13th International Conference - Raising Children in Our Times, on the 20th of October 2025, Gilgit-Baltistan.

For further details about the conference visit
https://www.aku.edu/iedpk/research/Pages/13-international-conference.aspx

21/09/2025

We look forward to welcoming Dr Nishat Riaz at the 13th International Conference 2025 on the 20th of October in Gilgit.

Dr Nishat has over two decades of leadership in education and international development, Nishat has dedicated her career to creating large-scale impact. Her work spans the critical areas of health, gender, skills, culture, and education, which she has advanced through programme development and strategic oversight.

A true pioneer, Nishat was instrumental in establishing the first university in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan province, the Karakoram International University. Her expertise is sought after globally, evidenced by her 17+ years on advisory boards for international development organisations.

Now, as the Global Head of Higher Education Systems at the British Council, she leads efforts in over 100 countries, building on her previous experience of managing one of the UK's largest global education programmes in Pakistan. Her transformative work was formally recognized in 2017 when she was awarded an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II.

Beyond her executive roles, Nishat is a respected voice in her field, sharing her insights as a writer and an international speaker on platforms like TEDx.

Don't miss out on a chance to witness this keynote session in-person.

If you haven't already registered now is the time to become part of the first step towards change.
Registrations are closing soon!

Discover more about the conference and to register use the following link
https://www.aku.edu/iedpk/research/Pages/13-international-conference.aspx

Payment Link
https://payonline.aku.edu/rcot.aspx