Pakistani Educational Leadership Project at Plymouth State University

Hi!

I am Khurshid from Peshawar (well! almost Peshawar, since its the capital of N.W.F.P) actually my village is situated about 45 km away from Peshawar, named “TANGI” with a pure culture of typical Pathans clan (the Muhammadzai’s).

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I entered the profession of teaching accidently however soon I began to love it. May be it was due to the one of the best school of Pakistan that gave full support in almost all disciplines of teaching-learning process. I have been working as a senior Master in University Public School (One of the three schools run by University of Peshawar). I am the poineer in establishing the computer Lab. in the school in 1986 and eversince, the teaching of computer never stopped (Now a fully equipped lab with 38 P4s). Besides taking classes with senior students in Biology, I also coordinate co-curricurlar activities including 13 clubs (Nature Club, Science Club, Art & Craft Club, Debating Club, etc which are run each by two relevent teachers).

In 2003, I joined WWF-P (World Wildlife Fund for Nature- Pakistan) as an Environmental Education and Communication Specialist. With the experience of UPS (University Public Schoo) in hand, I travelled to the very remote and difficult areas of District Muzaffarabad (Azad Jammu & Kashmir) and imparted awareness regarding conservation of the resources of the nearby National Park (the Machiara National Park).

All this was in progress quite smoothly when the calamity of the October 2005 occured and everybody had to suspend their routine duties except to rescue, provide relief and ensure rehabilitation of the affected communitieis. I was lucky enough to reach the most affected area through a sortie and remained there until February 2006. Its a long story (I shall be sharing it with you bit by bit later) how I rescued the critically injured, established field hospitla/dispencaries, Provide food and blankets (of course with the colloboration of WFP and IOM) and established a very friendly relation with the local commnities.

The most promising task (I think), is to treat the local school children regarding the psychological affects (PTSD) of earthquake.

Now I am back to my school and (God knows! visiting USA may be a reward for the efforts I made for the poor communities of Muzaffarabad) with a huge collection of images, videos and reports regarding Environmental Education, Rescue, and Rehabilitation.

I am also very enthusiastic to learn from the visit regarding modern techniques of imparting ‘activities based education.’ ( Well, I am the author of 3 books on EE which are totally activities based but those were my own approaches and not of the experts).

(I made few attempts to insert some images but in vein. It would be very nice of anyone who could tell me about the process)

See you all soon

Khurshid Ahmed

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