South Asian Forum for Education Development (SAFED)

Presentations

Day 1

April 4th, 2012

Session 1

9:30 - 11:00

Opening

Speakers
Baela Raza Jamil - Director Programs ITA [Download]
Dr. Michael Nettles Senior Vice President ETS
(Video Conference)
Dr. Rukmini Banerji - Director ASER Centre India [Download]

Session 2

11:30-13:30

Learning relevance and learning outcomes: at what cost?

Speakers
Ravish Amjad - Research and Policy Analyst [Download]
ASER Pakistan
Dr. Tariq Rahman - Dean School of Education [Download]
Beaconhouse University
Aziz Kabani -Director Sindh Education Foundation [Download]

Session 3

14:30-16:30

Early beginnings for bridging the Quality Inequality Gap

Speakers
Junko Miyahara - Coordinator Asia Pacific [Download]
    Regional Network for Early Childhood (ARNEC)
Amima Sayeed - Senior Manager Teachers [Download]
   Resource Centre
Kate Anderson Simons - Monitoring &
   Evaluation Consultant Brookings Institute [Download]

Session 4

17:00-18:30

Teacher education models that work

Speakers Gordon MacLeod - Director IG Research and Evaluation [Download] [Download Paper] Bernadette Dean - Principal St. Joseph’s College [Download] Rahila Fatima - Senior Manager The Citizens Foundation (TCF) [Download]
ETS Praxis Video-Conference: Sharing the Praxis series for Teachers' Licensure Presenters 18:30-19:45
Praxis Team: George Powell and Seth Weiner Michael Nettles Senior Vice President ETS [Download]

Day 2

April 5th, 2012

Session 5

9:00-11:00

Teacher education models that work

Speakers
Nadeem Irshad Kayani - Director Directorate of Staff
Development (DSD) [Download]
Wenbin Hu - Manager Cambridge Education Consultants [Download] - [Download Video]
Tayyaba Tamim - Associate Professor
Lahore School of Economics (LSE) [Download]

Session 6

11:30-13:30

Education financing for bridging the inequality gaps

Speakers
Ambreen Raza - MD Punjab Education Foundation [Download]
Yamini Ayiar - Director Accountability Initaitive India [Download]
Leah Verghese & Sujatha Muthayya - CCS & Azim Premji Foundation India [Download 1 ] | [Download 2 ]
Attaullah Wahidyar - Director Ministry of Education Afghanistan [Download]

Session 7

14:15-16:15

Learning relevance and learning outcomes; at what cost?

Speakers
Salaeya Butt - Research Manager Society for
Advancement of Education (SAHE) [Download]
Zubeida Mustafa - Senior Journalist Social Sector [Download paper]
Arif Naveed - Senior Research Associate Sustainable
Development Policy Institute (SDPI) [Download]

Session 8

16:30-18:15

Closing; Conversations, Keynote & Vote of thanks ETS/ITA -SAFED

Speakers
Dr. Iffat Farah - Freelance Educational Developer [Closing Summary - pdf]