Children Literature Festival
Founders:
Ameena Saiyid, OBE
Ameena Saiyid joined OUP in 1979 in Lahore, working in sales and editorial, with responsibility for the Punjab and NWFP, and later moved to Karachi. She left OUP in 1986 to set up her own publishing house, Saiyid Books, which grew into a successful business. In 1988, she was invited by OUP to rejoin as head of OUP Pakistan becoming the first woman to head a multinational...
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. OUP Pakistan is committed to promoting the reading culture and to improving the intellectual content of life in Pakistan. It has an extensive school and college textbook publishing programme, which addresses the need for books that are both of high quality and specific to the environment. It has gained a reputation for publishing well-researched academic and general books, which are considered to be authoritative and definitive works on Pakistan.
Contact Information:
Address:
No.38 sector 15 Korangi Industrial Area Karachi 74900, PakistanUAN:
+92-21-111-oxfordTel:
+92-21-35071580-86Fax:
+92-21-35055071-72E-mail:
oup.pk@oup.comWebsite:
www.oup.com.pk
Baela Raza Jamil
Baela Raza Jamil is the Director Programs for the Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA), Center for Education and Consciousness (CEC). ITA is a Public Trust, established in 2000 working nationwide in 13 locations of Pakistan. ITA is embedded in the paradigm of education as a fundamental human entitlement; the right to learning, knowledge systems, citizenship skills and 9000...
Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi
ITA was formed and registered in June 2000. ITA’s primary focus is comprehensive education reform beginning with public sector schools, which are in a state of decay and degeneration. It also works with other sectors of basic education in non-formal and literacy programs for the disadvantaged groups such as child labor, destitute, women and youth. ITA works across formal, non-formal education from, ECE up to secondary levels and for teacher education, in pre-service, in-service and certification programs. Policy and advocacy are an embedded focus of the organization. ITA is in the business of developing workable and upgraded education models as well as social policy guidelines. These are appropriate for urban and rural situations alike across the education spectrum for public and non-elite private schools/institutions. It believes in working through and with partners across local communities, districts and provinces. ITA’s critical partner for action is the public sector at all levels and its institutions.
ITA’s partners include Community Based Organizations (CBOs), NGOs, INGOs, district governments, provincial/federal governments, private corporate sector, philanthropists, expatriate Pakistanis and donors.
The current work and partnerships extend across Lahore, Sheikhupura, Kasur, Rawalpindi, Sahiwal, Gujrat, Jhang, Chiniot, Multan, Muzaffargarh, Chakwal, Rahim Yar Khan, Miyanwali, Faisalabad, Nankana, Sindh, Balochistan (Gwadar, Jaffarababad, Quetta, Sibi) NWFP (Charsadda, Swabi, D.I.Khan/Peshawar), FATA, Islamabad Capital Territory and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). ITA is open to working in contiguous districts within and across provinces. In all four provinces and areas ITA works through its teacher educator/professional development program “teachers without frontiers’
Contact Information:
Address:
Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi
41 - L Model Town Ext. Lahore, PakistanTel:
(+92) (42) 35173005-7Fax:
(+92) (42) 35173005E-mail:
info@itacec.orgWebsite:
www.itacec.org
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