The Director – Teachers' Development Centre, Karachi

ABBAS HUSAIN was awarded the LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD by Mohsin-e-Pakistan the late Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan at the Teachers' Development Conference of MILLENNIUM INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Islamabad on February 20, 2020

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ABBAS Husain is Director, Teachers’ Development Centre. His work in the training of teachers has made him a distinguished voice in the education field. He has so far reached over 87,000 teachers in Pakistan, Oman, UAE, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, giving him unique expertise in the field. The pandemic has reorganized all our priorities and his efforts to offer viable solutions for today have been appreciated countrywide.

His own training and education at the Universities of Karachi, Manchester, Toronto, Louisville and Chicago added to a passionate dedication to remaining updated with the latest thinking in the field of teacher education makes him a sought-after speaker. He is a Founder member of SPELT and is known as an articulate advocate of the intellectual authority of teachers in society.

ABBAS HUSAIN was awarded the LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD by Mohsin-e-Pakistan Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan at the Teachers’ Development Conference of Millennium Institute of Professional Development, Islamabad on February 22, 2020.

On March 12, 2022, he was awarded the EDUCATION ICON award by Mohammad Azfar Ahsan, Minister of State, Government of Pakistan at the 3rd National Education Summit hosted by Pakistan Academic Consortium, Karachi.

Abbas Husain brings with him a unique perspective of change and resistance to change in the education system of Pakistan. Having been exposed to a vast number of educationists, school teachers, heads and coordinators, he is able to share his insights on the challenges of change in urban education in Pakistan.

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As Director of Teachers’ Development Centre since 1997, he has conducted numerous workshops and training seminars on cutting edge themes in education with a clear eye on what is possible in our context.

His work in the training of teachers has made him a distinguished voice in the education field. He has so far reached over 85,000 teachers in Pakistan, Oman, UAE, Afghanistan and Tajikistan giving him unique expertise in the field. Abbas Husain has conducted the Master Teacher’s Course since 1998, and has so far contributed over 452 teacher trainers to the national pool of trainers, Significantly, 70 of them are in leadership positions at present and most of the others are a source of influential ideas and practices in their respective schools. The range of service spans a wide spectrum: from elite schools, to private schools, to trust schools to the public sector schools.

He brings with him a unique perspective of change and resistance to change in the education system of Pakistan. Having been exposed to a vast number of educationists, school teachers, heads, coordinators, and head of departments he is able to share his insights on the resistance to change, the challenges to change in urban society of Pakistan.

Consultant: PAF Finishing School, Islamabad since 1996 to date.
TDC was a partner with the British Council in their Connecting Classrooms Project, 2007-2010
TDC conducted a Staff Development Program at Cadet College, Petaro, in May, July 2011
Keynote Speaker at ROOTS Millennium Schools Teachers’ Development Conferences, Islamabad since 2006
January – May 2016: English Skills Development for Bank AL Habib
July 2016: Mapping Education in the 21st Century. PUAN International Conference
September and December 2016: Conducted Training of Trainers for Senior Leadership of Beaconhouse School System and Salamat School System
October 2016: Conducted World Cafe session for 350 participants at Principals’ Conference – organized by Aga Khan University Examination Board (AKU-EB)
December 2016: Leadership Skills for KASHF Foundation Lahore
April – May & December 2016: Personal Effectiveness Toolkit for Interloop Faisalabad and ChildLife Foundation Karachi.
January 2017: A Passion for Teaching for AL Farabi School Karachi
Febuary 2017: Personal Effectiveness Toolkit for Childlife Foundation Karachi
March 2017: Class observation & A Passion for Teaching Workshop for The Guidance House School, Mirpur, Azad Kashmir
March 2017: Language Audit at Habib public School & Habib Girls School Karachi
April 2017: ROOTS FUTURE WORLD CAMPUS Inauguration Ceremony at Bahria Town Karachi City School Conference Islamabad
May 2017: Activities for Teaching Literacy Workshop for Society of International Education, Karachi
A session for DOOR OF AWARENESS Lahore
July 2017: Master Teachers’ Course 17, 6 Key Principles at DCTO Lyari School Karachi (Kiren Foundation)
August 2017: A Passion for Teaching at Nasra Public School Karachi, Love Learning Conference 2017 in Lahore & Pedagogical Skills at Air University Islamabad
May-June 2018: BUSINESS LANGUAGE FOR BANKERS COURSE AT BANK AL HABIB KARACHI.
December 2018: Conducted workshop at Sindh Grammar School.
July 2019: Conducted three day workshop in English Skills Development and Teachers as Trainers for faculty of Cadet College Ormara, at Ormara, Balochistan
September 2019: Novice Teachers Course 2019
January 2020: Conducted a two-day training session at SUI MODEL SCHOOL AND GIRL’S COLLEGE, district Sui, Balochistan.
June and July 2020: Conducted the Online Teaching Excellence Course, covering forty five hours of effective strategies on how to adapt online teaching.
July 2021: Master Teachers’ Course 19
November 2021: Spoke at the seminar ‘Investing in Inclusion: Unpacking Pakistan’s Single National Curriculum’.
November 2021: The Dramatic Classroom with Applied Drama Practitioner Muneeb ur Rehman
February 2022: Presented the Shield of Honour from The Islamia University of Bahawalpur
March 2022: Awarded the EDUCATION ICON award by Mohammad Azfar Ahsan, Minister of State, Government of Pakistan at the 3rd National Education Summit.
June 2022: THE 20th MASTER TEACHER’S COURSE was held at TDC. Seventeen participants received certificates on completion of rigorous 100 hours of training in 18 intense sessions. This year’s MTC explored three hubs of concern in great detail: INWARD ALIGNMENT, CLASSROOM ALIGNMENT and SCHOOL ALIGNMENT were explored in great detail.
July 2022: Conducted a four-day Leadership and Management Workshop for Government School Heads in Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan where TDC offered the ideas and strategies emerging from the FIFTH DISCIPLINE, Peter Senge’s model of the Learning Organization.

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May 2008: Speaker at the UK- Pakistan School Leadership Conference at National College of School Leadership, Nottingham, UK.
February 2009: Attended the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington D.C with President Obama as Chief Guest.
March 2010: Conducted a Whole School Turnover Project in Pakistan School, Muscat, Oman.
February 2013: Led with his team the Afghanistan Teachers Capacity Building Workshop at TDC. He is active in the Compassionate Schools Network, and in May 2013 trained teachers and Heads in Kabul, Afghanistan.
May 2013: Conducted Leadership Training for Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, Kabul
May and November 2013 & 2014: School Leadership Training in Mumbai and Burhanpur, India. He conducted School Leadership Training in Dubai, UAE in 2015.
November 2015, February and November 2016: Training of Teachers at Ma’had Tarbiyyat Zainabiyya, Burhanpur India.