1. C.V
Prof. Muhammad Zahid
Director Research and Academics Glorious Educational System
Personal Information:
Father’s Name: Hidayat Hussain
Date of Birth: 15-06-1955
C.N.I.C.No. 42101-1372763-1
Cell # 0332 7978536
Email: muhammadzahid9139@yahoo.com
Permanent Address: House # 12, Block- 55 Sector
5-G, New Karachi Town - Karachi
Professional Summary Statements:
I'm an educationist with professional experience in multiple jobs various organizations and
universities. I have always had a strong interest in teaching/learning, research, writing and
editing mathematics books and have attempted to gain the knowledge and experience needed to
work effectively in this capacity.
More than thirty 35 years of teaching experience in different educational institutions of Pakistan
and university levels encompassing primary and secondary education, mathematics, pre- service
and in-service teacher education. I got opportunity to work as Resource Person of mathematics at
Academy for Educational Development (A.E.D) Islamabad. This was In-Country Teachers
Programme with the collaboration of University of Montana USA. In this Programme I taught
mathematics from March 2006 – June 2006 and trained 30 lecturers and professors of
Government Education Colleges of Pakistan. I worked as a resource person in professional

2. Development Programme for Govt. School Teachers (Primary &n Secondary) with City District
Govt. Karachi.
I have designed and taught various Mathematics courses at the Aga Khan University with the
faculties of different abroad universities like Oxford, Toronto and Birmingham. ‘Nakhla’ is one
of the big system of O/A Level I worked there as a Head of Education. It is my good luck that I
have worked with different publishers and Sindh Textbook Board and developed instructional
material.
Sindh Education Sector plan was prepared from 5th Nov, 2012 to 30th Dec, 2012 at Reform
Support Unit (RSU) Karachi where I worked as an educationist with one of the thematic working
group. Our main focus was Curriculum, Textbook and Assessment. European Union is the
funding agency and it will be implemented by Uniecf.
Project Management:
I was appointed as a District Coordinator at Khairpur (Sindh) and Turbat (Baluchistan) in
USAID, ESRA PROJECT by the Aga Khan University where I run this field based project very
smoothly. I also worked as an academic coordinator at The Education Foundation Karachi and
trained number of teachers in public and private sectors of Karachi. In Middle School Project I
rendered my services as an author and where I developed the instructional material of
mathematics from 6th to 8th grade. Then I was appointed as coordinator for the same project to
train government teachers at Provincial Institute of Teacher Education (PITE) and trained
hundreds of teachers.
Publications:
Reviewer: Mathematics for class I – V (Sindh Text Book Board, Jamshoro Hyderabad)
Author: Teachers’ guide for class II and V (STBB Jamshoro Hyderabad in collaboration with
World Bank)
Author: Graded Mathematics for Nursery and Primary (O – 5, six books)
Paramount Books Private (Ltd)

3. Editor: New Secondary Mathematics (D1 – D4) Pan Pacific and Paramount Books Pvt. (Ltd.)
Author: Mathematics for class III under ‘Scheme of Work’ for primary school teachers of Sindh
Education Foundation, Karachi.
Author & Editor: Mathematics for class VI – VIII Sindh Text Book Board Jamshoro. These
Books are taught in all the Govt. Schools of Sindh at present.
Author: Mathematics (for adult education) Sindh Education Foundation (SEF) & UNESCO.
Author: A book on “Lesson and Unit planning”, it is in the editing process.
Senior Consultant: Building Mathematics (Beginner, Level 1 and Level 2), Spectrum
Publications Karachi
Research:
Successfully completed a research dissertation as a part of two – years M.Ed. Programme (1994–
1995) at AKU – IED Karachi (A study of the causes of students’ conceptual problems in learning
Algebra)
I worked as a research supervisor at Hamdard University Karachi. Under my supervision
many students of B.Ed. and M.Ed. successfully completed their thesis on different topics.
I worked on a research project “Impact of professional development programmes for primary
school teachers of TEF – Working schools and completed the research project within time line.
Workshops and Seminars:
I facilitated a number of workshops and seminars at the AKU-IED on various topics such as
needs assessment, orientations and follow-up of programs, future strategies for sustainability,
designing and conducting NGO/CBO-based professional development initiatives, dissemination
and lessons learnt mathematics education and pedagogical concepts.
I successfully participated in five – days workshop on Textbook and Instructional Materials
Development held at Karachi from 24th to 28th March 1998 under the Middle School Project
ADB – Ministry of Education Islamabad.

4. Participated “Project Management Skills” Workshop (July 11 – 12. 2005) conducted by Dr.
Chris Tribble at AKU – IED.
Education:
 M.Phil. (Edu) from Newports Institute of Communication & Economics Kashmir Road
Karachi. (all course work is completed)
 Master in Education (in Teacher Education) from the Aga Khan university-Institute for
Educational Development (AKU-IED), Karachi in collaboration with University of
Oxford England – Department Educational Studies.
 Master of Education (in Evaluation & Guidance) from University of Karachi.
Professional Courses:
 One-Year Certificate in Teaching: (1977 – 1978) offered by the Government Teachers’
Training Institute Qasimabad Karachi.
 Attended three weeks mathematics course from June16, 1997 – July 04, 1997 at AKU –
IED. This course was designed by “The Andover Dartmouth Mathematics Institute
America”
 Attended four-weeks In-service Training of Secondary School Teachers in the subject of
Mathematics organized by the Bureau of Curriculum and Extension Wing Sindh,
Hyderabad at Jamshoro in collaboration with Federal Ministry of Education Islamabad, at
Regional Education Extension Centre Shah Faisal Colony No. 2 Karachi.
 Participated in Two Weeks Course for Master Training in the subject of English at
Secondary level organized in collaboration with British Council, at R.E.E.C. Karachi
 Certificate in “Teaching for English and English for Teaching” – British Council Karachi

5. Conference Participation:
 Participated in School Improvement and Leadership International Conference 1998,
held at the Aga Khan University-Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED),
Karachi, Pakistan.
 Participated in International conference at AKU-IED (21st to 23rd March 2006).and
Presented full approved paper under the title of “Teachers’ Professional Development for
Quality Education”.
Additional Skills:
 Considerable experience of working on MS Office, also conversant with INTERNET /
INTRANET.
 Capable of selecting and developing / enriching curriculum and appropriate materials
for professional programmes.
 Capable of developing Introductory Booklet and writing reports of professional
programmes.
 Equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge to function in multi-cultural
environment and in a variety of capacities.
 Capable of creating collaborative development plan through involvement of various
stakeholders.
 Able to undertake coordination and assessment/evaluation of the programme (s)
implemented.
 Can fluently speak, read and write in Urdu, English and have working ability in spoken
Punjabi and Sindhi.
 A critical thinker with strong analytical skills
 Have good presentation skills combining sound analytical research and clear verbal
explanation
 Good organizational skills developed in a variety of deadline orientated situations.
 Get on well with people at all levels, easily making good working relationships.
 learn new skills and work with new technologies is particularly attractive to me
 Proven ability to work with difficult situations and provide a high level of
service to clients

6.  Strive for quality in everything I do.
Membership of Professional Organizations:
 Member of the Mathematics Association of Pakistan (MAP) at AKU-IED. Participate in
MAP activities in various capacities such as:
 Facilitator of sessions on different topics
 Key note speaker in MAP Symposium 2003
 Member of the Professional Development Teachers Association International (PDTA),
Pakistan.
 Member of All Pakistan Government School Teachers Association (APGSTA, Pakistan.)