Muhammad Idrees Azam

MUHAMMAD IDREES AZAM

CURRENT POSITION:

District Education Officer (Male) Peshawar

March 2019 –   until Now, Department ofElementary & Secondary Education Peshawar ,KP Pakistan.

EDUCATION:

 Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom

M.Sc. in Education Management, 1998- 1999 

University of Peshawar, Pakistan 

M.A in Economics.  1988-1990

PROFESSIONAL AFFICATIONS:

  British Educational Management & Administrative Society (BEMAS) (M: 4237)

• Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management (M: 11703) 
• Prince-2 Professional qualified, ESC Lille School of Management, France/PPMI, 2008.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Chief Planning Officer, Elementary & Secondary Education Department

Nov 2014 – Jan 2019

Principal (B-19), Govt. Higher Secondary School, Peshawar 

May 2012 – Oct 2014

Project Director (Education), UNCHR Afghan Refugees 

May 2007 – April 2012

Principal (B-18) Govt. High School, Ghazgi, Charsadda

July 2005 –April 2007

Deputy Director (Finance & Administration) Directorate of Schools & Literacy

April 2003- March 2005

Planning Officer (B-17), Schools & Literacy Department

Oct 2000 - June 2003     

Assistant Director (General), Directorate of Secondary Education

Jan 1997– Sept 1998

Subject Specialist Economics,(BPS-17),GHSS Peshawar Cantt

Mar 1993- Dec 1997.

RESEARCH REPORTS: 

• Restructuring of Govt. Primary schools: Children are not learning in primary schools of KP. September 2016.
• Improvement of learning and teaching standards in government schools through reduction of weight of school bags: May 2019.
• Comparative study of 20 Govt. Higher secondary schools and 20 private schools in district Peshawar on the basis of BISE Peshawar 2018 HSSC (Annual) results. Nov 2018.
• The private sector and philanthropy in education: Tameer E School program in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa . Graduate Institute Of International & Development Studies, Geneva .Nov 2017.
• Development of Quality Performance Indicators (QPI)  for  boys GHSSS and private schools on the basis of BISE Peshawar 2019 HSSC (Annual) results in district Peshawar.
• Research study on administration and financial issues in the government schools of Peshawar. December 2019.
• Research study on 978 non-feasible government schools in KP having less than 30 student enrollment. 2018
• “Role Of British Primary Head In School Improvement With Implications For Pakistan” Sheffield Hallam University,  Kath Aspinwall
• “Site-Based Management With Implications For Pakistani Schools” Tim Simkins, School Of Education, Sheffield Hallam University.
• “Role And Leadership Of A British Head Teacher With Implications For Pakistan” Kath Aspinwall
• “New head as a change agent - Viv Garrett, Senior Lecturer.
• “Role of Information Technology in the Developing Countries” (Sheffield Hallam University, Moria Monteith, course leader, certificate in education: post-16).