Mir Zaman Shah, MEd ’04, from Chitral has been awarded the Endeavour Postgraduate Scholarship 2015 to pursue a PhD in Education from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.
The Endeavour Scholarships are highly competitive, merit-based international scholarships provided by the Australian Government to selected group of people around the globe to undertake study, research and professional development in Australian Universities.
Mir’s research will focus on reviewing educational policies and practices in different contexts. “It will enable me to contribute to the knowledge base in education by undertaking an original, substantial and rigorous research project,” added Mir. “Getting into the PhD programme at RMIT would have not been possible, had I not gained extensive research exposure as a student at IED," he said.
His story is nothing less than inspiring. Starting his career as a science teacher at the Grand Folks English Medium School in Muslimabad, Karachi in 1993, Mir returned to Chitral in 1995 and joined the Aga Khan Education Service, Pakistan. He worked as a teacher, head teacher, teacher educator and assistant general manager in AKES before becoming general manager, Chitral in 2010. As GM, he was responsible for managing 45 schools educating nearly 8,000 children in the remotest areas of the region.
Winning the Endeavour Scholarship is not the first accolade for Mir. He is also a recipient of the AKU-IED Distinction Award for his outstanding performance in the MEd programme, as well as a winner of an AusAID Development Scholarship for a master’s degree in educational leadership, which he completed with distinction in 2008.
Mir Zaman Shah, MEd ’04, from Chitral has been awarded the Endeavour Postgraduate Scholarship 2015 to pursue a PhD in Education from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.
The Endeavour Scholarships are highly competitive, merit-based international scholarships provided by the Australian Government to selected group of people around the globe to undertake study, research and professional development in Australian Universities.
Mir’s research will focus on reviewing educational policies and practices in different contexts. “It will enable me to contribute to the knowledge base in education by undertaking an original, substantial and rigorous research project,” added Mir. “Getting into the PhD programme at RMIT would have not been possible, had I not gained extensive research exposure as a student at IED," he said.
His story is nothing less than inspiring. Starting his career as a science teacher at the Grand Folks English Medium School in Muslimabad, Karachi in 1993, Mir returned to Chitral in 1995 and joined the Aga Khan Education Service, Pakistan. He worked as a teacher, head teacher, teacher educator and assistant general manager in AKES before becoming general manager, Chitral in 2010. As GM, he was responsible for managing 45 schools educating nearly 8,000 children in the remotest areas of the region.
Winning the Endeavour Scholarship is not the first accolade for Mir. He is also a recipient of the AKU-IED Distinction Award for his outstanding performance in the MEd programme, as well as a winner of an AusAID Development Scholarship for a master’s degree in educational leadership, which he completed with distinction in 2008.
