Dr. Gulnaz Zahid has nearly ten years of experience in higher education in Pakistan. Her research interests revolve around higher education, internationalization, education policy, career education, and disability studies. She is voluntarily leading a research project with ITA to study the effectiveness of education policy for career education in primary and secondary schools. The purpose of the project is to explore how policy is currently supporting career guidance practice in schools in Asian countries, what the current status of career guidance is in primary and secondary schools, and to what extent it is found effective. Data for this study will be collected through the members and Ambassadors of ITA. A secondary review of data will be made. Findings will provide a comparative review of education policies and strategies that commonly influence the effectiveness of student outcomes in different contexts. Findings will be presented through the ITA website and will also be presented on various international forums.
At present, there is one collaborator on this project from Sri Lanka, Ms. Madhavinee Yatanwala. She is a teacher of English in the Government sector working for 7 years. She has received a diploma in Teaching and BA in English from the University of Sri Jayawardhanapura, Sri Lanka. She completed her postgraduate diploma in Education Management and Leadership in OTHM.
If you like to join this project, please contact Dr. Gulnaz Zahid via email gulnazzahid@hotmail.com. Please provide information about your research interest and availability to complete the project through a secondary review of national policies and research published during the last three years. Also, please mention the education policies that you will review under the project and a summary of published papers during the past three years detailing the career guidance practice in primary and secondary schools. We welcome members from other Asian countries to join the project. However, to join please share the information required in your email.
After a comparative analysis, all members of the project may present findings jointly via webinar or in a conference.