About Us
USAMA BASHIR QURESHI
Secretary General
- PMD Clinical Psychology (GCU),
- MSc Psychology (BZU),
- LLM (SU),
- LLB (PU),
- MBA (UCP),
- MA (GCU)
- Member Pakistan Psychological Association,
- Member High Court Bar Association, Punjab.
about us
Who We Are
Global Vision for Inclusive Progress (GVFIP) is a Pakistan-registered nonprofit driven by a team of educators, activists, and community leaders with decades of collective experience.
Rooted in South Punjab, we are expanding across Pakistan to foster inclusive development through education, peacebuilding, and sustainable change.”
Led by social workers and educators with 15+ years of grassroots impact.
Scope
All the existing teacher education degree programmes shall be within the jurisdiction of the Council. Any new programme in teacher education shall also be referred to the Council for the grant of accreditation.
The accreditation will be for specific degree programmes and not institutions.
Accreditation shall be mandatory for all relevant academic programmes offered by public and private sector institutions.
The Council shall assist and advise teacher education institutions in planning their academic and professional programmes.
The Council shall support the intellectual development of prospective teachers (students) interested in pursuing the teaching profession and provide professional assistance to the concerned organizations.
The Council shall consider the following aspects using set criterion for granting accreditation of degree programmes in teacher education subjects: –
• Overall scope of the programme.
• Curricula/syllabi matching with the level of degree programme.
• The requisite infrastructure.
• The faculty- number and qualifications.
• Level of compatibility with international standards and trends.
• Level of skills to be developed by the programme.
• Student support services.
• The library facilities.
• Internship/practice teaching facilities.
• Facilitate for student activities and other amenities.
• Financial assistance/loan etc.
• Level of job placement of graduates.
• Level of market needs fulfillment
Functions
Following Shall Be The Functions of The Council:
To study and develop policies and processes for accreditation of teacher education programmes leading to a degree or a post graduate diploma.
To lay down criteria on which teacher education degree programmes shall be assessed and equated.
To inspect teacher education institutions for ascertaining whether those institutions are functioning in accordance with the provision of relevant universities’ regulations.
To approve a list of auditors for different fields to participate in the process of accreditation of teacher education programmes.
To constitute an Accreditation Inspection Committee (AIC) to evaluate and audit process from the list of auditors. The said committee will send its recommendations to the Council for making decision. The selection criteria for such auditors will be made by the Council.
To propose, consider and approve the policies and procedures for accreditation.
To consider and make decision on any appeal with regard to accreditation
To publish a list of ranking of teacher education programmes.
To promote intellectual development and understanding of subject areas that impact accreditation related activities in the teaching profession.
To collect, collate, index, publish, and disseminate information and research findings on teaching profession and to support the teacher education institutions for quality assurance.
To prepare guidelines and procedures to train programme auditors and guide them how to assist the institutions in planning their academic programmes for accreditation purpose and future progress.
To prepare annual report on the activities of the Council and submit it to the Chairperson HEC.