Education Leader · Policy Strategist · Master Trainer
Currently Active — NACTA
Faiza Fatima
Deputy Director (Gender Initiatives) — NACTA · ECE Specialist · Education Consultant
Transforming educational landscapes through 18+ years of policy leadership, curriculum innovation, and large-scale teacher training — from national ministries to international platforms.
Education Leader · Policy Strategist · Master Trainer
Currently Active — NACTA
Faiza Fatima
Deputy Director (Gender Initiatives) — NACTA · ECE Specialist · Education Consultant
Transforming educational landscapes through 18+ years of policy leadership, curriculum innovation, and large-scale teacher training — from national ministries to international platforms.
Profile
Shaping the Future of Education
A visionary academic leader and policy strategist dedicated to redefining educational standards. Currently serving as Deputy Director (Gender Initiatives) at NACTA, with a distinguished prior career as Director Academics at the Ministry of Federal Education. Dual M.Phil. holder with specialized Kaizen training in Japan bridging high-level policy with classroom excellence through AI, robotics, and space education.
Core Competencies
Areas of Deep Expertise
Early Childhood Education (ECE)
Specialist in foundational literacy and ECE master training, certified across Aga Khan University and the British Council.
Teacher Capacity Building
Designing intensive boot camps for B.Ed and M.Ed students on digital lesson planning and modern pedagogical techniques.
Curriculum Design & Development
Architect of comprehensive academic kits, master planners, and integrated syllabi bridging theory with practical implementation.
Policy & Counter-Extremism
Strategic policy dialogues, prevention of violent extremism programs, and Interpol-level training in gender-inclusive peacebuilding.
Digital Education & Innovation
Leading transition to LMS-integrated academic planners and AI-driven classroom tools including robotics and space sciences.
Gender & Peacebuilding Leadership
Championing women as peacebuilders and mediators, with international training through Interpol, UNODC, and NDF frameworks.
Career
Professional Experience
- –Championing women’s leadership as peacebuilders and mediators on an international scale
- –Facilitating gender-inclusive leadership programs in coordination with UN Women
- –Coordinating counter-extremism policy with national and international security partners
- –Driving gender mainstreaming within national security and education frameworks
- –Oversaw provincial policy execution and coordinated with the National Curriculum Council (NCC)
- –Led the SIFC Task Force on Education for national policy alignment
- –Organized National Education Conferences, Emergency Education Policy, and SDG Initiatives
- –Managed Global Space Week 2024 and the Greening Education Initiative
- –Supervised SDU operations and informal education initiatives
- –Designed and delivered teacher training programs on curriculum implementation and assessment
- –Delivered high-impact training to thousands of educators on ECE and school organization
- –Conducted digital lesson plan boot camps for B.Ed and M.Ed students nationwide
Initiatives
Special Projects & Initiatives
National
Policy
STEM
Security
Leadership
Associations
International & National Partners
- ·Interpol — France
- ·UNODC
- ·British Council
- ·USAID
- ·UNICEF
- ·JICA / Japan Government
- ·UN Women
- ·NACTA
- ·Ministry of Federal Education
- ·NDF — National Dialogue Forum
- ·Sindh Education Department
- ·STEVTA
- ·National Book Foundation
- ·Aga Khan University
- ·University of Karachi
- ·Quaid-e-Azam University
- ·Allama Iqbal Open University
- ·The Signature Impact
- ·AFAQ / ECDI / AIMS