syed sami mustafA

Education

1978         MA, State University of New York at Binghamton

1974         MA, University of California at Santa Barbara

1972         BA, University of California at Santa Barbara

professional experience

1981 – present     Principal, The C.A.S. School, Karachi

1988 – present     Chairman, Bookgroup, Karachi

1980 – 1981        Assistant Professor,  University of Karachi, Karachi

1978                   Instructor , State University of New York at Binghamton

1974 – 1977        Lecturer , University of Karachi

1972 – 1973        Research Assistant, University of California at Santa Barbara     

                             1971 – 1972         Teaching Assistant, University of California at Santa Barbara

experience in educational projects

2003                    Consultant on the education sector: Poverty Alleviation Fund
2002                    Coordinator, Task Force on Human Development          

                                                        1999 – 2000 Team Leader, National Committee on Education (NCE)

1998                   Team Leader, Com. for National Education Policy 1998-2010

1992                   Education Consultant, UNDP

                                   (for Government of Sindh, 8^th Five Year Plan 1993-98)
1992                   Consultant, Basic Education Programme Support Group
                                   (UNDP, UNESCO, UNICEF and Government of Pakistan)

1986 – 1988        Member, Gov. Board, Teachers Resource Centre (TRC)
1987 – 1988        Director, The Education Project (Orangi)

1984 – 1985        Consultant, Opportunities for Women in Sindh (ILO) Educational Uplift and Employment

Conferences, lectures and workshops

1993                  2–week visit to Japan on a Japan Foundation grant to study Japanese educational system

1990 Visit to schools in Rochester NY on a BCCI

1989                  Workshop at the Orangi Education Project on "Rethinking educational objectives"

1988                  Workshop at the Dawood Public School, Karachi on "Teaching organization and attitudes"

1988                  Workshop at the Prince Aly Khan School, Malir on "Redefining the curriculum"

1987                  Workshop at the Teachers Resource Centre (TRC)  on "Introducing change in teaching methods"

1984                  Conference in Bandung (Indonesia) on "Community organization: A case study"

1984                  Talk at the World Bank, Washington DC on "Community efforts in Orangi”

1979                  Lecture at the Berlin Technical University (Germany) on "The present situation in Pakistan"

1979                  Lecture at the Universities of Uppsala and Lund (Sweden) on "Community development approaches
                         and political development in Pakistan"
1979                  Visiting Fellow, University of Manchester (UK)
1976                    Lecture at the Applied Economics Research Center, University of Karachi on "Structural constraints in
                          Pakistan's economic development"
1970                   Represented Texas A & M University at the Student Conference on National Affairs (SCONA), College
                          Station, Texas

Publications

Urdu books for Children

Barey jub chotey thay:  2006, The Bookgroup

Makaiwala: 2001, The Bookgroup

Jahaz jahaz: 1997, The Bookgroup

Tu tu main main: 1993, The Bookgroup

Kishmish: 1992, The Bookgroup

Khushion ka aangan (co-authored): 1991, The Bookgroup

Hasan ki gali (co-authored): 1989, The Bookgroup

Environment

A teacher’s handbook for the teaching of environmental studies,

classes III to VI (Karachi: The C.A.S. School, December 1987)

Pakistan: A Study in Underdevelopment (Lahore: South Asian Institute, University of the Punjab, 1975)

other interests

Member, Board of Governors, Research & Training Institute (RTI)

1994 to 2005

Coordinator, Traffic Management Programe (TMP)

1997-1999 and 2002

Member, Governor’s Task Force on Municipal Services

1999-2001

Member, Karachi Public Transport Society

2000-2004

Member, Task Force on Prison Reform

1998-1999

Member, Editorial Board, Pakistan Progressive  (New York )

1977-1978

President, International Students Organization

State University of New York at Binghamton

1977-1978

Vice-President, International Students Association

University of California at Santa Barbara

1971-1972

President, the Amateurs’ Club (Chittagong) 1965 to 1968

Travel

USA              Bangladesh              United Kingdom           Canada

France            Germany                 Sweden                         Switzerland  

Indonesia        Malaysia                  Thailand                        Japan

Dubai            India                       Sri Lanka                       Singapore

Turkey           New Zealand          Maldive Islands      

and to remote areas in the north of Pakistan