ZOBINA MUSHTAQ

ABOUT ME: ZOBINA MUSHTAQ

                              

I was born in Mastung on 5th June. I  got  my education from Quetta, Balochistan. I ha ve worked as a school teacher for two years and as principal for five years in a secondary school.


PROFFESION.
I am a teacher’s educator. As my designation is a senior subject specialist in PITE i-e Provincial Institute for Teachers Education Baluchistan, Quetta. My job description is the continuous professional development of teachers of the whole province. We develop material and conduct workshops for teachers of primary, elementary and secondary level on different themes, content or pedagogy. We visit the different schools for the follow ups of trainings and as well as for providing on the job support to the teachers. We also conduct research for the need assessment and professional development of teachers. We ensure the use of modern techniques and strategies at classroom level.
FAMILY:
My family consists of five members as I have three kids, two daughters and a son. All the kids are school going. My husband is a businessman and runs his own business. Further I have seven siblings and my parents. My father is a Government employee my mother is a household wife.
PROVINCE:
Baluchistan is the largest of all provinces of modern-day Pakistan, making up nearly two-fifths of the entire country. The province of Baluchistan accounts for 43 per cent of Pakistan's territory but is the smallest in terms of population. Around 7 million inhabitants live in Baluchistan, divided into various Bloch and Pashtun tribes. Quetta is both a Bloch and Pashtun city with a sizeable number of Punjabis and Urdu-speakers Baluchistan is fortunate to have considerable mineral wealth of natural gas, coal, chromate, lead, sulphur and marble. The reserves of natural gas at Sui are among the largest in the world. The gas is piped to Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Multan, Faisalabad, Lahore, Rawalpindi and Quetta for use as industrial power, the largest of which is Hamun-i-Mashkhel, which is 54 miles long and 22 miles wide, in that it lies in south western Baluchistan close to the Iranian border. The, Baluch who have lived and ruled in Baluchistan for over a thousand years, were never in absolute numerical majority. Their traditional rivals, the Pathans and Brahvis combined together are more numerous. A large number of Baluch live in other provinces and areas. Presently, besides Pathans, Baluchies and Brahvis, Hazaras, Sindhis., Punjabies, and Urdu speaking and  Mohajirs also live in Baluchistan. Baluchistan is sparse in population with a density of only 12 per kilometer which is the lowest in Pakistan. The comparatively more populous areas are generally located in the north east. The largest city is Quetta. Turbat, the second most populous city is an exception The total population of Baluchistan including  the Baluch, Brauhis, Pathans, Sindhis, Punjabies, Mohajirs, Lasis, Medes and Jats all put together, is 4.3 million. It constitutes 5 percent of the population of Pakistan.

MAP OF BALUCHISTAN

PERSONAL INTERESTS:
Being a mother  my first interest is to spend much time with my kids as I love to entertain them. Beside this as working lady I love to generate new ideas to make teaching learning process easier for my students.
I love to search new and informative websites.
I love to enjoy every moment of life.
I love to travel, go on long drives and explore the world.
I love watching news and cricket on television and listening to music.
I love to serve my parents and my Nation.

GOALS FOR THE FUTURE:

PERSONAL GOALS:

• Do my MS in Education from a foreign recognized university.
• To educate my kids and make them sincere and civilized human biengs.
• To become a volunteer human server.

PROFESSIONAL GOALS:

• Become a very good teacher’s educator and an agent of positive change in education of my province.
• Provide modern and excellent teaching techniques to the teachers.
• Bring every deprived child to the school to make them beneficial citizens for the country.
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  DESCRIPTION OF MY INSTITUTION
  
  
  INTRODUCTION:
  Provincial Institute for teacher’s Education Baluchistan is an apex institute for teachers education. It is a government organization situated at Sariab road near Tariq hospital, Quetta.
  
  
  BACKGROUND:
  Provincial Institute for Teacher Education (PITE) was instigated in 1996 at Quetta with the assistance of Asian Development Bank (ADB) to serve as an apex institution in the field of In-Service Teacher Education in the Baluchistan Province of Pakistan. The PITE has to function under the Bureau of Curriculum and Extension Centre Baluchistan up till 2007. In 2007 PITE Baluchistan was put under the direct reporting line of Provincial Secretary Education through a notification of the Secretary. Department of Education Baluchistan, (NO, SO (Academic) 1-2-08/1449-53 dated 3-308) the purpose of this paradigm shift in the administrative control Of PITE. Since then it was allowed to play its mandatory role more effectively as an autonomous body.
  
  
  VISION:
  To improve the quality of education in Baluchistan Province through quality In-service teacher education.
  
  
  MISSION STATEMENT:
  The mission of this dynamic organization is to enhance the quality of education in spheres of instructional material development, building professional capacity of in-service teachers / managers and encourage research activities in education sector in the province of Baluchistan.
  
  
  MANDATE:
  It is working for the professional development of teachers since its development. The mandate of PITE, Baluchistan is continuous professional development of teachers of the whole province and as well as professional development of its own faculty members. It assesses the needs of teachers through different ways, develops materials and then conducts trainings for the teachers according to their need with the help of its faculty members. The faculty members of this organization also do research on different aspects of education and according to their findings they recommend changes is education system of province to the higher authorities. PITE, Baluchistan also manage field visits for its faculty members during which they visit schools and provide on the job support to the teachers.
  
  
  INFRASTRUCTURE :
  It has an awesome infrastructure consisting of an administrator block, a hostel, a well furnished  computer lab, a library, an auditorium, a conference room,  room for ECE, three science laboratories of physics, chemistry and biology, about 12 well equipped classrooms.

RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN OUR INSTITUTION:

PHYSICAL RESOURCES:

Following facilities are available in our institution;

All utility facilities such as electricity, gas, water telephone and etc.

A computer lab with internet.

Multimedia in all classrooms.

HUMAN RESOURCES:

PITE, Baluchistan is rich in human resources with about  70 faculty members of which 40 members are of academic staff and others make the ministerial staff. About 70% of academic staff is professionally well developed from abroad and recognized universities serving for the nation.

The hierarchy of the staff is as follows; 

Managerial Staff PITE

S.No. Name of Posts
Grade
Male
Female
Total
1
Director
B-19
1
-
1
2
Deputy Director
B-19
3
-
3
3
Assistant Director
B-18
1
1
2
4
Computer Programmer
B-17
1
-
1
5
Assistant Account Officer
B-16
1
-
1
6
Librarian
B-16 
1
-
1
TOTAL 9

Teaching Staff PITE

S.No.
Name of Posts
Grade
Male/Female
Total
1
Sr. Subject Specialist
B-18
5
5
2
Subject Specialist
B-17
16
16
4
Research Officer
B-18
1
1
5
Testing & Evaluation Officer
B-17
1
1
6
Training Specialist
B-16
3
3
Total



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CURRENT ACTIVITIES:

Following are the activities recently completed:

• Professional development of 870 male and female primary teachers of 22 districts of Balochistan with the collaboration of CIDA.
• Professional development of male and female  Elementry teachers of all province.
• Content and pedagogy based training of 370 male and female  teachers working with BEF.
• Training of male and female teachers on Multigrade and Disaster risk management in district Pishin, Saranan and Khanozai with the collaboration of UNESCO.

Following are the on going activities:

• Content based training of male and female  primary teachers in six districts( Pishin, Khanozai, Zhob, Lasbella,Khuzdar, Kalat and Sibi) of Balochistan in collaboration with UNICEF.
• Content and pedagogy based training of secondary school teachers on different themes in collaboration with Save the children.

NON SIBI REFLECTION

Being a human being it has always been my perspective to serve the mankind.  Intentionally and unintentionally I am trained in such a way that this practice goes on and on without any planning. There is a couple of non sibi deeds which I do without any planning but here I am discussing one for which I plan and it’s such  a non sibi deed which I consider my responsibility now.

My office is surrounded by such a community that they are passing very hard days of life. Their kids can hardly join the school and beside this I belong to a deprived district where the parents are totally illiterate and don’t feel the need to educate their kids. I realize it’s my moral duty to bring awareness among these parents to send their kids to school. For this purpose on the start of every academic year, I go there for the advocacy of students and I take them to school for admission and provide them uniform and stationery to ensure them a bright future. In the surrounding of my office, I meet the students personally and ask their needs regarding their school expenses and provide them financial support as much as I can. Beside this I occasionally and seasonally arrange clothes for them too.

The most effective non sibi deed of mine I participated in two years ago,  when I was a principal, I admitted an orphan student in my school and afforded her all academic expenses and she passed her secondary classes. I concluded that day as a marvelous day in my life because on that day I was really overcome with happiness.

What are your expectations for the Washington D.C trip?

I am expecting a lot for the Washington D.C trip. As Blake, Sarah and Sam are so excited for it so are we? I am expecting a lot of fun, fun and fun as I have gone through the schedule. I guess that we may meet Barak Obama the president of United States there. Trolley tour is also mentioned in the schedule and I don’t understand what is it but I am excited for it as well. There would be meetings with the senators of New Hampshire, excited to see them. We may visit Pakistan embassy, I am excited to see how Pakistanis work here and in which circumstances. My father has been listening Voice of America since my childhood, I am excited to see how voice of America reaches to Pakistan and then to Quetta.

REFLECTION ABOUT WASHINGTON D.C:

As we landed on Reagan Airport, we wait for shuttle for some time and then we got to the hotel “the Hampton inn” put our luggage in the hotel and went to Kabob Palace for lunch, enjoyed a fantastic lunch there and came back to hotel, got our rooms and were ready for Trolley Tour. When the trolley came it was amazing to see the shuttle. We all uploaded in it and trolley tour started. The specific objective of the trolley tour was to show us all the Washington D.C and its important places. We enjoyed a lot it and visited a number of monuments, memorials and museums such as Washington monument, White House (from outside), statue of great scientist Einstein, monument of Ibrahim Lincoln, monument of G. Washington, Jefferson memorial, statue of freedom, Congress house, museums of air and space, museums of natural history.  Second day, the meeting with the senate of New Hampshire was really fabulous as I was in the group of Frank and luckily the senator was her friend. So we received special protocol there and luckily we visited the whole office of the senators. It was amazing for us as even majority of the Americans haven’t seen and visited this office yet. During the table talk and discussion with state department we had a lot of information from there. We received our certificates from secretary of state government and these moments became memorable for us. Next day visited Pakistan embassy and met mam Shereen Rehman the ambassador of Pakistan in United States. We asked his secretary about working in United States, they were so satisfied and glad to be here and praised the cooperation of Americans. Beside this all we were invited at ADAMS institute for iftaar which was so fascinating as Mam Blake was accompany with us. Last day we visited Voice of America and Mr. George briefed us about the different aspects of it and further we had a question answer session with broadcasters of Urdu and Pashto language. This survey really gave me my answer that how I receive the voice of America in Pakistan. The visit to Pavilion was also amazing, as from there the whole city of Washington DC can be seen in one glance. Shopping in DC was so nice that I could never forget it. Finally we left for Boston with unwanted hearts because it was so amazing and beyond our imaginations and expectations. I had never visited such a beautiful city before. We really had fun there. I realized that Americans love and respect their history which is a very good thing. As memorials and museums are the pretty dead proofs of it. They appreciate the efforts of their heroes and those who sacrificed their lives for the humanity and human beings. Finally I feel myself so lucky that I got this opportunity and honestly Washington DC and its trip was amazing and beyond my expectations and these days became as unforgettable days of my life. But the dream of meeting with Barack Obama remained unfulfilled in my life.