About PELI

The Pakistani Educational Leadership Institute annually hosts Pakistani educators who learn about American innovations in education for adaptation in Pakistan. Recognized for their leadership capabilities, the educators represent the secondary level public and public/private sectors and teacher training institutions.

Because of funding since 2003 from the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Plymouth State University has trained more than 80 educators in four summer institutes from the following Pakistan regions: Baluchistan, Islamabad, the Sindh, the Punjab and the earthquake affected area of Azad Jammu Kashmir. Twenty more educators will arrive this July for our fifth institute. With a shared goal of excellence in education, PSU’s Pakistani Educational Leadership Institute embodies a dynamic collaboration that crosses boundaries and connects learning communities in New Hampshire and Pakistan.

The University works closely with Pakistan partner Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) and the Department of State to ensure that the curriculum meets the objectives of Pakistan’s educational initiatives. It focuses on best practices in education and on exemplary models in professional development and pedagogy. The institute experience also provides opportunities for citizen exchanges that are the essence of life in a democratic society.

According to statistics compiled by ITA, the Institute alumni who act as master trainers in Pakistan have trained over 10,000 of their colleagues. As Headmistress Nasreen Bano of Islamabad commented about the Pakistani Project, “It sends out a thousand points of light.” Your continued support of this program will allow Plymouth State University, through the Pakistani Educational Leadership Institute, to affect positive change for thousands of educators, and ultimately students, in Pakistan.

For more information contact:
Blake Allen
Director, Pakistani Educational Leadership Institute
Coordinator of Pakistani Projects
Plymouth State University
ballen@plymouth.edu
(603) 535-2615