Anjum Halai

Anjum Halai has a long standing and international experience in higher education especially in low-income and middle-income countries like Pakistan and those in East Africa. She obtained her doctoral degree from Oxford University UK. She was an adjunct professor at the University of Alberta Canada (2011-2016) and a research fellow at the Centre for International Education and Development, University of Sussex UK.

Her research interests are in social justice issues in education. She has published widely in the area of gender and education. She led the task force at her University to develop a policy on awareness and prevention of gender-based harassment. She is a member of the Women’s Leadership Academy at the Aga Khan University (AKU).

Anjum Halai plays an active role on several international forums to enable equitable participation in education of youth, especially young women from disadvantaged contexts. These forums include the International Commission of Mathematical Instruction- Berlin and the World Academy of Art and Science.

She is the author of the book ‘Teaching and Teacher Education in Pakistan’ recently published by the Oxford University Press and is a member of the National Accreditation Council for Teacher Education, the highest national body on teacher education in the country.

As a founding dean (2018-22) Anjum Halai led the development of AKU’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Currently she is serving as Professor of Education and Vice Provost at AKU.