Daryan Khatoon joined the education sector as a teacher in 1990 at Government Girls Primary PC School, in Barrage Colony Sukkur, Sindh, Pakistan. Currently she works as a Principal in Government Girls Primary School in Shamsabad Sukkur, Sindh, , a role she’s held since 2002. In 2006, she was selected for the Strengthening Teacher Education Project (STEP) by Agha Khan University (AKU) as a Master Trainer in Science after qualifying for the test and interview. She also completed a one-month training program at Isra University. After that, she completed a 9-month research-based Advanced Diploma in Education at AKU graduating with a 3.4 GPA. Apart from the STEP project of AKU, she also worked with several other organizations such as the Education Sector Reform Assistance (ESRA), United Nation Development Program (UNDP), Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Association for Academic Quality (AFAQ), Sindh Government Education Programs, Provincial Institute of Teacher Education (PITE), Sindh Reading Program (SRP) and many more. She has also provided election training as a presiding officer to 19th grade officers between 2008 and 2018. This involved both the National Assembly elections training and Union Council (UC) level election training for teachers, principals, Territory Education Officers (TEOs), and Districts Education Officers (DEOs) . Besides training, she has also conducted workshops and seminars on management, leadership, and School Management Committee (SMC) to principals of different schools in several districts. Her journey has not been confined to schools only; she’s contributed broadly to the improvement of the education sector as well. Watch her video here.
