About Us
The Stellar School aims to revolutionize the primary and secondary school education system in Pakistan. The world is standing at a crucial and decisive juncture in its history. It is now time to invest in the future by providing high quality education and instilling humane and progressive values and norms in young people. This will enable them to become productive and responsible citizens of the world. We plan to actualize this vision by establishing a chain of schools across Pakistan and abroad.
The Stellar School nurtures the creative potential of students by replacing the current method of rote learning in most schools with activity based learning from playgroup to the senior level. This is achieved by having an integrated and interactive curriculum designed exclusively for us by leading experts in the field. This curriculum is regularly reviewed by a curriculum advisory board which comprises of Pakistan’s most eminent educationists.
Emphasis is also placed on co-curricular activities to facilitate learning outside the classroom and to enable the students to form an all-round perspective.
Stellar is bringing together the best teachers and heads of schools in the field, who are dynamic, capable, experienced and who have a passion for teaching. We also feel it is imperative to ensure teacher tenure stability to generate creative synergy, to mobilize their inner strengths, to develop their professional capabilities and provide continuity to children’s education.
We have an in-house teacher training programme for its teachers. This programme is conducted by Pakistan’s most distinguished professors, offering our teachers a chance to become a unique centre of thought and learning.
The Stellar School Advisory Board consists of:
Dr. Akmal Hussain is an economist who specializes in action research on development. He also runs a private manufacturing firm, Sayyed Engineers (Private) Limited.
Dr. Akmal Hussain has a B.A. Honours Degree in Economics and Politics from Cambridge University and a Ph.D in Economics from Sussex University. He has been an economics lecturer at University of California, Riverside, on the adjunct faculty at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and Chairman, Public Administration Department, Punjab University. He has also lectured widely at premier training institutions, including Pakistan Administrative Staff College and National Defence College, and presented papers as a panelist at international conferences around the world, including Harvard University, The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Peace Research Institute, Oslo, World Conference on Development Rome, The United Nations, Geneva, Wilton Park at Sussex and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo.
Professor Shaista Sirajuddin is one of Pakistan’s most eminent and revered educationists. She has an MA from the University of Cambridge and an MLitt from the University of Oxford; she is also the founder of the annual Sirajuddin poetry competition. She is currently chairperson of the Department of English at the Punjab University; Dean of the Arts and Humanities also at the Punjab University; and has been associated with the Lahore College of Arts and Science and the Lahore Grammar School.
Mrs. Sonnu Rahman, one of Lahore’s most eminent educationists is the daughter of Professor G.D Sondhi, the first Indian principal of Government College, Lahore. Mrs. Rahman has continued the tradition of excellence in imparting knowledge to young people. She has a vast amount of experience in teaching World History at the primary and secondary levels.
Many of her students have gone on to achieve world distinctions and have represented Pakistan at the World Debating Championships. She was President of the Debating Society of Pakistan and is considered to be one of the pioneers of parliamentary style debates in Pakistan.
Mrs. Rahman has also made a major contribution in the organization and success of many annual plays in Lahore.
Mrs. Rahman has been honoured for her contribution to academia by having a debating competition named after her; The Sonnu Rahman All Pakistan Under 17 Debates Championship.
Mr. Tariq Waheed is a renowned mathematics instructor and teacher trainer at the primary and secondary levels. He has an Msc. in Education and a certificate and diploma in education from the University of Bradford.
He has over twenty years of experience in school teaching and has been associated with Beaconhouse, the Lahore Grammar School, Lahore Alma and Resource Academia.
He specializes in Curriculum Development with a special emphasis on activity based learning in mathematics.
Professor Shireen Rahim is part of the permanent faculty at the English Department, Punjab University and teaches Literature courses at the Postgraduate level.
She is also the convener of the ELT Diploma Programme at the Department of English
As one of the founder members of the Society of Pakistan English Language Teachers (SPELT) she has vast experience in research in teacher education. She also contributes to in-service teacher training programmes both in the government and the private sectors.
Mrs. Zareena Saeed has over 25 years of teaching experience at the school and university level.
She is part of the permanent faculty at the department of English, Punjab University. She has also been associated with the Lahore College of Arts and Sciences, Lahore Grammar School, and Kinnaird College for women.
She holds an MPhil and is currently a Phd. candidate at the Punjab University.
Mrs. Durre Raza (Prinicpal) received her education from Karachi. She had an unmatched passion to educate children ever since. Hence she dedicated the past 11 years of her life in this profession. Her journey began at LACAS in 1999. She has done courses and attended many workshops to understand the psyche of the children and establish a good education system to provide and environment that brings out the maximum potential of each pupil. She has also been trained to teach special children and has excelled in doing so, and shown remarkable outputs. She was in the administration for the past 4 years until she was appointed as the Principal of the School in 2010.
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