The Professional Development Centre, North (PDC,N) works as an extended arm of IED​ to improve the quality of education in the government and private not-for-profit schools in the Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) region. It is the first of its kind state-of-the-art professional development hub for teachers, teacher educators, education administrators and managers in the region.

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Submissions from 2023

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Whole school improvement programme (WSIP): A female headteacher, serving in public school perspectives, Sultan Alam

Submissions from 2017

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A study on leadership styles executed by principal and academic coordinator in one of the private schools in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, Sultan Alam

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Environmental education: Role of physical environment in students’ learning in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, Sultan Alam

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Female education: The facilitating and hindering factors regarding female education in Gilgit-Baltistan context of Pakistan, Sultan Alam

Submissions from 2016

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A study of a head teacher's perception about her role as an educational leader, Abida Begum

Submissions from 2015

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Personal values of school leaders and their manifestation in student behavior management : A district level study in Pakistan, Christopher C. Branson, Sharifullah Baig, and Abida Begum

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A reflection on my challenged assumptions, Darvesh Karim

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Managing conflict by school leadership : A case study of a school from Gilgit-Biltistan, Darvesh Karim

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Introduction to the case studies 2015 : A compendium of cases & voices from the field, Mola Dad Shafa and Khadija Khan

Submissions from 2014

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Beyond the content and pedagogy : A step forward towards value based teacher’s professional development, Sharifullah Baig

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Learning is fun, Khush Funer Murtaza

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Student behavior management : School leader’s role in the eyes of the teachers and students, Shirin Nooruddin and Sharifullah Baig

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Initiating reform through whole school improvement programme: Aga Khan University’s experiences from Pakistan, Mola Dad Shafa

Submissions from 2013

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The secret of the world environment day, Sultan Alam

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Teachers’ perceptions of their values, sources of the values, and its influence on student personality development: A case study from Pakistan, Sharifullah Baig and Zeenat Shah

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Strategic thinking is at the core of strategic planning, Darvesh Karim

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Female education in Pakistan, Khush Funer Murtaza

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Mothers’ involvement in children’s learning, Khush Funer Murtaza

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Parental involvement in ECED classrooms, Khush Funer Murtaza

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Accessing the inaccessible : Educational Development and Improvement Programme (EDIP) an extenstion of the Diamir District Gilgit-Baltistan : A case study, Mola Dad Shafa and Haider Fancy

Submissions from 2012

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Crafting leaders for educational change: Head teacher’s perspectives, Sultan Alam

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The concept and perception of peace education in Gilgit Baltistan Pakistan: A comparative case study, Abida Begum

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A secondary science teacher’s beliefs about environmental education and Its relationship with the classroom practices, Salima Begum

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Transition from lecture based to activity based teaching through whole school improvement in Gilgit-Baltistan Pakistan, Salima Begum

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Exploring head and deputy headteachers’ attitude towards using computers in education, Darvesh Karim

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Relationship between assessment and students’ learning, Babar Khan

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Portfolio: A professional development and learning tool for teachers, Babar Khan and Salima Begum

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Women empowerment through higher education in Gilgit-Baltistan, Khush Funer Murtaza

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The value based professional development for teachers’ attitude, behavior and enhanced professionalism : A school based intervention through a Whole School Improvement Program (WSIP), Khush Funer Murtaza, Abida Begum, and Sharifullah Baig

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Student motivation and academic achievements, Zeenat Shah

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The moral dimension of teaching, affectionate schools and the student drop out: The case study of a mountainous community in Pakistan, Zeenat Shah, Sultan Alam, and Sharifullah Baig

Submissions from 2011

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Salam teacher, Sultan Alam

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The personal values of school leaders in Pakistan: A contextual model of regulation and influence, Sharifullah Baig

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The influence of a whole school improvement program on the value orientation of a headteacher in the mountainous region of Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan, Sharifullah Baig and Mola Dad Shafa

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Time to rethink: Peace education in teaching learning process, Abida Begum

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A hand washing day with students of Oshikhandass D. J. High School in Gilgit, Darvesh Karim

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Drug abuse, Darvesh Karim

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Reflecting on the World Environment Day, Darvesh Karim

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Developing child friendly environment in early childhood education classroom in Pakistan, Khush Funer Murtaza

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Successful school improvement, Khush Funer Murtaza

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Getting the girls to school: The community schools project in Gilgit-Baltistan of Pakistan, Mola Dad Shafa

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Role of head teachers in managing the forces emanating from the external world of schools in Gilgit-Baltistan of Pakistan, Mola Dad Shafa

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What works in education in Pakistan, and why? The case of PDCN’s whole school improvement program in Gilgit-Baltistan of Pakistan, Mola Dad Shafa, Darvesh Karim, and Sultan Alam

Submissions from 2010

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Environmental science, its importance and integration, Sultan Alam

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The place of personal values in educational leadership in Pakistan, Sharifullah Baig

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Parental involvement in education, Darvesh Karim

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Teachers’ professional development through Whole School Improvement Program (WSIP), Khush Funer Murtaza

Submissions from 2009

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A strong foundation, Khush Funer Murtaza

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Through support of mothers, Khush Funer Murtaza

Submissions from 2005

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Private schooling in the Northern areas of Pakistan: A decade of rapid expansion, Brian Harlech-Jones, Musa Baig, Shamshad Sajid, and Shams ur-Rahman

Submissions from 2003

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The spread of English in two parts of the Northern Area of Pakistan, 1980-2002: A comparative study of Chilas and Hunza, Brian Harlech-Jones, Shamshad Sajid, and Shams-ur-Rahman