Scherezade Tarar

Pakistan

MSc Comparative Social Policy, 2018
St Catherine's College
Funding: Weidenfeld-Hoffmann

Scherezade has a master’s degree in Accounting and Finance as well as an MS in Teaching and Curriculum Design from Syracuse University, where she was a Fulbright Scholar.

Scherezade has ten years of work experience in the field of education, starting from a middle school English teacher to heading the School Improvement and Professional Development department at one of the biggest school networks in Pakistan. In this role, she has been in charge of developing policies and structures for approximately two hundred schools all over Pakistan. She has also collaborated with Kashf, a Microfinance organisation in Pakistan, to develop training for teachers and school heads of 900 schools for underprivileged children.

Scherezade is currently heading the Professional Development & School Improvement department at Beaconhouse School System. Along with this, she is also heading the Research & Development Cell. On behalf of Beaconhouse, she is initiating a student incubator for students of class 5 and above to promote entrepreneurial skills, which will be the first-of-its-kind incubator in Pakistan.
Scherezade is currently based in Lahore, Pakistan.