Ms. Baela Raza Jamil - Trustee/CEO

Baela Raza Jamil, CEO of Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) centre for education and consciousness and the founder of the Children’s and Teachers’ Literature Festivals in Pakistan. Baela has worked with provincial and federal governments as a technical advisor in education sector reforms, public private partnerships, innovations and financing. She leads the citizen led assessment and accountability initiative, the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) Pakistan which was the trigger for the CLF in 2011 due to the low learning outcomes of children. Baela seeks to mobilize multiple allies to make Pakistan Learning Festival into a Social Movement for - promoting reading, expression and creativity as an Equalizer. She is serving as a Commissioner to the Education Commission and is associated with many global, regaional and national and provincial Boards.