Dr Shehzad Jeeva (PhD)

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Aga Khan University Examination Board
Associate Professor of Practice, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Aga Khan University

Dr Shehzad Jeeva joined as the Director, Aga Khan University Examination Board in 2014 holding a major duty to promote quality of education through examinations for Secondary and Higher Secondary education. Under his leadership, AKU-EB has proven to be the model of excellence in education, assessment and innovation across Pakistan and endorsed by many international examination boards for promoting international best practices in education. Dr Jeeva received the prestigious AKU’s “Award of Distinction” in recognitions of his outstanding commitment and contributions for strengthening AKU-EB.

As a strong advocate of quality education and assessment, Dr Jeeva was appointed as a Chairman of IBCC by the Ministry of Federal Education, Government of Pakistan guiding on education policy level decisions. Today, he is also a member of many high-level strategic government committees.

Internationally, Dr Jeeva served as the Board of Trustee for the International Association for Educational Assessment (IAEA) and a Founding Member of the Recognition Committee of IAEA which is working to develop international standards in examinations and assessment

Dr Naveed Yousuf (PhD)

Associate Director, Assessment - AKU-EB and Assistant Professor, Educational Development - FHS - AKU

Naveed is responsible for the psychometric quality of assessments and research projects and has been instrumental in enhancing both. He spearheaded the new item review and banking process and developed competency based assessment for the Middle School Programme. He plays a pertinent role in mentoring staff in areas of assessment and curriculum development.

Mr Hanif Shariff

Associate Director, Operations - AKU-EB

Hanif manages the operations department at AKU-EB and also handles various administrative and financial matters. Since joining EB, some of his major initiatives include development and preparations of SOPs and system improvement processes, procuring an in-house production printer for producing exam papers and the setting up of CCTV for monitoring exam centers across Pakistan.

Mr Zain-ul-Muluk

Manager, Examination Development - AKU-EB

Zain oversees the process of examination development which involves managing the team of academic specialists that write the exams, hiring academic staff, item writers, item reviewers, examiners, e-markers and subject panelists for various disciplines and also maintaining appropriate records and reports.

Ms Raabia Hirani

Manager, Curriculum Development - AKU-EB

Raabia leads the curriculum development team in all syllabi-related activities, including review and revision, development of new syllabi and development of syllabus-related learning resources. These activities ensure that the AKU-EB syllabi are regularly updated to reflect clarity and relevance as per the changing needs of students, teachers and society.