Prof. Tariq Mahmood
Faculty Consultant
Colombo Plan Staff College for Technician Education
DepEd Complex, Meralco Avenue,
Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Tel: (+63-2) 631-0991 to 95
Fax: (+63-2) 631-0996
E-mail: tariq_moe@cpsctech.org

      Prof. Tariq Mahmood is a CPSC Governing Board engaged faculty consultant from Pakistan. Prior to his appointment at the College in July 2002, he has been working as Educational Adviser in the Ministry of Education Islamabad Pakistan. He has been dealing with science, technical and vocational education at the national level which interalia include development and implementation of policies, plans and projects in science, technical and vocational education with major components of teachers’ training and development of teaching and learning resource material. He is M.Sc in Mathematics from Punjab University, Lahore Pakistan, M.A. in Computers in Education from King's College, University of London, UK and PhD in Information Systems (in progress) at Pukyong National University Busan, Korea. He has been teaching mathematics and computer science at graduate and under graduate levels in the renowned educational institutions in Islamabad Pakistan.

      His main areas of expertise are Information Technology in Education, training of teachers in Computer Aided Instructional (CAI) material development, Web-Based Teaching and Learning Systems, Management Information Systems (MIS) and data base development and project planning, management, implementation and evaluation. He developed, managed and implemented several projects in science, technical and vocational education and computer education in collaboration with national and international donor agencies like Asian Development Bank, World Bank and UNESCO.

      He has been author and co-author of several training modules, guides, handbooks in science, technical and vocational and computer education at national and regional level. Some of the major contributions made by Prof. Tariq Mahmood includes development of a guide book on introduction of computers in education in schools in 1987, UNESCO workshop report on use of computers in mathematics teaching in 1987, UNESCO PROAP report on training of teachers in use of informatics in 1988, report on instructions for computers in education under the British Council, program London UK, in 1990 and development of an Asian module for training of trainers in Science and Technical Education under Commonwealth at National Council for Educational Research and Technology New Delhi, India in 1995.