Shaping Education
The argument, not the advert.
Research, advocacy and commentary on what education in Pakistan should look like next. Published because we think it matters — including the submissions that were not adopted and the findings that went against us.
Current
One lead conversation, two supporting
Research · 29 July 2026
Simulator-first STEAM: a cost and outcome comparison
What happens to cost per learner, and to assessed outcomes, when a programme stops buying a hardware seat for every child. Includes the fidelity trade-off, which is real and which most simulator advocates do not mention.
Position · 15 July 2026
Teacher capacity, not hardware, is the binding constraint
Why provincial STEAM plans built around specialist hiring stall in year two, and what a workable alternative requires.
Commentary · 02 July 2026
What a national STEAM curriculum would need to get right
Submitted to the curriculum consultation and published here in full, including the recommendations that were not taken up.
Four strands
What we publish, and why
Future
Future of Education
Long-form positions on where schooling is heading and what that actually requires of a system with our constraints.
Advocacy
Advocacy & conversations
Submissions to curriculum consultations and public policy discussion, published whether or not they were adopted.
Research
Research
Our own studies, with methodology, sample size and limitations stated in the piece rather than in an appendix nobody opens.
Media
Media mentions
Coverage and contributed commentary. Selective here; the complete archive lives on its own page.
Standards
What we hold ourselves to here
Thought leadership is easy to fake and expensive to lose. These are the rules that make the difference visible.
Every claim is dated and attributed
Author, date and role on every piece. An undated position paper is a marketing asset pretending to be a position.
Limitations are in the piece
Sample size, scope and what the study cannot show, stated where a reader will actually see them.
We publish what went against us
Including consultation submissions that were rejected and findings that undercut our own model.
No gated research
Nothing here sits behind an email capture. If it is worth publishing it is worth reading without a transaction.
Working on the same problem?
If you are researching, legislating or delivering in this space, the data and the working papers are open to you.