What Is The Future Of Pakistan’s Education System? Ft. Bilal Hameed & Asad Hashamali | 286 | TBT

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In tonight’s conversation with our special guests, Bilal Hameed & Asad Hashamali. What was their education & early life like? Why did Bilal come back to Pakistan from NYC? When did he start teaching? How did he find Cedar College? How did he set up Alt academy? Asad’s experience as an intern at Cedar College? How was working with Bilal? What is the idea of building Alt academy? How did they start it? What is its vision & insight? When did they start hiring employees? How is Alt academy different from other academies? Schools vs. academies? How to solve the problems of the broken education system in Pakistan? How to attain diversity in today’s education system? Early learning programs & high school as the business models? What is the future of education & learning in Pakistan? How can educational institutions build opportunities for the people? How do they see Pakistan in 2050? Catch this and much more in tonight's episode.

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00:00 Tonight’s guests: Bilal Hameed & Asad Hashamali
01:54 Bilal’s early life & education
07:33 Why did he come back to Pakistan after his graduation?
12:01 The start of his teaching career
14:47 Co-Founding Nixor School
16:42 Setting up Cedar College
17:47 Founding Alt academy
20:38 Asad’s early life & education
23:14 Being an intern at the Cedar team
24:55 Working with Bilal
29:28 The idea of building Alt academy
31:35 The start of Alt academy & making content on YouTube
35:07 Investing & turning it into a business
36:50 Alt academy’s vision & insight
38:44 Hiring employees
39:52 What’s different about Alt academy?
45:11 Schools Vs. academies
53:12 How to solve the problems of the broken education system in Pakistan?
1:00:13 How to attain diversity in today’s education system?
1:06:56 Past Vs. current schooling system
1:10:34 Early learning programs & high school as the business models
1:27:02 The future of education & learning in Pakistan
1:41:05 Creating opportunities through education
1:57:18 How do they see Pakistan in 2050?

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