The required educational experience to apply for STEP is 16 years of secular education.

Having a teaching background before STEP is not a pre-requisite. candidates can apply for the program without any teaching background or degree.

The overall IELTS score required to apply for STEP is 6.5 bands.

Yes, candidates graduating in summer can apply for the same year based on a conditional admission. their admission may be cancelled later if they fail to graduate.

Yes, as far as it allows you to undertake and complete the programme. however, you need to disclose so that IIS/ITREB can provide relevant support.

ITREB organizes ELP (English learning programme) for IELTS preparation. candidates are also given support with checking the documents. STEP department also supports student STEP teachers with buddy support when they are in London.

One year of REC teaching experience (past or current) is required.

There are several steps in the admission process:

First selection is being done on the basis of personal statement, academic degrees, reference letters and IELTS certificate. You need to have a complete 16 years of education in any field.

Moreover, 2 reference letters from your university, I reference letter from your workplace (if any) and 1 from the head of any Imamat institution is required.

For IELTS, you should have minimum of 6.5 bands in all four components and overall, 7 bands. When these documents are approved, then you are shortlisted for the next step, that is, six weeks REC teaching at a local REC, Qualifying essay, and interview.

It is a full sponsorship program that covers your tuition fees, accommodation, travel fare from your home city to London and back, and stipend.

The STEP program comprises 2 years’ education in London.

After graduating from the STEP program you are bound to complete a three years contract with ITREB Pakistan.

The School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS) and University College London (UCL) are the degree granting institutions.

MA in Muslim Societies and Civilization is earned from SOAS and Post Graduate Diploma in Teaching and Reflective Practice (PGDip) is earned from UCL (University College London)

The MA in Muslim Societies and Civilizations covers Muslim history, Muslim Literature and many other subjects around the Muslim history.

PGDip comprises pedagogies, educational theories, curriculum design, teachers as authors, along with a golden opportunity of teaching in the UK schools for about 80 days.

The STEP teacher is responsible for the successful planning, roll-out, and implementation of the IIS Secondary Curriculum (STEP). This will entail creating lesson, unit and annual curriculum plans including appropriate areas of curricula, instructional design and assessment of learning outcomes that are effective and in line with the educational aims, values and outlooks of the IIS Secondary Curriculum. As a core responsibility, you are required to complete teaching hours in the form of face to face, online/remote, episodic and camps.

Teaching is a growing career in Pakistan given the importance of education placed in the development world in recent decades.

The Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and Reflective Practice (PGDip) offered by the IoE, UCL allows you to teach as a secondary teacher in UK. Similarly, in Pakistan, most of the schools and universities recognizes PGDip as a valid teaching diploma thus allowing you to teach in Pakistan.

There are various emerging opportunities within and outside AKDN after STEP. You can choose to become a secondary teacher in IB or Cambridge schools, work as a faculty at university level, apply for IIS or other available PhDs, become a teacher trainer.

You can expect annual curriculum-focused CPD by IIS, inhouse CPD by your home ITREB, opportunities to participate IIS Short courses, utilize your allocated PD budget to enroll in any professional course and participate in AKU IED research and sessions.

Upon completion of STEP (graduation), you will be employed by the national ITREB of your home country.