Education in the Heart of the Qur’an: A Special Book Launch with Muhammad Akram Khan-Cheema

Mohamed Akram Khan-Cheema is an Independent Education Management Consultant with a passionate interest in Charitable activities. Akram Khan-Cheema was born in Kenya in 1942, where his family had emigrated from Pakistan. He moved to England in 1960 to pursue further and higher education and has had very successful career in the field of education. He qualified as a teacher in 1968 from Ormskirk Lancashire; he then taught for 11 years in primary and secondary schools in Liverpool. In 1979 he was appointed as inspector of schools in Birmingham and in 1981 he moved to Bradford as a general education advisor then promoted as senior and principal advisor till 1992. His outstanding contributions during this period included creating better understanding across faith communities, removing stereotypes and prompting pluralism in education. Akram Cheema has worked consistently over the past three decades and provided a crucial leadership.

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