Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development, based in Pakistan and East Africa, was established with a mandate to improve teacher education in the developing world. The Institute aim to contribute to socio-economic development by improving the quality of education through human resource development, institutional capacity building, policy analysis and research.

To achieve these objectives, the Institute conducts training and offers a variety of academic programmes for in-service teachers, teacher educators and education managers, both from the public and private sectors. The various research projects that the Institute is conducting have influenced policies for education and practice in Pakistan and East Africa.