Islamabad
Tahira is originally from London, but is now living in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Tahira came across Jolly Phonics in 2004 after researching to improve literacy skills; as many of the children had weak literacy skills at the school where she was the vice principal. After teaching the programme, the children excelled in their literacy skills and since then she has never looked back. In 2010 she became a private tutor focusing entirely on Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar. She has conducted workshops for various private pre-schools and parents including few of the most prestigious schools. She has assisted schools in implementing Jolly Phonics and also supervised teachers using the programme.
Having experienced the immense benefit of the programme first hand, she decided to take the programme to the government school as there was a dire need. In collaboration with Jolly Learning UK, she managed to secure an agreement in December 2016 with the KPK provincial government, Pakistan. She was in charge of this programme, where around 4500 government primary school teachers were trained in Jolly Phonics.
She trains in Jolly Phonics, Jolly Grammar and Jolly Classrooms.