Shehzad Roy

founder and president of Zindagi Trust

Compiled from 1 recorded interview. Every statement below is drawn from the passage cited beside it.

Shehzad Roy is the founder and president of Zindagi Trust. He has referred to Doorbeen as an organisation he is part of. Roy has said he is not an educationist.

Career

Roy has said he endorsed Unilever brands, including Knorr and Lifebuoy. He has said he tells people that his charitable organisation is doing reform work. He describes his own work as figuring out how to replicate a scientific intervention in a country. [1]

On pay, Roy has said he did not know that a fair living wage could be built into state law or policy. He has said that after he was given a scientific analysis, he became enthusiastic and decided to get involved. He has also said that a new minimum wage appears in the budget every year. [1]

Roy has said that section 89 allowed children to be beaten in good faith. He has said that changing a law became the purpose of his life, and that it was done. He has noted that a law was changed while the mindset stayed the same. [1]

Roy has said an intervention to protect children from sexual abuse was put into the Sindh curriculum. He has said he and others convinced Nadra and the government to require a reproductive health course for marriage registration. He has also said he was made a goodwill ambassador for population management. [1]

Education work

Roy has said his team was repairing government schools in hardcore underprivileged areas. He has said he is more worried about children in state schools than about children out of school. He has said a child who speaks a language such as Gujarati or Sindhi at home is taught Urdu at school, and that after school the same child must write job letters in English. [1]

Roy has said his team let a child play chess and gave the child football. He has said he got one of the best football coaches and chess players, among Pakistan's top people. He has said his team began teaching chess in all learning modules. [1]

According to Roy, a government school was Pakistan's national chess champion in 2014, and one of his government schools beat the football champions. He has said that once the children were happy, they began to excel. He has also said a person's state of mind matters at work and at school. [1]

Roy has said Pakistan once decided that teachers did not need a degree. He has said his team is now bringing in licensing, and that a teacher will be required to hold a licence before teaching. He has said government teachers in grade 14 will be able to move to grade 16. [1]

Doorbeen

Roy has described Doorbeen as a teachers training college. He has said it runs a four-year B.Ed programme for girls who finish grade 12, at no cost. He has said Doorbeen asks graduates for three years of commitment and offers a starting banker-style pay. [1]

Views

Roy has said Pakistan is a remarkable country and that it has potential. He has said his main worry is that Pakistan keeps running as it does, not how it will run. He has said Pakistan has remarkable hospitals and buildings and also open gutters in Karachi. He has said Pakistan has a population of 22 to 25 crore, and that there is little seriousness about climate change and population. [1]

Roy has said poor people do not find climate and population interesting. He has said many people in Pakistan do not pay even the minimum wage, and that domestic workers are at the bottom of the food chain. He has said 20,000 rupees was less than the minimum wage for one person. He has said he tells people repeatedly that paying their own employees is their first duty. [1]

Roy has said that because Pakistan gives so much charity, it must be channelled, and that charities never change a country. He has said goodness alone does not produce excellence, and that goodness in Pakistan tends to expire on the 29th or 30th day of Ramadan. He has said that when he gives, he gives to education or health and directly to an institution, because it will be optimised. [1]

Roy has said his approach to change starts with analysis, then action. He has said he has no doubt that policy will change soon, without being imposed or pushed. He has said public-private partnership will change the country. He has also said real change depends on developing children's ability to question, and that people should co-exist in society rather than merely tolerate each other. [1]

Roy has said an elderly man who lets others go first at a door may start fighting for his place while driving. He has said technology will uplift Pakistan and will play a very important part. He has said the work that matters in the future is critical thinking, problem solving and creativity. He has said radical change needed for the AI age may not be possible under current conditions. [1]

Roy has said teachers work inside the same system, and that brick and mortar can only do so much. He has said learning content is not available in Urdu, Punjabi or Potohari. He has said human interaction will always matter for young children, and that technology cannot replace it for small children. [1]

Timeline

2014
A government school Roy refers to was Pakistan's national chess champion[1]

Appearances

DateTitleWhere
2023-06-16 When you look after people, they look after you Thought Behind Things

Frequently asked questions

Who is Shehzad Roy?

Shehzad Roy is the founder and president of Zindagi Trust. He has referred to Doorbeen as an organisation he is part of. Roy has said he is not an educationist.[1]

What does Shehzad Roy do?

Shehzad Roy leads Zindagi Trust as its founder and president. He has described his work as figuring out how to replicate a scientific intervention in a country. He has also said he tells people his charitable organisation is doing reform work.[1]

What is Doorbeen?

Shehzad Roy has described Doorbeen as a teachers training college. He has said it runs a four-year B.Ed programme for girls who finish grade 12, at no cost. Roy has said Doorbeen asks graduates for three years of commitment and offers a starting banker-style pay.[1]

What has Shehzad Roy said about teacher licensing?

Shehzad Roy has said his team is now bringing in licensing, and that a teacher will be required to hold a licence before teaching. He has said government teachers in grade 14 will be able to move to grade 16. Roy has also said Pakistan once decided that teachers did not need a degree.[1]

What has Shehzad Roy said about a fair living wage?

Shehzad Roy has said he did not know that a fair living wage could be built into state law or policy. He has said that after he was given a scientific analysis, he became enthusiastic and decided to get involved. Roy has also said that a new minimum wage appears in the budget every year.[1]

Which brands did Shehzad Roy endorse?

Shehzad Roy has said he endorsed Unilever brands, including Knorr and Lifebuoy.[1]

References

  1. When you look after people, they look after you . Thought Behind Things , 2023-06-16.
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  1. Shehzad Roy is the Founder and President of Zindagi Trust. Shehzad Roy is the Founder and President of Zindagi Trust.
  2. Shehzad has said he endorsed Unilever brands, including Knorr and Lifebuoy. maine Unilever Unilever ke liye uh ek Knorr ke liye, Lifebuoy ke liye maine aur kuch aage peeche you know brand ko endorse kiya
  3. Shehzad has referred to Doorbeen as an organisation he is part of. jo doorbeen hamari organization hai
  4. Shehzad has said Pakistan is a remarkable country. Pakistan ek bohat hi kamaal mulk hai
  5. Shehzad has said his main worry is that Pakistan keeps running as it does, not how it will run. mujhe fikr yeh nahi ki yeh mulk kaise chalega, mujhe fikr yeh hai ki aise hi na chalta rahe
  6. Shehzad has said Pakistan has remarkable hospitals and buildings and also open gutters in Karachi. Kamaal qisam ke hospitals aur buildings aapko nazar aayenge aur saath hi Karachi mein gutter khula hua hoga
  7. Shehzad has said many people in Pakistan do not pay even the minimum wage. hamare yahan minimum wage hi nahi log dete hain
  8. Shehzad has said he did not know a fair living wage could be built into state law or policy. mujhe pata nahi tha ke fair living wage ko aap implement kara sakte hain state ke andar aur usko convert kar sakte hain ek law mein, ek policy ke andar
  9. Shehzad has said that after he was given a scientific analysis, he became enthusiastic and decided to get involved. unhone kaha yeh competition ke zariye hum aur ek bohat zabardast scientific unhone mujhe analysis diya. So yahan se phir mujhe bada josh chadha aur maine kaha ke mujhe yeh uh is cheez mein involve hona hai
  10. Shehzad has said an elderly man who lets others go first at a door may start fighting for his place while driving. buzurg pehle aap chale jayein. Lekin wahi buzurg jab gaadi mein ja raha hoga toh ladai karna shuru kar dega
  11. Shehzad has said the law was changed, but the mindset stayed the same. I realized ke law humne change kar diya but mindset abhi bhi wahi tha
  12. Shehzad has said section 89 allowed children to be beaten in good faith. section 89 ke bachon ko good faith mein maara ja sakta hai
  13. Shehzad has said that changing a law became the purpose of his life, and that it was done. Toh zindagi ka maqsad ban gaya ke law change karna hai aur humne kar diya.
  14. Shehzad has said an intervention to protect children from sexual abuse was put into the Sindh curriculum. phir jab sexual abuse se bachon ko bachana tha toh LSB lagaya, pure Sindh ke curriculum mein chala gaya.
  15. Shehzad has said his approach to change starts with analysis, then action. Woh pehla hota hai analysis, aap dekhte hain situation ko, phir aap action karte hain
  16. Shehzad has said he and others convinced Nadra and the government to require a reproductive health course for marriage registration. ab humne Nadra ko convince kiya aur ab government ko convince kar diya hai ke agar aapki shaadi hogi to woh nikah Nadra mein register hoga aur aapko reproductive health course karna zaroori hai
  17. Shehzad has said he was made a goodwill ambassador for population management. ek mushkil cheez ka mujhe goodwill ambassador banaya gaya tha kuch arsa pehle, woh tha population management
  18. Shehzad has said there is little seriousness in Pakistan about climate change and population. Yeh itna serious issue hai ke in dono ke baare mein koi seriousness nahi hai is mulk ke andar.
  19. Shehzad has said Pakistan has a population of 22 to 25 crore. Bahut badi population hai. 22, 25 crore log hain.
  20. Shehzad has said technology will uplift Pakistan. Technology will uplift Pakistan like anything because you will see brains.
  21. Shehzad has said Pakistan has potential. Pakistan ke andar you know the reason I am saying potential hai
  22. Shehzad has said poor people do not find climate and population interesting. logon ke liye yeh interesting hi nahi hai because jo ghareeb aadmi hai woh environment ke baare mein kaise sochega?
  23. Shehzad has said domestic workers are at the bottom of the food chain. bottom of the food chain mein toh bechare yeh domestic workers aate hain
  24. Shehzad has said 20,000 rupees was less than the minimum wage for one person. woh usko 20,000 rupaye de rahe hain. That is less than the minimum wage for one person.
  25. Shehzad has said a new minimum wage appears in the budget every year. har saal budget mein ek nayi minimum minimum wage aa jaati hai
  26. Shehzad has said that because Pakistan gives so much charity, it must be channelled. hamare mulk mein itni charity hoti hai toh usko sirf channelize karna bahut zaroori hota hai
  27. Shehzad has said goodness alone does not produce excellence. agar aap usko neki ka rakhenge sirf toh usse aap excellence nahi achieve kar paate
  28. Shehzad has said goodness in Pakistan tends to expire on the 29th or 30th day of Ramadan. hamari neki ki jo expiry date hoti hai na woh 29wa ya 30wa roza hota hai. Us din expire ho jaati hai.
  29. Shehzad has said he has no doubt that policy will change soon, without being imposed or pushed. I have no doubt in my mind that they bahut jaldi uh impose kiye baghair, push kiye baghair aap dekhiyega yeh policy change hogi
  30. Shehzad has said that when he gives, he gives to education or health and directly to an institution, because it will be optimised. maine education ko deni hai ya maine health ko deni hai aur maine directly kisi idaray ko deni hai because woh optimized hoga
  31. Shehzad has said charities never change a country. charities kabhi bhi mulk change nahi karti
  32. Shehzad has said he tells people repeatedly that paying their own employees is their first duty. Mujhe yeh main baar baar unse kehta hoon ki apne employees ko paise dena sabse pehla kaam hai.
  33. Shehzad has said real change depends on developing children's ability to question. It's about sawaal karne ki salahiyat develop karna bachon ke andar.
  34. Shehzad has said people should co-exist in society rather than merely tolerate each other. tolerance nahi, aap tolerate nahi karein, co-exist karein society mein
  35. Shehzad has said he tells people his charitable organisation is doing reform work. Tabdeeli halanki hum charitable organization chalate hain but I always tell people ki yeh hum reforms kar rahe hain.
  36. Shehzad has said his team was repairing government schools in hardcore underprivileged areas. kyunki hard core underprivileged area mein hum government schools theek kar rahe the
  37. Shehzad has said he is more worried about children in state schools than about children out of school. But we are more worried about children who are going to state schools in Pakistan.
  38. Shehzad has said a child who speaks a language like Gujarati or Sindhi at home is taught Urdu at school. ghar mein woh Gujarati, Sindhi koi aisi zabaan bolta hai. Jab school jaata hai toh usko Urdu sikhate hain, woh Urdu bolta hai.
  39. Shehzad has said that after school a child must write job letters in English. Phir jab woh padh ke bahar nikalta hai toh usko naukri ke liye angrezi mein khat likhna hota hai.
  40. Shehzad has said his team let a child play chess and gave the child football. Humne usko chess khelne de diya. Humne usko football de diya.
  41. Shehzad has said he got one of the best football coaches and chess players, among Pakistan's top people. I got one of the best football coaches, chess players, Pakistan ke jo top log hain.
  42. Shehzad has said his team began teaching chess in all learning modules. Humne chess padhana shuru kar diya, all learning modules.
  43. Shehzad has said a government school was Pakistan's national chess champion in 2014. is mulk ki national champion 2014 mein chess ki hamare government school ki thi
  44. Shehzad has said one of his government schools beat the football champions. Football champions Karachi Grammar, American school ko jo haraya aur map pe aate the school woh hamara hua government school.
  45. Shehzad has said once the children were happy, they began to excel. So bachha jaise hi khush hua, usne excel karna shuru kar diya.
  46. Shehzad has said a person's state of mind matters at work and at school. chahe woh kaam pe aa raha ho, chahe woh school ja raha ho, uska khush hona bahut zaroori hai
  47. Shehzad has said his team is now bringing in licensing. abhi hum licensing lekar aa rahe hain
  48. Shehzad has said Pakistan once decided that teachers did not need a degree. Pakistan ke andar humne decide kar liya tha ki teachers jo hain na unko degree ki zaroorat nahi hai
  49. Shehzad has said a teacher will be required to hold a licence before teaching. yeh compulsion hogi har teacher ko ki woh license le before they teach
  50. Shehzad has said government teachers in grade 14 will be able to move to grade 16. jo government teachers 16ve, 14ve grade mein hain, woh 16ve mein ja sakenge
  51. Shehzad has described Doorbeen as a teachers training college. Ji, it's a teachers training college
  52. Shehzad has said Doorbeen runs a four-year B.Ed programme for girls who finish grade 12, at no cost. Doorbeen ke andar 12vi jamaat ke baad bachiyan aati hain aur woh chaar saal ka B.Ed program karti hain. It's totally for free.
  53. Shehzad has said Doorbeen asks graduates for three years of commitment and offers a starting banker-style pay. Uske baad hum unse teen saal ki commitment maang rahe hain and hum unko ek starting banker wali pay denge.
  54. Shehzad has said public-private partnership will change the country. Public-private partnership will change this country.
  55. Shehzad has said he is not an educationist. Main bilkul education, educationist nahi hoon.
  56. Shehzad has said his work is figuring out how to replicate a scientific intervention in a country. ek scientific intervention ko replicate karna hai na kisi mulk ke andar, so woh maine seekha hai apne saare waqt mein, usko aap replicate kaise karenge. So this is what I do.
  57. Shehzad has said technology will play a very important part. main aapko yeh bata sakta hoon ki technology bahut important part play karegi
  58. Shehzad has said the work that matters in the future is critical thinking, problem solving and creativity. woh critical thinking wala kaam hai, woh problem solving wala kaam hai, woh creativity wala kaam hai
  59. Shehzad has said teachers work inside the same system, and brick and mortar can only do so much. structurally woh teachers bhi usi system mein hain, woh saara kuch hai to brick and mortar can only do so much
  60. Shehzad has said radical change needed for the AI age may not be possible under current conditions. the sort of radical change that's required in this age of AI may not be possible in the current circumstances
  61. Shehzad has said learning content is not available in Urdu, Punjabi or Potohari. Urdu language, Punjabi language, Potohari language, in languages mein content available nahi hai
  62. Shehzad has said human interaction will always matter for young children. So yahan tak to yeh hamesha human interaction bahut zaroori rahega bachche ke liye.
  63. Shehzad has said technology cannot replace human interaction for small children. uska to kabhi bhi technology usko kabhi bhi substitute woh nahi kar sakti