Shams Abbasi
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Aapa Shams Abbasi | |
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| Native name | آپا شمس عباسي |
| Born | 10 January 1924 |
| Died | 16 March 2011 (aged 87) |
| Occupation | Educator, academic leader, teacher |
| Citizenship | Pakistani |
| Period | 1924 - 2011 |
Shams Abbasi (Sindhi: شمس عباسي) (10 January 1924 -16 March 2011), popularly known as Apa Shams Abbasi, was a Pakistani educationist, academic leader, scholar, and writer. She authored 22 books both in English and Sindhi and remained committed to her cause of educating girls from poor families. She served as Director of Education and Director of the Bureau of Curriculum. She was president of the Sindh chapter of All Pakistan Women Association (APWA) and president of Sindhi Aurat Tanzeem (Sindhi Women Association). She was affiliated with a number of literary, educational, and social societies and organizations.
Shams Abbasi was born on 10 January 1924 at Qazi Muhala Sehwan, Sindh, Pakistan.[1] Her father Qazi Abdul Qayoom, was a journalist and social leader. Her father died when she was only five years old. She passed matriculation and Intermediate examinations in 1939 and 1941 respectively and received a B.A. degree in 1943.[2]
Career
She started her career as a secondary school teacher at Madersat-ul-Banat School Hyderabad.[3] She joined as Head Mistress of Meeran High School in 1948 and first principal of Zubaida College Hyderabad in 1955.[4] She was appointed as Deputy Director Colleges in 1971 and founding director of the Bureau of Curriculum in 1974. She retired from service in 1984.[3] Despite her job and administrative responsibilities, she did Ph.D. on the literary and political contributions of Hakeem Fateh Muhammad Sehwani, who was her uncle and father in law.[5]
