A campus can't add teachers by itself. Instead you put a teacher forward: you send NSDP the candidate's details, NSDP checks them and usually interviews the candidate, and NSDP decides. Approved teachers get a teacher account and are linked to your campus.
Before you start
- Have the candidate's CNIC, email address and phone number to hand. NSDP identifies the candidate by CNIC and email, and the email becomes their sign-in once approved, so use the candidate's own address.
- Collect supporting documents: CNIC front and back, degree, experience letters, a CV and a photo. Upload each file (PDF, image or Word, up to 10 MB).
- Ask one or two referees if NSDP may call them.
- Set aside time to finish in one go: the form isn't saved as a draft.
- A person already being processed by NSDP, already on the portal, or already put forward by your campus can't be put forward again. See Who can be put forward below.
Filling in the request
Step 1: Candidate
Identity, contact and address. Name, email, CNIC, phone, province and city are required.
Read the guideStep 2: Qualifications & experience
Highest qualification and years of experience are required. The optional professional summary (up to 300 characters) heads the candidate's card on your Teachers page.
Read the guideStep 3: Subjects & availability
At least one subject and a teaching mode are required. Days and time slots are optional but help NSDP plan batches.
Read the guideStep 4: Documents & references
All optional: online profiles, up to 15 documents and up to 5 referees.
Read the guideStep 5: Review & send
Check every section, fix anything flagged, then press Put this teacher forward. Note the reference on the confirmation.
Read the guide
Every field, limit and error message is explained in The teacher request form, field by field.
What happens next
- CampusCampus
Request sent
You get a reference and a Teacher request received email.
- NSDPNSDP
Review
NSDP checks the details and documents.
- NSDP
Information needed
Optional: NSDP asks you something; you revise and send it back without using an attempt.
- NSDP
Interview
Usually: NSDP books an interview and you make sure the candidate attends.
- NSDP
Good outcome: Approved
Teacher account created, set-password email sent to the teacher, teacher linked to your campus.
- NSDP
Stop / exit: Rejected
With a reason; you may resubmit up to 3 attempts in all.
Statuses on the Requests tab
- Sent to NSDPWaiting to be opened.
- In reviewNSDP is checking the details.
- Interview bookedSee the date, format and place on the request. Make sure the candidate attends.
- Information neededWaiting on you: press Revise & send back.
- ApprovedThe teacher is in your list of approved teachers.
- Rejected · attempt 1 of 3Read the reason; Resubmit if attempts remain.
- Rejected permanentlyClosed for good after the third rejection.
While NSDP has the request you can't edit or withdraw it. You can change it again only when NSDP asks for more information or rejects it.
Emails your campus receives
| Email subject | When |
|---|---|
| Teacher request received | Right after you send (and after each resubmission, saying which attempt it is). |
| Interview scheduled for your teacher request | When NSDP books or changes an interview. Includes the format, time and place. |
| More information needed for your teacher request | When NSDP pauses the review with a question. |
| Teacher request not approved | When NSDP rejects an attempt, with the reason and how many attempts remain. |
| Teacher request permanently rejected | When the third attempt is rejected. |
| Teacher request approved | When the teacher account has been created. |
Who can be put forward
- Nobody else may have an open request for the same CNIC or email, whether from your campus, another request or the NSDP website.
- The email must not already belong to an account on the portal. For an existing teacher, ask NSDP administration to link them to your campus instead.
- If your campus's earlier request for the same person was rejected and can still be resubmitted, resubmit it instead of starting a new one.
- If NSDP permanently rejected the person at your campus, they can't be put forward by your campus again.
After approval
- NSDP emails the teacher a link to set their password. They sign in on the main sign-in page with the email on the request, using that password, a one-time email code, or Forgot password if the link has expired.
- If the teacher's email couldn't be sent, the approval email to your campus says so and asks the teacher to use Forgot password on the teacher sign-in page.
- The teacher appears under Approved teachers with the details from your request, and can be chosen as the teacher of your campus's on-site courses.
- NSDP assigns teachers to in-person batches; being approved at your campus doesn't by itself place the teacher on a batch.
FAQ
It says I have already put this person forward.
An earlier request from your campus for the same CNIC or email is still with NSDP. Wait for its decision.
It says this person is being processed under another request.
Someone else (for example the candidate through the NSDP website) already has an open request for them. Contact NSDP.
It says the email already belongs to an account.
The person already has a portal account. Ask NSDP administration to assign them to your campus instead of putting them forward.
Can I withdraw a request?
Not from the portal. Contact NSDP with the reference if a request should be stopped.
How long does NSDP take?
The portal doesn't set a time. Complete documents that open without signing in, and a candidate who attends the interview, keep things moving.