Put a teacher forward is a five-step form. It sends NSDP the candidate's details so NSDP can verify them, usually interview the candidate, and decide. This guide explains every field and the rules the form checks. For the process as a whole, see Putting a teacher forward from your campus.
How the form works
- Fields marked with a red
*are required. Everything else is optional, but the more NSDP has, the faster it can verify the candidate. - Continue checks the step you are on. If something needs fixing, the field is highlighted with a message under it and the cursor jumps to it; you stay on the step until it is fixed.
- The step list (a rail on wide screens, All steps on phones) shows your progress. You can jump back to any step you have already reached; a step with problems shows a red mark and how many fields to fix.
- Earlier steps stay editable until you send. Nothing reaches NSDP until you press Put this teacher forward on the last step.
- Longer fields show a counter such as
120 / 300. It turns amber near the limit, and typing stops at the limit. - The form is not saved as a draft. If you close the tab, reload or leave the page, what you typed is lost.
Step 1: Candidate
Who the candidate is and how NSDP can reach them. NSDP identifies a candidate by CNIC and email, and the email becomes the teacher's sign-in once they are approved.
Identity
- First nameRequiredUp to 80 characters
- As written on the candidate's CNIC.
- Last nameRequiredUp to 80 characters
- As written on the candidate's CNIC.
- CNICRequired13 digits
- The dashes are added for you as you type, e.g.
35202-1234567-1. See The CNIC field below. - GenderDefault: Prefer not to say
- Male, Female or Other.
- Date of birthNot in the future
- Pick the date from the calendar.
- NationalityUp to 80 characters
- Choose from the list or type it.
Contact
- EmailRequiredUp to 160 characters
- The candidate's own address. NSDP uses it to arrange the interview, and it becomes the teacher's login when approved. It can't already belong to an account on the portal.
- PhoneRequiredSee **The phone fields** below
- Mobile or landline. Pick the country code, then type the number without the leading 0.
- Alternate phone
- A second number NSDP can try. Same rules as Phone.
Address
- Province / territoryRequired
- Where the candidate lives. Changing it clears a listed city from another province.
- CityRequiredUp to 80 characters
- Search the list for the chosen province. Not listed? Type it, or pick Other city or town — type it. Picking a city first fills in its province.
- Street addressUp to 300 characters
- House, street, area.
- Postal codeUp to 12 characters
- Pakistani postal codes are 5 digits, e.g.
54000.
The CNIC field
- Type the 13 digits of the candidate's CNIC. The form adds the dashes itself (
35202-1234567-1), and anything that isn't a digit is ignored. - The form checks the digit count and tells you how many you entered, e.g.
CNIC must be 13 digits (12 entered). - The CNIC is how NSDP recognises the same person across requests. If someone with this CNIC (or this email) already has a request open with NSDP, the request is refused. See Common errors below.
- When resubmitting or revising a request you can correct a mistyped CNIC; the same duplicate checks run again.
The phone fields
Choose the country from the code picker (Pakistan +92 is the default), then type the number without the leading 0. The number is stored with its country code, e.g. +92 300 1234567.
| Country | Digits after the code | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Pakistan +92, mobile (starts with 3) | 10 | 300 1234567 |
| Pakistan +92, landline | 9 to 10 | 42 1234567 |
| United Arab Emirates +971 | 8 to 9 | |
| Saudi Arabia +966 | 8 to 9 | |
| Qatar +974 | 8 | |
| Oman +968 | 8 | |
| United Kingdom +44 | 9 to 10 | |
| United States / Canada +1 | 10 |
Step 2: Qualifications & experience
What the candidate has studied and where they have worked. NSDP checks these against the documents you attach.
Fields on this form
- Highest qualificationRequired
- Matriculation, Intermediate, Bachelor's degree, Master's degree, PhD or Other. Their highest completed qualification.
- Field of studyUp to 160 characters
- Choose a suggestion or type it, e.g. Computer Science.
- InstitutionUp to 200 characters
- The university or board that awarded it.
- Employment statusDefault: Not stated
- Employed full time, Employed part time, Self-employed, Not working, Student, Retired or Other.
- Years of experienceRequiredWhole years, 0 to 60Default: 0
- Teaching or professional experience. Use the arrows or type a number.
- Current organisationUp to 200 characters
- Where they work now, if anywhere.
- SummaryUp to 300 characters
- The professional summary. See below.
The professional summary
- One or two sentences on who the candidate is as a teacher, e.g.
Full-stack developer with 6 years in industry, 3 of them teaching web development to beginners. - It is optional, up to 300 characters.
- It heads the candidate's card on your Teachers page and is included when you use Copy profile. NSDP's reviewers see it too.
- Once the teacher is approved it stays on their profile in your list of approved teachers.
Step 3: Subjects & availability
What the candidate can teach, how, and when they are usually free. NSDP matches approved teachers to batches by their subjects and teaching mode.
Fields on this form
- Expertise areasRequired1 to 20 subjects, up to 80 characters each
- Type a subject and press Enter or a comma after each one. The same subject is only added once.
- Teaching modeRequired
- Online only (live or recorded classes over the internet), In person at the campus (classes in your classrooms and labs) or Both in person and online (can take either kind of batch).
- Teaching methodologyUp to 3,000 characters
- Class style, tools and how they assess learners. Seen by the NSDP reviewer.
- Available days
- Tap the days they can teach, Monday to Sunday.
- Available time slotsUp to 20 slots
- Tap the usual slots or add a custom range. See below.
Availability: days and time slots
- Availability is optional, but it helps NSDP plan batches around the candidate.
- The four ready-made slots are Morning (9am–12pm), Afternoon (12pm–3pm), Late afternoon (3pm–6pm) and Evening (6pm–9pm). Tap one again to remove it.
- For anything else, choose a Start and End time (half-hour steps between 6am and 10pm) and add it as a custom slot, e.g.
4pm–7:30pm. - The end time must be after the start time, and the same slot can't be added twice.
Step 4: Documents & references
Supporting links, documents and people NSDP may call about the candidate. Everything on this step is optional, but CNIC, degree and experience letters help NSDP verify the candidate faster.
Online profiles
- LinkedIn profileFull link starting with `https://`
- Optional.
- GitHub profileFull link starting with `https://`
- Optional.
- Portfolio or websiteFull link starting with `https://`
- Optional.
- Introduction videoFull link starting with `https://`
- A short video introducing themselves, if they have one.
Each document (Add a document, up to 15)
- Document typeRequiredDefault: CNIC — front
- CNIC — front, CNIC — back, Degree or certificate, Experience letter, Photograph, CV or Other document.
- File nameUp to 200 characters
- A label such as
BSc transcript. Filled in from the file name when you upload, if empty. - Upload a fileRequiredPDF, JPG, PNG, WebP or Word; max 10 MB
- Uploads the file and attaches it to the document row. Replace the file uploads a different one.
- File
- Shows Uploaded with the file name once a file is attached, or No file uploaded yet.
Document files
- Every document needs a file. Press Upload a file on the row and choose it from your device; the portal stores it and NSDP opens it from there. Links to files stored elsewhere (Google Drive, OneDrive and similar) are not accepted.
- A document row you added but left without a file blocks sending. Upload the file or press Remove on that row.
- Every document except the Photograph is stored privately: only your campus and NSDP staff can open it, through View on the row while signed in. It has no public link and never appears in your media. The Photograph becomes the teacher's public portrait.
- Because a photograph is public and the other types are private, changing a row between Photograph and another type clears its file: upload it again.
Uploading files
- Press Upload a file on a document row and choose the file. Accepted: PDF, JPG, PNG, WebP, and Word (
.doc,.docx), up to 10 MB each. The button shows the progress. - One file per document row. Add a row for each document (up to 15).
- For the candidate's profile photo, add a document with the type Photograph. The first photograph is used as the candidate's picture on their request card.
- Uploaded files are stored by the portal; nobody has to copy or paste anything.
Referees
Each reference (Add a reference, up to 5)
- NameRequiredUp to 120 characters
- The referee's full name.
- ContactRequiredUp to 160 characters
- A phone number or email NSDP can use.
- RelationshipUp to 120 characters
- Choose a suggestion (e.g. Former line manager, Head of department, Principal) or type it.
Step 5: Review & send
Step 1: Check the summary
Each step is summarised with an Edit link. Empty optional fields read Not provided.
Step 2: Fix anything flagged
If a step still has a problem, a red box lists it with a Fix link that takes you to the field. The send button stays disabled until everything required is in place.
Step 3: Put this teacher forward
When the box says Everything required is in place, press the button. The request goes to NSDP.
Step 4: Keep the reference
The confirmation shows a reference such as
Sign in to open this screenTUT-7KQ2-M4XD. Use View requests to follow it, or Put forward another to start again with an empty form.
Common errors
Messages you might see
“CNIC must be 13 digits (12 entered).”
WhyA digit is missing or extra.
FixCheck the number on the CNIC card and type all 13 digits.
“A Pakistani mobile number has 10 digits after +92 (e.g. 300 1234567). 9 entered.”
WhyA digit is missing, or the wrong country code is chosen.
FixCheck the number and the country code. Other countries show a similar message with their own digit count.
“Enter a valid email address.”
FixUse a full address such as
name@example.com, without spaces.“Enter whole years between 0 and 60.”
FixUse a whole number; leave 0 for no experience.
“Add at least one expertise area.”
WhyA subject was typed but not added.
FixPress Enter or a comma after typing each subject.
“Choose how this teacher can teach.”
FixPick one of the three teaching mode cards.
“Enter a full link starting with https://”
WhyAn online profile link is missing
https://or is not a web address.FixCopy the full link from the browser's address bar.
“Upload the file, or remove this document.”
FixPress Upload a file on the row, or press Remove on the empty row.
“Choose a PDF, JPG, PNG, WebP or Word file.”
FixSave the document in one of these formats and upload it again.
“That file is larger than 10 MB.”
FixCompress or scan at a lower resolution, then upload it again.
“Upload failed. Check your connection and try again.”
FixTry again. If it keeps failing, check the file opens on your device and try a smaller copy.
“Enter the referee's name, or remove this reference.”
FixFill in the name and contact, or press Remove on the row.
“Some details were not accepted. They are highlighted on their steps.”
WhyNSDP's server checked the request and refused a value.
FixThe form jumps to the first highlighted field. Correct it and send again.
“You have already put this person forward. Their request is still with NSDP.”
WhyYour campus has an open request for the same CNIC or email.
FixFollow the existing request on the Teachers page instead.
“This person is already being processed by NSDP under another request.”
WhySomeone else (the candidate through the NSDP website, or another request) already has an open request for the same CNIC or email.
FixContact NSDP administration.
“You put this person forward before (reference TUT-…) and NSDP did not approve them. Resubmit that request from Teachers → Requests instead; it would be attempt 2 of 3.”
FixOpen the rejected request and use Resubmit. A new request for the same person isn't allowed while the old one can still be resubmitted.
“NSDP permanently rejected this person at your campus after 3 attempts (reference TUT-…). They cannot be put forward again.”
FixYour campus can't put this person forward again. If you think this is wrong, open a dispute.
“name@example.com already belongs to a teacher account. Ask NSDP administration to assign them to your campus instead.”
WhyThe email is already an account on the portal (the message names the kind of account).
FixAsk NSDP administration to link the existing account to your campus instead of putting the person forward.
“This person is already a teacher at your campus.”
FixNothing to do: they are in your list of approved teachers.
“This campus is suspended. Contact NSDP administration to make changes.”
FixRequests can't be sent while the campus is suspended.
FAQ
Can I save the form and finish it later?
No. The form isn't saved as a draft, so have the candidate's details and documents ready before you start and send it in one sitting.
Whose email should I enter?
The candidate's own email address. It becomes their login when NSDP approves them, and NSDP sends their set-password link to it. Don't use the campus email.
Do we have to attach documents?
No, documents are optional. Without them NSDP may ask for more information before it can verify the candidate, which slows things down.
NSDP says it can't open our document link.
The link is probably private to your account. Change the file's sharing to anyone with the link can view, or upload the file with Upload a file.
We made a mistake after sending. What now?
You can't edit a request NSDP has. Contact NSDP with the reference. If NSDP asks for more information you can correct it then.
It says the person is already being processed, but we never put them forward.
Another request for the same CNIC or email is open, for example from the NSDP website. Contact NSDP administration with the candidate's details.