Daanish Schools: Giving Every Child a Chance to Learn
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has highlighted the Daanish School programme as an initiative designed to give children from poor and deserving families access to quality education.
Speaking at an International Youth Day event in Islamabad on August 12, he stressed that Pakistan cannot build a stronger welfare state without ensuring that children have meaningful access to education regardless of their financial circumstances.
The Daanish School model was created around this principle: a child’s educational future should not be determined by their parents’ income.
Daanish Schools are designed to provide much more than classroom education. Students from deserving families can receive free schooling, accommodation, meals, uniforms, sports facilities and modern learning resources.
The residential model is particularly important for students who may otherwise have limited access to quality schools in their communities.
The programme was launched in Punjab in 2010 and has since expanded beyond the province.
The Daanish School network is being expanded beyond Punjab, with the federal government planning schools in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, Balochistan, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The expansion is intended to bring opportunities to children from low-income families in different regions of the country rather than limiting the programme to one province.
The government is also working to complete Daanish Schools currently under construction and expand the network further.
At its heart, the Daanish School concept is built around a simple idea: talent exists everywhere, but opportunity does not always reach everyone equally.
A child from a low-income household can have the same curiosity, intelligence and ambition as a child from a privileged background. Access to quality education can help turn that potential into real opportunity.
As the government works to expand the network, the programme could give more young Pakistanis access to strong academic foundations, sports, technology and a supportive learning environment.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has highlighted the Daanish School programme as an initiative designed to give children from poor and deserving families access to quality education.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has highlighted the Daanish School programme as an initiative designed to give children from poor and deserving families access to quality education.
Speaking at an International Youth Day event in Islamabad on August 12, he stressed that Pakistan cannot build a stronger welfare state without ensuring that children have meaningful access to education regardless of their financial circumstances.
The Daanish School model was created around this principle: a child’s educational future should not be determined by their parents’ income.
Daanish Schools are designed to provide much more than classroom education. Students from deserving families can receive free schooling, accommodation, meals, uniforms, sports facilities and modern learning resources.
The residential model is particularly important for students who may otherwise have limited access to quality schools in their communities.
The programme was launched in Punjab in 2010 and has since expanded beyond the province.
The Daanish School network is being expanded beyond Punjab, with the federal government planning schools in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, Balochistan, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The expansion is intended to bring opportunities to children from low-income families in different regions of the country rather than limiting the programme to one province.
The government is also working to complete Daanish Schools currently under construction and expand the network further.
At its heart, the Daanish School concept is built around a simple idea: talent exists everywhere, but opportunity does not always reach everyone equally.
A child from a low-income household can have the same curiosity, intelligence and ambition as a child from a privileged background. Access to quality education can help turn that potential into real opportunity.
As the government works to expand the network, the programme could give more young Pakistanis access to strong academic foundations, sports, technology and a supportive learning environment.
