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Progressive Education Network - Introduction

Published on Nov 19, 2015

Established in 2005, Progressive Education Network provides quality education to underprivileged children all over Pakistan.

PEN is a non-profit company registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan under section 42 of the Companies Ordinance 1984.

Progressive Education Network adopts underserved public schools in which it intervenes to improve academic standards, increase student enrolment and upgrade infrastructure. In addition, we initiate co-curricular activities that foster character-building and develop life skills among our students. We are also focused on providing I.T. education to all our students.

Currently, there are over 16,000 students studying in 67 PEN adopted Government schools spread across Pakistan. PEN is also operating a girls' school in the flood-affected region near Muzzafargarh.

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

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Progressive Education Network

An Introduction

Who we are?

  • Non Profit Company, registered with SECP
  • Operating 67 Public Schools across Pakistan
  • 16,800 enrolled students
  • Auditor: Deloitte
  • Certified by Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy and ISO 9001

Our Core Values

  • Social Reponsibility
  • Corporate Governance
  • High Impact
  • Radical Transparency

What we do

  • Construct new classrooms & toilets where needed
  • Provide clean drinking water facility
  • Provide furniture for students and teachers
  • Hire janitors to clean school premises twice daily

Our academic focus

  • Training of teachers to develop their pedagogical skills
  • Hiring additional teachers to reduce class-size
  • Enrollment drives in local communities around its adopted schools to increase student enrolment
  • Providing free notebooks and teaching aids
  • Establishing computer labs and hiring computer instructors

Where we work

  • Lahore
  • Sheikhupura
  • Gujrat
  • Muzzafargarh
  • Thatta & Karachi

Our Goal

  • Provide education to 1 million children by 2025

Our Founders

  • Mr. Adnan Asdar Ali, Mr Agha Shahid M. Khan
  • Mr. Nadeem Babar, Dr Arif Nazir Butt
  • Dr. Shujaat Nadeem, Mr. Ahsan Imran Shaikh
  • Mr. Omar Khayyam Sheikh (current CEO)
Established in 2005, Progressive Education Network provides quality education to underprivileged children all over Pakistan.

PEN is a non-profit company registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan under section 42 of the Companies Ordinance 1984.

Progressive Education Network adopts under-served public schools in which it intervenes to improve academic standards, increase student enrollment and upgrade infrastructure. In addition, we initiate co-curricular activities that foster character-building and develop life skills among our students. We are also focused on providing I.T. education to all our students.

Currently, there are over 16,000 students studying in 67 PEN adopted Government schools spread across Pakistan. PEN is also operating a girls' school in the flood-affected region near Muzzafargarh.