Progressive Education Network is a non-profit company which provides quality education to under-privileged children across Pakistan. Presently, there are over 42,000 students enrolled in 206 public schools adopted by PEN across the country.

1. Progressive Education Network

2. Education crisis in
Pakistan

3. 34% of Pakistanis are under 14.

4. 50% of those children are
out of school.

5. 46% of primary schools
do not have furniture

6. 24% of primary schools do not
have textbooks

7. Nearly 40% of schools do not have a proper toilet

8. 30% of schools do not have
clean drinking water

9. 50% of primary students drop out before Class 5

10. Our approach
Public-Private Partnership
PEN adopts non-functioning public schools for a period of 10 years through an
agreement with the local District Governments.
During this period PEN implements academic programs, provides basic amenities,
and imparts life-skills training in order to transform public schools into model schools.

11. Our intervention in every school
 Head teachers’ training & motivation
 Teachers’ training
 Addition of teachers
 Teaching kits
 ICT Education
 Early childhood education (Kids’ Room)
 Student Enrollment & Retention
 Free student notebooks
 Monitoring and evaluation
 Student assessment
 Student & teacher incentives
Improve Academics

12. Teachers’ Training Session at Ali Institute of Education

13. Winter Teachers’ Training at Ali Institute of Education

14. Members of PEN Student
Committees on Environment,
Ethics and Sports

15. PEN Teacher with school plants
adopted by her class.

16. Student Week 2016

17. Head of PEN Student
Committee on Environment

18. Student Mentoring

19. Spring Fest 2017

20. PEN Students tour
Science Museum

21. Student Week 2016

22. Students with flowers
presented by their teacher
on the first day of school

23. Head Teacher of the Year Award at
the Annual Incentives’ Distribution
Ceremony

24. Drama Workshop

25. Art class

26. PEN Students at an
Art Exhibition

27. Punjab Race Championship

28. Incentives Distribution Ceremony

29. LUMS Tour

30. Writing contest

31. Kids’ Room in every school

32. Student Week in District Multan

33. Free Shoes and Sweaters
for needy studentsStudent Week in Multan

34. Student Week in Lahore

37. Art class

38. Inter-School Badminton
Championship Inter-School Badminton Championship

39. Spring Fest at the start of
new academic year

40. Spring Teachers’ Training

41. Parent-Teacher Meeting

42. Art Competition

43. Art Fest in PEN Schools

44. Yellow Day in PEN Schools (Karachi)

45. Subject Gala

46. Dental Week in PEN Schools

48. Traffic Rules Awareness Workshop for PEN
Students

49. • PEN has partnered with Multinet (Pvt.) Ltd. to implement Project
SABAQ – Digital Learning System in its adopted schools at Karachi
and Lahore.
• The SABAQ Digital Learning System will help improve learning
outcomes for children out of school and in school in Pakistan by
providing high quality, interactive content directly to children on
tablets/hand-held devices.
• In 3 years, 55,000 primary-school children (in KG to grade 5) will
have improved learning outcomes in literacy, numeracy and science
Digital Learning System for Primary Schools

50. Screenshot

51. Screenshot

52. Screenshot

53. Establish Computer Labs
 Curriculum
 Computers
 Furniture
 Computer instructor

54. Computer Lab at Govt. Girls Middle School, Kot Lakhpat

55. Providing vital missing facilities
 New classrooms & washrooms where
needed
 Renovation of dilapidated school
buildings
 Boundary wall with gate
 Clean drinking water facility
 Furniture for students and teachers
 Paint work, fixtures, electric items, etc.
 Maids/sweepers in every school to
maintain cleanliness

56. Before
Government Primary School, Kot Lakhpat

57. After

58. Govt. Boys Primary School, Ghullah Watwan
Before

59. After
Govt. Boys Primary School, Ghullah Watwan

60. Before
Govt. Primary School, Rana Town

61. After
Govt. Primary School, Rana Town

62. Before
Govt. Primary School, Rana Town

63. AFTER

64. Before
Washrooms at GGES,
Sheranwala gate

65. After

66. Before
Open Sewerage: GGMS, Feroze Watwan

67. After

68. Before

69. Electric Water Cooler at Govt. Boys
Primary School, Ghullah Watwan
After

70. Life-skills training
 Inter-school competitions:
 Qirat
 Naat
 Creative Writing
 Poetry
 Debates
 Quiz
 Spellathon
 Sports
 Student committees

71. PEN Inter-School Cricket Match
Co-Curricular Activities

72. Student Mentoring, Govt Boys Middle School, Sadhoki

73. Career Counselling, Karachi

74. Subject Gala, Lahore.

75. Summer Camp

76. Student Week Sheikhupura

77. Academic Tour of LUMS

78. LUMS Tour

79. Independence Day
Celebrations at PEN
Karachi

80. Sindh Cultural Day at PEN
School, Thatta

81. School Visit to Science Museum

82. Parent-Teacher Meeting, Lahore

83. Creative writing competition, Muzzafargarh

84. Dental Week in PEN Schools, Karachi

85. PEN Art Competition, Lahore.

86. Who we are
 Non-profit company, registered with the SECP under Companies
Ordinance 1984
 Schools: 210
 Students: 41,896
Auditor:
Certifications:

87.  Lahore
 Kasur
 Sheikhupura
 Gujrat
 Narowal
 Sialkot Khanewal
 Multan
 Muzzafargarh
 Thatta
 Karachi
Location of PEN Schools

88. Our sponsors

89. The 100% model
100% of donations to PEN are utilized on improvement of academics, provision of
basic amenities, and imparting life-skills to our students.

90.  More than 50% increase in student enrollment
 13% improvement in academic results on year to year basis in our
schools (classes 5 & 8 as per PEC Result)
 Provision of all basic amenities
 Imparting computer education at Middle-level
 Organizing co-curricular activities
 Government has chosen PEN out of all non-profit organizations to
transform a number of public schools into model schools.
Our achievements

91. Our impact
5,318 5,729 6,213
10,281
22,166
23,516
33,483
41,896
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
40,000
45,000
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Increase in Student Strength

92. Our impact
15%
82%
10%
30%
50%
70%
90%
Before PEN Adoption After PEN Adoption
Average Pass Percentage of PEN Students in
Government Schools adopted from PEF
67%
Improvement
in 9 months

93. Our impact
56%
72%
40%
60%
80%
PEC Punjab PEN Punjab
Average PEN Student Achievement Compared to
Average Student Achievement in PEC Exams for Class V 2016
16%
Performance
Improvement

94. Our impact
76%
97%
60%
80%
100%
PEC Punjab PEN Punjab
Average Pass Percentage of PEN Students
Compared to Punjab Average for Class V
21%
Performance
Improvement

95. Our goal
Provide quality education to
1,000,000
children by 2025

96. Mr. Adnan Asdar Ali
CEO –Multinet Pvt. Ltd.
B.S. & M.S.-University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
Mr. Agha Shahid M. Khan
Collector Customs
MCom-University of Strathclyde (Glasgow)
Mr. Ahsan Imran Shaikh
Chief Executive – Millat Equipment Ltd.
B.S. Mechanical Engineering. – UET, Lahore,
Master of Administrative Sciences– Punjab University
M.B.A. – University of Bridgeport, CT, USA
Mr. Nadeem Babar
Founder & CEO – Orient Power Pvt. Ltd.
B.A. & B.S. – Columbia University
M.S. – Stanford University
Dr. Arif Nazir Butt
Ex-Dean of Business School at LUMS
PhD in Management - McGill University
MBA from LUMS
MS Engineering – Georgia Institute of Technology
Dr. Shujaat Nadeem
Chairman SAMBA Bank Pakistan
B.Sc., M.Sc. & Ph.D. – Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Mr. Omar Khayyam Sheikh
Founder & CEO – Hadayat Sons
B.A. – Columbia University
E.M.B.A. - LUMS

97. Partner Organizations
• Punjab Education Foundation
• Ali Institute of Education
• Lahore University of Management Sciences
• Superior Group of Colleges
• Teach for Pakistan
• The Little Art
• Parbat Foundation
• The Coca Cola Export Corporation
• Multinet Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd.
• Association for Development of Pakistan
• Mahvash & Jahangir Siddiqui Foundation
• University of Education, Lahore

98. PEN Student Represents Pakistan at the UN
Quality Education for a Brighter Future
• Student Name: Ms Darkhshan Jokhio,
• PEN School: Government Girls Secondary School, Ward No.1,
District Thatta
• Represented Pakistan at the United Nations General Assembly in
New York.
• Elected as a member of Students’ Representative Council to represent
the girls of Pakistan at the UN in New York.
• Presently studying in Degree College, Thatta
• Father is a postman who relocated his family to Thatta so his daughter
could attend PEN school.
• Met Former President Obama and delivered a speech on “Girls Education and Early Child Marriages Practices in
Pakistan.”
• Wants to become a Navy officer when she grows up.

99. Art Prodigy Wins
Quality Education for a Brighter Future
• Student Name: Ms. Fiza Nawaz
• Class: VI
• PEN School: Government Girls Middle School, Chaudhry Colony,
Lahore.
• Prompted by PEN Academic team to submit a logo design for Punjab’s Right to Information Act
• Won 2nd Prize in the competition
• Wants to attend National College of Arts – PEN Founders have pledged to sponsor her University education.

100. The Next Bapsi Sidhwa?
Quality Education for a Brighter Future
• Student Name: Ms. Komal Latif
• Class: VIII
• PEN School: Government Girls Middle School, Kot Lakhpat
• Won First Prize for English Essay Writing Competition among 2,000 participants for Elite private schools of
Lahore, including Aitchison, Beaconhouse, LGS, etc.
• Wants to become an English teacher

101. Against All Odds
Quality Education for a Brighter Future
• Student Name: Sajid Ali
• Class: VIII
• PEN School: Government Boys Middle School, Sadhoki, Lahore
• His father forced him to drop out of school and herd cattle
• PEN Academic team persuaded his parents after numerous visits to let him complete his education
• Scored the highest marks in Board Exams
• Presently studying in Vocational Training Institute
• Wants to become a police officer.

102. Donation programs
Sponsor a Child for 1 Year Rs. 2,500
Sponsor a Class of 40 Students
(1 Year)
Rs. 100,000
Sponsor a Primary School:
KG to Class V (1 Year)
Rs. 600,000
Sponsor a Primary School:
KG to Class V (per month)
Rs. 50,000