Muhammad Khan is an education leader and social development practitioner from Pakistan, working in a backward and underserved region where access to quality education—especially for girls—remains a serious challenge.
He is the founder and school leader of a community-based private welfare school that provides low-cost and free education to underprivileged children. His work focuses strongly on girls’ education, climate change awareness, digital learning, and youth leadership development.
In his community, many families still believe that educating girls beyond primary level is unnecessary due to early marriage, cultural restrictions, and financial pressure. As a result, a large number of girls drop out of school after grade five. Muhammad Khan has been actively working to change this mindset through continuous parent counselling, community meetings, and awareness sessions highlighting the importance of girls’ education for building a healthy and educated future generation.
To empower girls, he has introduced school-based programs on active citizenship, leadership development, confidence building, and career awareness. These initiatives help girls develop communication skills, critical thinking, and a sense of social responsibility. He regularly organizes extracurricular activities, discussion circles, and small leadership projects for female students to help them grow beyond traditional limitations.
He is also engaged in environmental education and climate action. After severe floods affected his region, he launched school and community awareness activities focused on climate change, disaster preparedness, tree plantation, and environmental responsibility. Students are encouraged to participate in practical activities such as plantation drives, cleanliness campaigns, and basic sustainability projects.
Muhammad Khan has participated in international collaboration programs, including projects supported by the British Council’s Connecting Classrooms initiative, which involved educational exchange and professional learning with schools in the United Kingdom.
Despite limited resources, electricity shortages, and having only one shared computer in his school, he continues to promote digital literacy and innovation through simple and low-cost methods. His long-term vision is to establish a permanent school building, expand facilities, and create equal educational opportunities for boys and girls.
His work represents a strong commitment to social equity, gender inclusion, climate awareness, and grassroots educational reform in marginalized communities.