Rising Star Report · 2019 – 2025
From a Learning Center to Cadet College: Zahoor’s Journey (2025)
How one of SKF's first Rising Star scholars went from the Multan Learning Center to a Cadet College.
Zahoor’s family comes from a village in Jhang, Punjab. When hardship forced them to move to Multan, his mother found work as house help, and there was no money left for school.
The journey
- 2019: Zahoor came to the SKF Learning Center with his sister, knowing only what his older siblings had taught him at home. Within two years he completed the class 3 syllabus.
- September 2020: he passed the admission test for a reputed public school and joined grade 4 as one of SKF’s first two Rising Star scholars.
- 2021: he won a Three Star Performance Badge in the International Kangaroo Science Contest, placing 2nd in his school, 3rd in Multan district and 7th of 1,864 students in Pakistan.
- October 2024: SKF enrolled him at a cadet tutoring academy for six months of preparation for cadet school entrance exams.
- April 2025: after passing the admission tests, medical tests and interviews, Zahoor began grade 8 at a Cadet College, a boarding school, and took a step closer to his dream of becoming an army officer.
His achievement is a reminder that talent knows no boundaries, and dreams are valid no matter where you come from.
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