Rising Star Report · Academic year 2022–2023
Rising Star Scholars 2022: Cohort 3
Zainab, Muhammad Ali, Sufiyan and Ayesha Noor pass the admission test for a reputed public school, bringing SKF's Rising Stars to nine.
In August 2022 four students from the SKF Learning Center passed the admission requirements for a reputed public school, joining the five scholars from 2020 and 2021.
- Zainab joined the first SKF class in March 2018 aged five, speaking only Saraiki. Today she reads and writes in Urdu and English and entered grade 4. She wants to become a teacher.
- Muhammad Ali was also in the first class of ten in 2018, after spending his days playing in the street. He learned Urdu and English quickly, entered grade 4, and dreams of becoming an Air Force pilot.
- Sufiyan enrolled at four when the center opened. Full of energy and eager to learn, he entered grade 4 and hopes to join the army.
- Ayesha Noor joined at eight with no formal schooling, progressed from level 2 to level 5 in three years, and was admitted to grade 6. She also wants to become a teacher.
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