Welcome to BKE Foundation

Baacha Khan Trust Educational Foundation is an auxiliary of the Baacha Khan Trust, a registered non-profit in Pakistan and Afghanistan that promotes peace, democracy, hunam rights, and development.

The Trust was established in 2003.

Changing the World

Changing the world, one school at a time. Quality education that liberates minds is the key to resolving many issues in that part of the world.

Our schools deliver good education to poor children who might otherwise end up on the streets.

Our Achievements

We, in a short span of one and a half year, have succeeded to establish more then 12 primary schools across N-W.F.P/FATA, Pakistan.

Imparting free, liberal & quality education to more then 1900 male & female children.

Latest News

REPORT OF THE DISTRICT PESHAWAR TRAINING WORKSHOP OF YOUTH LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM (YLTP) JUNE 8-17, 2009
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
Introduction Third district level training workshop of the Youth Leadership Training Program (YLTP) phase II was organized by joint partnership of BKTEF and the Hanns Seidel Foundation for youth of district Peshawar and FATA from June 8-17, 2009... Read more...

Walk-in Interviews for YLTP for District Charsadda
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
Interested candidates for selection into Youth Leadership Training Program (YLTP) are invited for interviews on July 1st to 3rd in the Directorate Baacha Khan Trust Educational Foundation. Read more...

BKTEF, Charsadda School for Internally Displaced Children Making Headway June 26th 2009
Friday, 26 June 2009
The number of enrollments in BKTEF Camp School in Charsadda opened for IDPs of Swat has risen to two hundred and sixty five from initial hundred and fifty-eight students in a short span of three weeks since it started functioning from June 8, 2009.... Read more...

First Round of Pre-service Training Workshop Completes Successfully June 26, 2009 Peshawar
Friday, 26 June 2009
Pre-service training workshop for teachers of Baacha Khan Schools concluded successfully here in Peshawar on June 26, 2009. The training workshop (June 22-26, 2009) consisted of total 25 contact hours. Theories of learning, lesson planning and... Read more...

Five days Pre-service Training Workshop by PDA starts in Peshawar June 22, 2009 Peshawar:
Monday, 22 June 2009
BKTEF Professional Development Academy (PDA) organizes pre-service training for teachers of Baacha Khan Schools in Peshawar. The training workshop (June 22-26, 2009) consists of total 25 contact hours. Theories of learning, lesson planning and... Read more...

YLTP Phase II – District Peshawar Training Workshop Completes Successfully
Saturday, 20 June 2009
District level training workshop of the Youth Leadership Training Program concluded successfully on June 17, 2009. The workshop, extending over a period of nine days from June 8th to 17th, 2009 was conducted on the premises of International... Read more...

Vision

A social order that ensures individual liberties and collective well being is the vision that inspires us into action.

Mission

To empower the under-privileged people through quality education

Objectives

1. Provision of free subsidized quality educational services to the under-served communities in FATA/N-W.F.P.

2. Building a system of education that develops in students:

Critical and analytical thinking.
Problem solving and social skills.
Literary and artistic faculties.

3. Establishing a community based system of education through Community Education Committee (CEC) bodies.

4. Empowering women by educating and involving them in decision making processes at all levels.

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Our Inspiration

We take our inspiration from the Azad schools initiative of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890-1988), dearly called Baacha Khan by his people. He was the 20th century Pashtun reformer and non-violent freedom fighter of the Indian sub-continent against the British rule. For his non-violent ...

Achievements

We, in a short span of one and a half year, have succeeded to establish twelve primary schools across N-W.F.P/FATA, Pakistan; imparting free, liberal & quality education to 1900 male & female children. A Directorate and a Teachers Training Academy in Peshawar have also been established ...

Aspirations

The BKTEF aspires to focus on female education in the future becuase of low female literacy rate in the target areas as well as threats to female education. We are also working on collaboration with development partners on youth & women development programs as well as regional peace initiatives.

Challenges

Religious extremism, precarious security situation & availability of adequate resources are some of the challenges in areas of operation for BKTEF; however, our work has not been hampered so far by these challenges. Community-ownership of the BKTEF schools is the strongest foundation.