Can you help build the world's first self-funding school system?
Pakistan has more than 27 million children out of school. The Rehan Prize invites innovators everywhere to design a proven system where ordinary students learn valuable skills — and earn real income while still in school.
Three prizes for systems that actually work
Each award goes to a complete, replicable curriculum and operating system — proven with 100 real students earning real income for six consecutive months.
- Learn 1 hour/day for one year
- Work ~3 hours/day
- Earn ≥ PKR 5,000/month
- Sustained for 6 months
- Learn for one year
- Work ~3 hours/day
- Earn ≥ USD 100/month
- Sustained for 6 months
- Learn for one year
- Work ~3 hours/day
- Earn ≥ USD 200/month
- Deployable at scale
Education that leads directly to earning
We're not looking for theory. We're looking for a proven, repeatable system built to reach one million students.
Learn real skills
One focused hour of learning a day — practical, in-demand skills students can actually put to work.
Earn genuine income
Income from real customers and employers — never donations, charity, or artificial demand.
Scale to millions
Affordable, easy to replicate, and technology-enabled — capable of nationwide implementation.
Earning milestones as students grow
The long-term goal: students become financially productive while still in school, contributing to their own education instead of becoming a burden on their families.
If you have a better way, build it with us.
Together, let's create the world's first education system where learning leads directly to earning — and prove it can scale to 1,000,000 students.