Pakistan has more than 27 million children who are out of school. Millions more attend school but leave without the skills needed to earn a living.
Five years ago, I started Rehan School with one simple belief: education should not only prepare students for the future — it should enable them to earn while they are still in school.
Our vision is to build a school system where students develop real-world skills, generate real income, and eventually pay for their own education instead of becoming a financial burden on their families.
We have already helped a small number of students achieve this. Now we want to make it work for one million students. That is why I am announcing The Rehan Prize.
Design a system that works in the real world
We are looking for educators, entrepreneurs, AI experts, curriculum designers, software developers, business leaders, universities, NGOs, companies, and innovators from anywhere in the world.
Your mission is simple: design a proven, repeatable system that enables ordinary school students to learn valuable skills and consistently earn income.
This must not be theory. It must work in the real world.
Three prizes for three levels of impact
- Learn 1 hour/day over one year
- Work approximately 3 hours/day
- Earn at least PKR 5,000/month
- Sustained for 6 consecutive months
- Replicable curriculum & system
- Learn for one year
- Work approximately 3 hours/day
- Earn at least USD 100/month
- Sustained for 6 consecutive months
- Curriculum, training & implementation guide
- Learn for one year
- Work approximately 3 hours/day
- Earn at least USD 200/month
- Sustained for 6 consecutive months
- Operating system deployable at scale
What qualifies for a prize
- 100 different students successfully complete the program.
- Students achieve the required income target.
- Earnings continue for at least 6 consecutive months.
- Income comes from genuine customers or employers.
- Results can be independently verified.
What must be delivered
Winning submissions must include a complete package so that another school can reproduce the same results:
- Complete curriculum
- Daily lesson plans
- Teacher guide
- Student handbook
- Assessment system
- Standard Operating Procedures
- AI prompts, software & tools used
- Customer acquisition process
- Business model
- Cost per student
- Complete reproducible documentation
The 100 students are only the proof of concept
This challenge is not about helping only 100 students. Your solution must be capable of scaling to at least 1,000,000 students. It should be:
If your solution cannot realistically reach one million students, it does not meet the objective of this challenge.
Where the income may come from
Solutions may include, but are not limited to, any legal and ethical income-generating activity:
What does not count toward earnings
- Donations, charity, or family financial support
- Government stipends
- Artificial or fake customers, and self-funded purchases
- Gambling, pyramid or MLM schemes
- Illegal or unethical activities
Ownership of the winning solution
By accepting a Rehan Prize, the winning individual or team agrees to transfer ownership of the complete winning solution to Rehan School. This includes all related intellectual property, curriculum, processes, systems, documentation, software, AI prompts, training materials, implementation methods, and supporting materials.
This transfer allows Rehan School to freely use, improve, translate, reproduce, distribute, and deploy the solution anywhere in the world.
The creator(s) will receive the announced prize and permanent recognition as the original inventor(s) of the winning system.
Earning milestones as students grow
Our long-term vision is that students become financially productive while still in school — contributing to their own education rather than becoming a financial burden. Our target milestones are:
A world where every child can pay for their own education
Imagine a world where every child can earn enough to pay for their own education.
Imagine schools that become financially sustainable because students create real value. Imagine millions of young people graduating not only with certificates but with practical skills, work experience, confidence, and income.
We believe this is possible. We are looking for people who think differently — people who solve impossible problems, and who want to change the future of education.
If you have a better way to achieve this mission, build it with us.
Together, let's create the world's first education system where learning leads directly to earning. Together, let's prove it can scale to 1,000,000 students. Together, let's build a 100% literate Pakistan.
Submit Your Solution— Rehan Allahwala, Founder, Rehan School
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