TCF Story
TCF is a professionally managed, non-profit organization set up in 1995 by a
group of citizens concerned with the dismal state of education in Pakistan. It
is now one of Pakistan's leading organizations in the field of formal education.
As of 2011, TCF has established 730 purpose-built school units nationwide with an
enrollment of 102,000 students. TCF encourages female enrollment and strives to maintain a 50% female ratio in most of its campuses. TCF has a full female faculty of 5,400 members. TCF also has a dedicated Teacher Training Center in Karachi and Mansehra for the
ongoing training of its faculty and provides logistical support to all its
teachers. About 8,000 jobs have been created in communities in which TCF operates.
The vision of TCF is to remove barriers of class and privilege and to make the
citizens of Pakistan Agents of Positive Change. We believe that access to basic
education is the right of each individual and not a privilege. Apart from
following the regular curriculum, we focus on the character building of students
to equip them with high moral values and confidence.
To achieve these goals, TCF is constantly surveying education-deprived locations in
Pakistan to extend its network. Each new location is appraised through an
extensive land survey, assessment of population, income level, number and
standard of existing schools in the area, demand for new school units,
availability of an accessible site to build a school, qualified teachers in the
area and a number of other criteria.
TCF is registered in Pakistan as a company limited by guarantee under Section 42
of the Companies Ordinance, 1984 and its accounts are audited by KPMG Taseer
Hadi and Co. TCF is ranked amongst the top scoring organizations certified
by the Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy (PCP) and has received high non-profit
organization (NPO) governance rating of GR8+ by JCR-VIS Credit Rating Co Ltd.