I embarked on a journey to revolutionize the education system with a vision to offer holistic education, integrated with our cultural and religious values, to every child in Pakistan at an affordable rate. It takes a village to raise a child, and our mission has been to cultivate that village – teachers and caregivers – based on a foundation of trust, respect and cooperation. Our focus for the last 25 years has been to uplift the schooling system in Pakistan by developing value based curriculum, training/supporting teachers, mentoring schools and counseling students and parents.

Having been associated with the education sector for over 3 decades I have witnessed a progressive disconnect between parents and their children. Today, more and more children are forced into the schooling system at a very young and tender age when their social, emotional and physical needs can only be optimally met by their close family, preferably parents. Allah SWT has entrusted parents with a tremendous responsibility that can either help society progress or become the cause for its decline. The prevalent schooling system has parents competing in a never-ending rat race, pitting child against parent, parent against teacher and teacher against the system. This shift in attitudes and behaviors has led to a grave disconnect from the real objectives of a holistic education and has also resulted in weakened social bonds across economic strata and also within the family systems.

Current research indicates that Children need to spend more time playing and connecting with family in their formative years, rather than spending so much time on structured learning. Our Early developmental program focuses on nurturing this parent-child bond through hands on interactive activities. Through the VSP guided-homeschooling program your child can avoid all the unnecessary stresses that going to school can cause. School going toddlers are frequently deprived of sleep and proper nutrition, experience separation anxiety, learn to associate fear and anxiety with learning and testing and may even experience unkind and biased behavior from peers and teachers.

I have witnessed most of these limiting factors of the schooling system first hand, and these are difficult to overcome no matter how hard we try. My 30 years of experience has taught me that most young children do better emotionally, psychologically and physically when they feel secure and unconditionally loved. In their formative years, the ideal place for a child to develop, mentally, physically, emotionally and cognitively is within the safety and comfort of their homes. This realization gave birth to this new venture, Virtual School Pakistan – VSP, a guided Homeschooling system for Muslim parents.