The Daanish Schools are being established with a clear vision to fight poverty through educating the gifted children of the underprivileged and vulnerable as well as providing them with a level playing field in the society. This is an affirmative action for the forgotten communities of Pakistan’s poorest of the poor

Section 9 (3) states that subject to sub-section (2), the governing body of a Daanish School shall admit the destitute, most deprived and marginalized students if the total combined gross income of the members of the household of a the student does not exceed six thousand rupees per month and the student, in order of precedence, falls in either of the following sub-categories:-

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(a) He is orphan having lost both of his parents and having no guardian or being taken care of by an elder sibling or a member of extended family.
(b) He is orphan and living with his mother.
(c) His both parents are illiterate; the parents do not own an immoveable property and either of them is disabled.
(d) He has been a school dropout and his both parents are illiterate and the parents do not own any immovable property.
(e) His both parents are illiterate; the parents do not own any immovable property and do not have any fixed job or source of income.
(f) He is not resident of a town, tehsil or district headquarters and any of his parents is a semi-skilled or unskilled menial village worker, and the parents do not own any immovable property and are illiterate, and
(g) He is resident of a town, tehsil or district headquarters and his household resides in a katcha house.