Who we are
Al-Badr Schools is a group of three campuses in Gujranwala, operated by Al-Badr Education Trust. We were established in 1989 with a single purpose that has not changed since: to promote Islamic traditions alongside contemporary education, knowledge, technology and skills.
Today the group serves families across Khiali Sheikhupura, Zaheer Colony and Usman Colony. Two of our campuses are girls high schools running from the primary years through Matriculation; the third is a primary school where the Al-Badr journey begins. Each campus has its own principal, timetable and contact details, and all three follow one academic calendar, one grading scheme and one code of conduct.
Our history
The Trust was founded in 1989 by a group of professionals, academics and community members in Gujranwala who shared a concern about the state of education available to Muslim families. Their answer was not to build a religious seminary or a conventional private school, but something that refused the choice between the two.
The first campus opened at Asad Colony that same year. Demand grew, a second high school followed at Zaheer Colony, and a primary school was later established at Usman Colony to give younger children a settled start close to home. The Directorate at Asad Colony coordinates the group; it is an administrative office, not a fourth campus.
Our mission
To provide an education in which Islamic character and modern academic capability are developed together, so that our students are prepared for higher study, for professional life, and for the responsibilities that come with both.
Our vision
A generation of principled and capable young people who serve their families, their nation and the wider Ummah with knowledge, honesty and competence.
Our core values
- Ilm — the pursuit of knowledge. The first revelation commanded reading. We treat learning as a religious obligation, not a career convenience.
- Adab — conduct and respect. How a student speaks to a teacher, a classmate or a parent matters as much to us as an examination mark.
- Amanah — trust and honesty. Every child placed with us is a trust. Every mark we award and every rupee we receive is accounted for.
- Discipline. Punctuality, attendance, uniform and preparation are the ordinary habits that make extraordinary results possible.
- Service. Education that ends in personal advantage alone has missed its purpose. We ask students to be useful to the people around them.
Our educational philosophy
We reject the idea that religious education and modern education are competing claims on a child's time. A student who memorises the Quran but cannot reason through a physics problem has been under-served; so has a student who tops the Board examination but cannot pray with understanding.
In practice this means the national curriculum is taught with full seriousness — qualified subject teachers, laboratory work, structured assessment and remedial support — while Quran, Islamic Studies and Seerah are timetabled daily and examined, not treated as an optional extra. Character is monitored and reported alongside academic performance, because we consider both to be results.
Our objectives
- To deliver the national curriculum to a standard that opens doors to further study and professional training.
- To ground every student in the Quran, the Sunnah and the practice of their faith.
- To develop literacy, numeracy, scientific reasoning and computer skills appropriate to each stage.
- To build character deliberately: honesty, punctuality, respect, responsibility and service.
- To work in partnership with parents through regular, honest reporting.
- To maintain safe, well-supervised campuses where children are protected and known by name.