Pakistan Digital Authority (PDA) Chairperson Dr Sohail Munir led a delegation to Daanish School Kuri in Islamabad to assess the digital readiness of the institution, review its educational facilities, and explore opportunities for integrating emerging technologies into teaching, learning, and school management. PDA described the visit as a test of the idea that a national education reform has to work in one classroom before it can work in thousands. The delegation included Dr Henna Karamat Durrani, Executive Director of the National Digital Innovation Lab (Education) and Education Sector Lead, Salman Iqbal, Head of Citizen Experience, and Sara Obaid Ul Islam, Senior Analyst, Citizen Experience.
The PDA team was joined by Shahab Siddiqi, Director of Tabadlab, Shah Jehan, Deputy Secretary at the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training (MoFEPT), and Asghar Awan, Principal of Daanish School Kuri. The visit followed a high-level consultative meeting chaired by Dr Sohail Munir on November 4, 2026, which was held to finalise the design and implementation framework for an artificial intelligence (AI) based personalised curriculum module. Daanish School Kuri has been chosen as the initial pilot campus for the module, which is planned for rollout across the country if the pilot is successful.
During the visit, the delegation reviewed the existing digital infrastructure of the school, along with its classrooms, laboratories, technology-enabled learning facilities, and teacher training arrangements, including the proposed Training of Trainers (ToT) programme. Particular emphasis was placed on AI-based personalised learning, integrated Learning Management Systems (LMS), AI-enabled smart classrooms, digital teacher development, future skills and innovation laboratories, integrated school management systems, and detailed digital student profiles. These elements cover both what students experience in the classroom and the systems that teachers and administrators use to plan lessons, track progress, and manage the school.
The visit identified areas that need further technical facilitation and implementation planning. MoFEPT and the Daanish Schools Authority will lead the initiative, while PDA will provide technical expertise and guidance on digital architecture to support a practical, sustainable, and scalable implementation framework. PDA said the initiative reflects its wider mandate under the National Digital Master Plan to drive sector-led digital transformation through technology, innovation, and institutional collaboration. It added that students at Daanish Schools have had the least access to AI-based personalised learning and stand to gain the most from it, and that getting the pilot right is how that gap begins to close.
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