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READ Foundation

The Rural Education and Development (READ) Foundation is a non-profit educational network in Pakistan, founded in 1994. It operates schools and literacy centres in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, the outskirts of Islamabad and Rawalpindi, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Azad Jammu and Kashmir. READ Foundation was established in 1994 when it opened its first school in Riala, a village in the Bagh District of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, with one teacher, one classroom and 25 students. As of 2026, the foundation operates 624 educational institutions across Pakistan, comprising 422 formal schools, 120 literacy centres, and 82 schools adopted from the Government of Punjab. According to the foundation's official social media page, this network serves approximately 135,000 students, including 14,000 orphans; its international fundraising affiliates in the United Kingdom and United States separately report lower figures for Pakistan of around 120,000 students, 5,967 teachers, and 13,000 orphans across more than 400 schools, indicating some variation between the organisation's own published figures.

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The Rural Education and Development (READ) Foundation is a non-profit educational network in Pakistan, founded in 1994. It operates schools and literacy centres in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, the outskirts of Islamabad and Rawalpindi, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Azad Jammu and Kashmir. READ Foundation was established in 1994 when it opened its first school in Riala, a village in the Bagh District of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, with one teacher, one classroom and 25 students. As of 2026, the foundation operates 624 educational institutions across Pakistan, comprising 422 formal schools, 120 literacy centres, and 82 schools adopted from the Government of Punjab. According to the foundation's official social media page, this network serves approximately 135,000 students, including 14,000 orphans; its international fundraising affiliates in the United Kingdom and United States separately report lower figures for Pakistan of around 120,000 students, 5,967 teachers, and 13,000 orphans across more than 400 schools, indicating some variation between the organisation's own published figures.

Key claims

  1. date of establishment: 1994 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. date of foundation: 1994 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  3. students: 25 students — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  4. students: 135,000 students — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of establishment is "1994". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the date of foundation is "1994". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. The record states that the students is "25 students". What evidence would count against this claim?
  5. The record states that the students is "135,000 students". What evidence would count against this claim?
  6. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  7. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369159332

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