Five Barriers Keeping Girls Out of School & How TCF is Breaking Them
Poverty
We remove the financial barriers so every child can attend TCF schools and access education.
Lack of Access
We build schools in slums and remote villages so girls can walk to school safely.
Lack of Female Teachers
We have an all-female faculty, which makes parents feel confident sending their daughters to school.
Quality of Education
We uphold high teaching standards through our 21st-century learning model.
Socio-Cultural Norms
TCF Principals conduct regular community visits to build trust and shift mindsets.
When Girls Stay in School, Their Futures Change
In their village, Tando Allahyar (Sindh), girls are expected to leave school young and get married. But Divya and Gori’s father and their TCF school principal are standing with them against this pressure. Together, they are holding the door to education open and the girls are stepping through it.
Kainat grew up in a community where girls are married early and education ends too soon. But her parents and her TCF teachers held on to her dream with her. That belief - and her hard work - carried her to Whitman College, to Oxford, and now, to Harvard..