Self Sufficient SchoolBusiness Plan(Entrepreneurship)

SaharaSelf-Sufficient Agricultural Institute

Presented By

Group Members Soban Sheikh MBPE-F14-024 (Leader) Mafia Noor MBPE-F14-001 Umair Maqbool MBPE-F14-044

Presented To

Course FacilitatorAhmad Hussain Khan

Mission To provide better education

and technical skills in the needy orphans to support them in their life

To serve as a Model & Prototype for potential replication elsewhere in Pakistan and other developing countries

Desired Outcomes(A) Skilled persons that

(1) return to their communities to work on the farm, or(2) go on to colleges, or (3) are employed within six months of technical education.

(B) Phase 1:School will sustainable by 2020, and covers 60% of operating costs in 2018.

(C) Phase 2:Prototype-Model is Disseminated to other countries through: Increased Awareness Replication of certain aspects of model Action: other schools embarking in the self-sufficiency

road Generate revenues from Service Fees

A new way to address Rural Poverty

Rural Poverty is a consequence of lack of agricultural know-how, entrepreneurial skills and access to financing.

Land Reform, traditional charity & aid, equipment and subsidies have not worked

Existing strategies have not been able to address the problem of farmer inefficiency.

Rural schools teach general education courses disconnected with students’ realities

Teaching agricultural, technological and entrepreneurial skills to young rural in an revenue-generating farm institute and providing microfinance to graduates is a viable alternative.

Our Value Proposition For underprivileged North Punjab rural youth 

Who are structurally unemployed

Sahara Self Sufficient School is an innovative educational institution

Which offers a high quality technical-entrepreneurial training and post-graduation follow/up.

Unlike traditional schools that do not promote usable skills for immediate placement in agribusiness, college, or the family farm

Our Agricultural School teaches not only marketable skills but also entrepreneurial and business skills as well as practical hands-on experience and provides loans upon graduation when needed for business ventures.

Value Creation

o Taking in poor rural students and providing them with entrepreneurial skills and loans in addition to agricultural education. Graduates are qualified for higher education, employment in agribusiness or to return to productive farming

o Converting a deficit-ridden school into profit-making institution by using lessons learned in Microfinances and Junior Achievement

o Measure of Success: Graduates performance translates into School’s reputation which translates into more students, faculty and resources

Clients & Beneficiaries

o Those who attend our Institute: young orphans rural farmers who come from chronically unemployed families and poor communities

o Those who employ our Graduates: private sector and business community benefit from qualified middle-level human resources or Colleges. 

o Those who buy our products and services: consumers, schools, and general public

o Those who adopt a new educational model: policy makers and international donor agencies

Potential Obstacles & Risks

It is yet to be proven that educators will accept this “Learning By Doing” model

There is a bias against business in school & money-making faculty and students

Lack of resources Ability to attract faculty and supporting workforce

because of lower salaries than private sector Misunderstanding regarding the value of work-study

How will the school become self-sustaining?

Multiple sources of revenue, including Sale of products produced at

Institute Providing services to agricultural

community Renting facilities Nominal tuition and work-study

scholarships Public funding is not considered

desirable because of political constraints attached to that funding

Institute has the full financial support of the Management Team & Organization

School has Income Streams from17 Products & Services

Livestock Milk & Cheese Steers for Beef Chicken, Broilers & Eggs Goats Honey

Agriculture Vegetable Garden Crops & Fruit Green House

Community Training Center Housing Technical Services Food & Lodging Conference Rooms Guided Tours Special Events for Business Community

Fair Price Shop Goods produced at the school Food produced Fair Price Shop

Sustainable Advantage Ability to recruit and select students that

are “likely winners” from a big pool of candidates

Ability to produce a continuous flow of qualified high school graduates who either go on to college, get a good job, or return to their communities to run their family farms.

Business Approach and practical training which ensures permanent innovation as well as cost-controls.

Valued as a important resource in the agricultural community. It is a magnet for business interests who come to it in search of its excellent faculty and qualified graduates

Produces superior quality goods because it has trained faculty and staff managing production.

Does not depend on government subsidies and is removed from politics

Institute’s reputation: biggest asset

Institute Departments

Sahara Institute

Financial & Technical Education Centre

Entrepreneurial Education

AgriculturalInstitute

Agricultural School Team & Organization

School DirectorExperienced in

Academics & Techicalities

Production ChiefExperience in

Academics, Technical &

Farming

Academic DirectorExperienced and

Junior AchievementBackground

Finance & Administration

Staff: Experienced

Revenue and Business Model

This Model School will produce self sustaining revenues by the sale of agricultural goods and multiple services. 

The level of sales revenues (turnover) that is hoped to be achieve is Rs.19,25,000 a year by 2018. 

Revenues reflect market realities and institute competes in the market.

Distribution of RevenuesGreen House: 10%Fair Price Shop: 15%Vegetable Garden,

Crops & Fruits: 20%Livestock & Small

Animals: 30%Student Services: 20%Handicraft: 5%

Basis on which to “sell” Model

On its educational merits – stressing the academic success of graduates

On its income increasing benefits

As a means of ensuring institutional independence

As a fresh paradigm – but one which they can work towards at their own pace

As a support package that can be implemented in modules

As a support network for technical assistance, and funding

A call to Action: Stakeholders role in Expansion

We need to address rural poverty and develop a new breed of rural entrepreneurs

Stakeholders need to take action future employers, ranchers

and the agricultural business community

Donors, foundations A Village School for

Rs.75,00,000

The time has come:We have a Roadmap

The PeopleThe OpportunityThe ContextRisk and Reward

Reward

Develop a true “Social Innovation”

To turn upside-down the way we think about education

To Make Poverty History