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Dr Faisal Bin Badar
Founder & CEO
Dr Faisal Bin Badar is the Founder and CEO of GOAL.
In 2019 he began putting one-room schoolhouses into villages with no school at all. There are fifteen now, across Pakistan and Tanzania.
About GOAL
Global Online Academy of Leadership
Education with Purpose. Leadership with Character.
GOAL at a glance
- Pre-Primary – Year 6
- An online academy for homeschooling families
- 15–20
- Children in a live class, every child known by name
- 8 themes
- A year, about one per month
- 10 traits
- The Prophetic LEADERSHIP Framework
- Australia
- Where GOAL is registered; families join from many countries
Our purpose
“GOAL is not built around delivering content. It is built around developing people.”
Registered in
Australia
Families can join from many countries.
Open to
All families
Anywhere in the world.
GOAL in one minute
What GOAL is
- GOAL is an online academy for homeschooling families.
- It is for children from Pre-Primary to Year 6.
- Your child learns from home, with live teachers.
- Classes are small: about 15–20 children.
- Learning follows international standards.
- Character is part of every lesson.
- Parents are partners, not spectators.
- GOAL is open to all families, anywhere in the world.
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Dr Faisal Bin Badar
Founder & CEO, GOAL
A message from our Founder
Welcome to GOAL
Dear Parent,
You want the best for your child.
Good marks matter. But you also want a good person.
A child who is kind, honest and confident.
A child who knows who they are.
GOAL was built for this.
We teach strong academics.
We shape strong character.
And we do it with you, not without you.
Welcome to the journey.
Dr Faisal Bin Badar
Founder & CEO, GOAL
Leadership team
The people behind GOAL
Dr Nousheen Zakaria
Co-founder
Dr Nousheen Zakaria is a children's author, educator, researcher and entrepreneur with more than eighteen years of experience across education, technology and enterprise.
She completed an MSc in Human Resource Management at the University of Sheffield and a PhD in Strategic Human Resource Management at the University of Leeds, and has been recognised in the British Council’s Education UK Alumni Awards in the entrepreneurial category.
Her work with children grew from raising her own and from founding an Islamic early years school, Sidr School. She writes children’s storybooks with Islamic values woven through them — among them Noor and Her Paper Boat (2026).
Our teachers
GOAL teachers are called Murabbis.
A Murabbi is more than a teacher.
A Murabbi cares for the whole child: mind, heart and character.
- Are experienced educators.
- Complete GOAL’s 12-session Educator Formation Programme.
- Meet every month in a reflection circle (Halqa) to keep growing.
- Learn about each child's world: games, stories, interests.
- Model the character they teach.
“We teach. We mentor. We guide. They grow.”
Safety and wellbeing
Every child is known by name.
- Small classes. Every child is known by name.
- Feelings are taught and talked about.
- Off-screen time is built into every day.
- Online classes use a safe, private platform.
- Child safeguarding and online safety details to be added once the policy is approved
- Consent rules for cameras and recordings to be added
Raising Leaders, the Prophetic Way
Start your journey with GOAL.
Free demos: December 2026 – January 2027 · Registrations: February – March 2027 · First sessions begin early April 2027