Education

After the visit of  Shah  Karim  Al Hussaini,  Aga  Khan  IV  to the  Hunza  Valley in October 1960 Girl’s education in Shimshal started to gain more attention.  After observing and discussing the education situation in Hunza in the course of his visit. The Aga Khan initiated a reorientation of the DJ schools and made girls’ education their new focus.
Some former boys’ DJ schools were turned into co-educative institutions and new DJ schools for girls were established. The emphasis of the DJ  schools on girls’ education marks the take-off point for expansion in Gilgit Baltistan. These schools played an important role in girls’ education in the Ismaili settlement regions of Gilgit-Baltistan until now ”(Nazar, 2004)