The large-scale destruction in the earthquake-affected areas of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan and Pakistani-administered Kashmir resulted in a genuine need for reconstruction and rehabilitation projects of all types in these regions. Priority sectors that needed immediate attention included roads and communications, health, education, housing, water and sanitation projects, and administrative infrastructure. Numerous international and Pakistani agencies and organisations are working in different parts of these affected regions on one or more of these priorities.

KMT opted to focus on establishing this School because its Trustees consider education to be the most reliable vehicle for the sustainable development of any community. KMT believes that a good school education will allow the children of Kaghan to compete for places in the best universities of the country, eventually leading to employment prospects that their previous generation could never have conceived of having. Each child given an opportunity for such an education can become an agent for change for an entire family in the future. This prospect alone is justification enough for the Kaghan Memorial School project.