There still are people who think beyond their personal wishes and goals, and such an example that captures your attention is seen in the sector F-6 in Islamabad.
This person Mohammad Ayub runs and teaches in an open air school. He runs a roofless school amid lavishly done pieces of architecture in the posh sector of Islamabad. Children from a katchi abadi nearby benefit from his free school.
This unique school one of its kind has a history of 26 years! It all started when Ayub offered two children in supermarket to teach. These young boys were cleaning cars.
Mohammad Ayub born in Bhera near Sargodha, studied in Mandi Bahaudin’s degree college till FA. Later on he did a teaching course and left studies incomplete when he was a student of Allama Iqbal Open University. He probably is more ‘educated’ than many of the degree holders who pass put from well known universities of our country!
Initially Ayub was the only teacher here but later on as many of his students graduated they also started to join the noble cause. Now this school has almost 330 students.
Most of the children are taught between 3-5 PM and later on Students of 9th and 10th class arrive and Ayub reaches home around 11PM. His ‘home’ is a store in his office in secretariat where he works during the day and earns Rs.9500.
This school continues to operate in open air even in Chilly weather as of now, There is an offer for a bigger place for which he needs Rs. 150,000 out of which Rs. 25,000 have been paid by him.
There is lots to be learned from this example for everyone especially for students who complain about their institution and teachers who complain about their wages, we should also stop complaining and start doing! As our efforts can change the lives of the deprived and underprivileged whose sufferings never seem to end but are equally human.
Even if we can’t be like Ayub still we can be amongst those who support his cause and help him out.
Location: Street 9; F-6/3 Islamabad (Near Hill Road)
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