Master Ayub

Master Ayub
Born Mohammad Ayub Khan
Nationality Pakistani
Occupation Teacher, Firefighter
Years active 1986-present
Known for Free of cost teaching in open air[1]
Awards Pride of Performance[2]

Mohammad Ayub Khan (Urdu: محمد ایوب خان‎), better known as Master Ayub, is a Pakistani educator, philanthropist and civil servant who is known for spending his after-job hours and weekends teaching students in an open-air school in F6 sector, Islamabad.[1][3][4]

Master Ayub has received the Pride of Performance award for his efforts over the decades.[2]

Personal life

Master Ayub is a firefighter at Fire Brigade. He has been in Islamabad since 30 years. Ayub started his open air, free of cost school when he moved to Islamabad for the job at Fire Brigade.[5]

Free of cost teaching

Master Ayub started teaching a group of four students in Islamabad's sector, F-6. The students have been increasing exponentially and currently 200 students are enrolled in the school. All the students studying at the school are underprivileged and are being taught free of cost.[5]

The school opens daily at noon and shuts around sunset. Unfortunately, the school does not have a proper location and is set up in a public park where students sit on the ground and the teachers can be seen teaching them with a black-board besides them.

Recently, a group of students have collaborated with Master Ayub to give the school a more official look and collect donations.

The management team has also started a volunteer program where different students from schools, colleges and universities come to the park to teach the children and turn the compassion into action. There are two full-time teachers who have been teaching alongside Master Ayub for quite sometime, without taking any pay.

The building is gradually being constructed as donations flow in.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Khan, Saadia (7 December 2014). "Master Ayub: Learning without a price tag". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  2. 1 2 Usman, Maryam (21 September 2014). "International day of peace: Smiles give new meaning to peace". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  3. ↑ Ali, Sobia (21 July 2011). "Voices Of Pakistan: Drifting In And Out Of Education". Huffington Post. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "PAKISTAN: Quality education still a long way off". IRIN News. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  5. 1 2 Jazeera, Al. "Teaching Pakistan's Poor How To Read". interactive.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
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