Muslim Educational Society
MES College Marampally, Aluva
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| Founded | 1964 |
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| Founder | Dr. P. K. Abdul Gafoor |
| Type | Educational |
| Location | |
Area served | India |
Key people |
President Vice Presidents General Secretary Secretaries Treasurer Mr V Moidutty PerinthalmannaSource:[1] |
| Website | http://www.meskerala.com |
The Muslim Educational Society (MES) is an organisation established to aid education of Muslims in India, especially in the state of Kerala.[2]
Traditionally Muslims living in Kerala were traders and agrarians living in villages and were never allowed to enter into the mainstream of the social fabric of Kerala because of their backwardness. Educating a Muslim boy or girl was something beyond the means of the poor Muslim parents and they felt that they had no right to acquire education because it was confined to the elite class only. Because of this attitude among the Muslims, the community remained in the dark cells of ignorance and deprivation.
Poverty was the destiny of these poor Muslims and they had to remain content with whatever meager income they got from their work in trade and agriculture. After independence, the situation started changing, though in a slow pace. A need for starting an organization to fight for their cause gradually gathered ground and there emerged the organization called the Muslim Educational Society.
The movement was started by a group of professionals, intellectuals, educationists and businessmen under the leadership of the visionary Dr PK Abdul Ghafoor in 1964 at Calicut. The society has been promoting a large number of educational projects and programs from primary schools to professional colleges. Its activities spread to almost every district in Kerala and a large number of MES educational institutions were started. Today the society runs more than 150 institutions including more than 50 schools, a number of postgraduate colleges, women's colleges, professional institutions like engineering colleges, medical college, nursing college and dental college.
In addition to the institutions in the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, MES has established institutions in the West Asian countries like Saudi-Arabia, UAE, Qatar and Oman.
MES celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 2014.
The primary work of the Society is to establish colleges, schools, technical and commercial institutes, kindergartens, vocational training centre’s, medical colleges, dental Colleges, paramedical institutes, adult education centre’s, tailoring schools, food craft institutes, computer institutes, community development centre’s, human resources development institutes, and counseling centres It is also envisaged to set up establishments to promote moral and spiritual values among the public, work for the welfare of women and children and establish and maintain old age homes and rehabilitate destitutes.
List of colleges
The Muslim Educational Society runs several colleges in Kerala.
| Name of the institution | Established in | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| MES Medical College | 2003 | Affiliated to Kerala University of Health Sciences |
| MES College of Engineering | 1994 | |
| MES College Marampally | 1995 | Affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University |
List of schools
The MES runs schools in Kerala as well as in other parts of India and one in Qatar.[3][4]
| School | Location | Notes | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. N.K. Mohammed Memorial MES Central School Valanchery | Valanchery | ||
| MES A.A. Rashim Memorial School Atholi | Atholi | ||
| MES Bava Memorial Residential English Medium School Tellicherry | Tellicherry | ||
| MES Central School Cheekonnu | Cheekonnu | ||
| MES Central School Chenkotunkavu | Chenkotunkavu | ||
| MES Central School Kunnumpuram | Kunnumpuram | ||
| MES Central School Mangalam | Mangalam | ||
| MES Central School Perintalmanna | Perintalmanna | ||
| MES Central School Tirunavaya | Tirunavaya | ||
| MES Central School Tirur | Tirur | ||
| MES English Medium Nursery School Alathur | Alathur | ||
| MES English Medium School Alleppey | Alleppey | ||
| MES English Medium School Chavara | Chavara | ||
| MES English Medium School Kannanallur | Kannanallur | ||
| MES English Medium School Kovoor | Kovoor | ||
| MES English Medium School Kundara | Kundara | ||
| MES English Medium School Kunnikode | Kunnikode | ||
| MES College of Engineering Campus Senior Secondary School Kuttipuram | Kuttipuram | ||
| MES English Medium School Olavakot | Olavakot | ||
| MES English Medium School Panoor | Panoor | ||
| MES English Medium School Puthanathani | Puthanathani | ||
| MES English Medium School Tanur | Tanur | ||
| MES English Medium School West Quilon | Quilon | ||
| MES English Senior Secondary School Pattambi | Pattambi | ||
| MES Islam Madrassa Edathanattukara | Edathanattukara | ||
| MES K.T.M English Medium School Edathanattukara | Edathanattukara | ||
| MES Kindergarten School Tirur | Tirur | ||
| MES Minority Coaching Centre Kodungallur | Kodungallur | ||
| MES Moulana Azad English Medium Secondary School Channankara | Channankara | ||
| MES Nursery School Ernakulam | Ernakulam | ||
| MES Nursery School Trivandrum | Trivandrum | ||
| MES Public School Vemballur | Vemballur | ||
| MES Raja Residential School Chathamangalam | Chathamangalam | ||
| MES Raja School Pavangad, Pavangad | Pavangad | The school located at Pavangad, Calicut.The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education. | |
| MES Razeena H.S School Chennai | Chennai | ||
| MES School Ayilakad | Ayilakad | ||
| MES School For Mentally Retarded Elippakulam | Elippakulam | ||
| MES School Kandanchira | Kandanchira | ||
| MES School Muindur | Muindur | ||
| MES School Nammar | Nammar | ||
| MES School Nilambur | Nilambur | ||
| MES School Oachira | Oachira | ||
| MES Pattambi/ MES School Pattambi | Pattambi | Established in 1978, MES Senior Secondary School, Pattambi is a premier CBSE Affiliated School in Kerala which is first among the MES group of schools to be ISO 9001 certified for maintaining. | |
| MES School Qatar | Doha, Qatar | Established in 1974 through funds gathered by donations, on 15 acres (6.1 ha) of land granted by the Qatari government.[5] As of 2008, it had over 8,000 students, making it one of the region's largest schools.[6] In March 2008, thirty members of its board were suspended for "acting against organisational interests"; some of the members suspended included past and present chairmen.[5] | |
| MES School Thevalakara | Thevalakara | ||
| MES School Umayanallur | Umayanallur | ||
| MES School Vaniyambalam | Vaniyambalam | ||
| MES U.P. School Edathala | Edathala | ||
References
- ↑ "MES office-bearers elected", The Hindu, 2007-03-13, retrieved 2009-04-08
- ↑ Profile, Muslim Educational Society, retrieved 2009-04-08
- ↑ "MES schools' fete at Tirur", The Hindu, 2007-11-20, retrieved 2009-04-08
- ↑ Schools, Muslim Educational Society, retrieved 2009-04-08
- 1 2 "MES suspends 30 members in Qatar", The Hindu, 2008-03-18, retrieved 2009-04-08
- ↑ "MES tries to regain control over school", The Hindu, 2008-03-20, retrieved 2009-04-08
Further reading
- "Muslim Educational Society offers formula for admissions", The Hindu, 2006-08-04, retrieved 2009-04-08
- "Contribution of MES in educating Muslims hailed", The Hindu, 2007-07-03, retrieved 2009-04-08
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