At individual level, we
often think that a single person can’t do any good for society, particularly at
large scale level – that too with no external moral and physical support,
inspiration and funding. However, there are people in this world who achieve
the glory that hundreds of others can’t reach together.
Master Ayub, one of those
extraordinary examples, has been teaching un-privileged and poor children of
Islamabad, Pakistan for last 25 years without receiving a single penny.
Converting a Public Park in
Islamabad into a Night School, he has been able to teach these young children
who will one day be the backbone of Pakistan.
“If Master Ayub leaves, no
one will ever teach us again. He gets us books, stationary and teaches us
everything,” Shahzeb, a seven-year-old student, said.
Many of these children are forced to work. Yet, every
evening more than 100 children gather in
a park to learn, to get education.
Master Ayub has his own levels for grades. Syllabus of
this school may not equalize the outer world’s standards, but graduates of his
school can easily read, write, do complex calculations, even they can speak
foreign languages (such as English).
Students are
taught special courses, for instance Mathematics, Social Sciences, to meet
professional requirements and real life implications of studies.
Some of the children he has taught are now working in government
institutions like the Capital Development Authority (CDA) while others are
running their own private businesses.
Each student praised Master Ayub and said if it
weren’t for him, they wouldn’t even know how to spell their names.
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