Master Ayub

Mohammad Ayub Khan
محمد ایوب خان
Ayub sitting among his students at a park in Islamabad in 2016
Ayub in 2016
Born
Mohammad Ayub Khan

Mandi Bahauddin
NationalityPakistani
Occupations
  • Education activist
  • firefighter
Years active1986–present
Known forFree of cost teaching in open air[1]
AwardsPride of Performance[2] Commonwealth Points of Light[3]

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 F-6 sector, Islamabad.[1][4][5]

Master Ayub has received the Pride of Performance award for his efforts spanning over 40 years for education in Pakistan.[2]

Personal life

Ayub, originally belonging to Mandi Bahauddin, is a firefighter with the fire brigade.[6] Been in Islamabad for 38 years, Ayub is now retired and lives with his wife nearby his open-air school he started and still overlooks.[7]

Free of cost teaching

Ayub started teaching a group of four students in F-6, Islamabad. The students have been increasing exponentially and currently, 250+ students are enrolled. The school is managed by Crossadder Foundation and run by voluntary teachers and local donations.[6] All the students studying at the school are underprivileged and are being taught free of cost.[7]

Smart Street School

As of 2022, Crossadder Foundation, a 'for youth, by youth' NGO acquired the NOC from Capital Development Authority and planted a 12'x40' feet portable school at Master Ayub School in a refurbished container. The 'Smart Street School' is used to shelter and periodically facilitate the education of these 250+ students on a daily basis; 85% of these students belong to the local Christian community from the nearby France Colony, Islamabad slums.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Khan, Saadia (7 December 2014). "Master Ayub: Learning without a price tag". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  2. ^ a b Usman, Maryam (21 September 2014). "International day of peace: Smiles give new meaning to peace". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Her Majesty The Queen awards Master Ayub with Commonwealth Points of Light". 5 June 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  4. ^ Ali, Sobia (21 July 2011). "Voices Of Pakistan: Drifting In And Out Of Education". Huffington Post. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  5. ^ "PAKISTAN: Quality education still a long way off". IRIN News. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Master Ayub: Learning without a price tag". The Express Tribune. 2014-12-07. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  7. ^ a b "Teaching Pakistan's Poor How To Read". interactive.aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  8. ^ "Smart Street School". KidsRights Foundation. Retrieved 2023-04-10.