Master Ayub
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][3][4]
Mohammad Ayub Khan | |
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| محمد ایوب خان | |
 Ayub in 2016 | |
| Born | Mohammad Ayub Khan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
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| Years active | 1986–present |
| Known for | Free of cost teaching in open air[1] |
| Awards | Pride of Performance[2] |
Master Ayub has received the Pride of Performance award for his efforts over the decades.[2]
Personal life
Ayub, originally belonging to Mandi Bahauddin, is a firefighter with the fire brigade.[5] He has been in Islamabad for 38 years. Ayub started his open air, free of cost school when he moved to Islamabad for the job at fire brigade.[6]
Free of cost teaching
Ayub started teaching a group of four students in Islamabad's sector, F-6. The students have been increasing exponentially and currently, 75 students are enrolled in the school.[5] All the students studying at the school are underprivileged and are being taught free of cost.[6]
See also
References
- Khan, Saadia (7 December 2014). "Master Ayub: Learning without a price tag". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- Usman, Maryam (21 September 2014). "International day of peace: Smiles give new meaning to peace". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- Ali, Sobia (21 July 2011). "Voices Of Pakistan: Drifting In And Out Of Education". Huffington Post. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- "PAKISTAN: Quality education still a long way off". IRIN News. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- "Master Ayub: Learning without a price tag". The Express Tribune. 2014-12-07. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
- "Teaching Pakistan's Poor How To Read". interactive.aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2016-04-07.