As we are planning to
start a school in our city, I (and Aijaz Ahmed, GPRF coordinator) had an
opportunity to visit Bangalore, see Al-Basheer International School and
attend one-day program on “The Role of Muslims in the field of
education”.
Al Basheer International School - Bangalore: This
was my visit to ‘International’ School and I overwhelmed seeing the
atmosphere of the school. Girls and boys are separated with proper hijab,
lunch timing, playing schedule, etc. The given moral values add another
feather to the cap of the students apart from the curriculum which is
taught in the class rooms.
The school has its own playing ground
wherein the staffs and students play in their respective timing which
makes even the staff of the school as a student and gives them a fresh
feeling. The prayer hall separated both for boys and girls enhance them
spiritually which makes the students offer Salah in the prescribed time
in discipline. Separate staff rooms for males and females helped them to
be flexible and observe proper hijab, giving them the feeling of peace
which helps the work-flow in the Islamic perspective. The school has
only 24 students in one classroom and has no less than 17 school-vans
reaching across the city.