Master Ayub

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Master Ayub
Ayub sitting among his students at a park in Islamabad in 2016
Ayub in 2016
Born
Mohammad Ayub Khan محمد ایوب خان
NationalityPakistani
Occupation
  • Education activist
  • firefighter
Years active1986–present
Known forFree of cost teaching in open air[1]
AwardsPride of Performance[2]

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 F6 sector, Islamabad.[1][3][4]

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 at Fire Brigade.[citation needed] He has been in Islamabad since 38 years. Ayub started his open air, free of cost school when he moved to Islamabad for the job at Fire Brigade.[5]

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 200 students are enrolled in the school.[citation needed] All the students studying at the school are underprivileged and are being taught free of cost.[5]

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References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Khan, Saadia (7 December 2014). "Master Ayub: Learning without a price tag". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  2. ^ Jump up to: 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. ^ Ali, Sobia (21 July 2011). "Voices Of Pakistan: Drifting In And Out Of Education". Huffington Post. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  4. ^ "PAKISTAN: Quality education still a long way off". IRIN News. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Teaching Pakistan's Poor How To Read". interactive.aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
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