History:
Realizing the need and importance of education some well wishers of Muslim Ummah at Faizabad conceived of establishing such a school which would impart both religious and scientific education to the students. Thus in 1952 late Haji Muhammad Basheer owner of renowned Star Bakery and late Muhammad Ishaque (Aligarh) laid the foundation of the school of their dream at Mughalpura in a clay tiled-roofed room and a small verandah.
Initially the number of students was not more than a few score. In 1960, a young, dynamic and 'dedicated to the cause of education person', a highly revered and venerated personality of his time, late Hafiz Abdul Hafeez joined this school. His continuous struggle against all odds, his personal sufferings and sacrifices for the cause of the school, his painstaking efforts to raise the teaching standard and to transform it in the most modern institution of the city culminated in what we see today in the form of this school.
Late Haji Muhammad Rafeeq, the younger brother of late Haji Muhammad Basheer purchased a piece of land in Mughalpura locality for the school. Their contributions to the construction of the building can never be ignored. May Allah reward them bountifully in Akhirat and give them Ajr e Azeem... Ameen.
The construction work of initial two buildings (each three-stories) was started in April 1990 and by grace of Allah and through donations from the generous persons completed by the end of 1994.
Introduction:
Darsgah-e-Islami Inter College is a very old college situated at Mughalpura in the heart of Faizabad city. The location on the map is 26.7785° N and 82.1527° E. It provides qualitative modern and Islamic education in Hindi and English medium to the children of Faizabad without any religious, linguistic or racial discrimination.
The school is an example of fine amalgamation of spiritual and moral values of Islam with the fast changing scientific and modern world and aims at bringing about an all round development of the students. Unlike most other public schools mushrooming in the city, profiteering has never been its motive. The founders of the school have established it with a missionary spirit. It caters to the needs of educationally backward, poor and downtrodden sections of the society (especially Muslims).
The reputation and progress of any nation depends upon the academic standard of its people. No illiterate or ill educated society can prosper, develop or sustain itself in this rapidly mutating age of science and technology. If we want to excel in any field we have to make best and fullest use of our time. We should not while away our days and nights in useless gossips or worthless activities. People of the nations who lead the world and have made tremendous progress in science and technology don't waste their time. They utilize it worth its every second.
No school can progress unless it introspects itself for its short comings and defects off and on. In order to judge and evaluate our teaching standards, we invite experts from other prominent schools and eminent personalities of different subjects whose remarks and comments are thankfully acknowledged and suggestions gratefully incorporated in our future plans.
We, at this school, try to inculcate in our students the habit of utilizing their time in studying and expanding their knowledge. We provide them such an atmosphere where they can compare themselves with rest of the world and gauge where they stand in this competitive world. We aim at multifaceted and all round development of children. Be it their intellectual, moral, cultural or spiritual development, we pay attention to each and every aspect of these fields and provide a suitable and healthy atmosphere for all these faculties.
Our focus is to build character and instill Islamic moral values in the hearts and minds of our children. We aim at making them true Muslim who can serve their community and motherland with utmost honesty dedication and commitment. Only fear of Allah can prevent us from evils prevalent these days in our societies. Besides raising academic standard of the students, the school provides them best possible facilities in games and sports, cultural activities and co-curricular activities. The school celebrates National Festivals involving all its students and staff with great enthusiasm in order to instill the spirit of nationalism among students.
The school arranges educational tours to different historical and cultural spots. The school organizes programs for psychometric evaluation of students to test their abilities, interests and aptitudes. Professional counseling and guidance of students for their career is an integral part of our school. We hire professionals for these activities. Regular training and orientation of teachers is a regular feature of our school. We organize training sessions, orientation workshops in which experts of various fields are invited to enrich us with their experiences and deliberations.
In order to transform our teaching methodology we have introduced Brainy Stars Concept of TLM based on Montessori system of education but in Islamic environment. For this we have made a three year agreement with them beginning April 2018. Last but not the least we have to emphasize the following points:
We may train them in as many social and physical sciences as may wish but if they lack moral values they are no better than beasts. An educated but immoral person is a stigma on the face of our society. He proves bane rather than boon. They corrupt and vitiate the whole society. The scenario is that the society is more losing than gaining from these immoral and corrupt educated people who call themselves ‘elite’.
That is why one of our major aims is also inculcate high moral values among our students. The society today necessarily needs human of good character. To some extent, we may compromise with the quality of education, though it is in our remotest thoughts, but we will never compromise with morality, which is the basis of civilization.
Our Goal:
- To impart qualitative modern education
- To impart teaching in an Islamic environment
- To emphasize on the correct teaching of the Holy Qur'an
- To adorn them with the pearls of Islamic moral and spiritual values to make them perfect human
- To empower them to serve the community and the nation by making them honest, responsible and noble citizens whom the posterity would cherish
- To impart them with the basic and most essential knowledge of Islam so that they can live in accordance with the Islamic Shariah, which is a must for their Nijat in the Akhirah
- To teach Arabic as a living and modern language to enable students to read, write and speak Arabic without any hesitation and difficulty
- To make them able to comprehend the Holy Qur'an and most of the Islamic literature directly
The school is recognized in two parts:
- Primary by BSA Faizabad (Affiliation number: DISE Code: 09471501806)
- Intermediate by UP Board (Affiliation number: DISE Code: 09471504503 )
The subjects for which recognition is granted are as follows:
- Science Stream: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, English and General Hindi
- Arts Stream: Hindi, English, Urdu, Arabic, Sociology, History, Geography, Economics, Civics and Drawing
- Commerce Stream: English, Hindi and 4 papers of Commerce
Medium of Education: Hindi and English
We follow the play- way method of teaching. In this method the child is at the focal point. Individual attention is paid to all the students. Their individual differences, interests, aptitude and instincts are taken into account and given due respect.
Pre-Primary classes are well equipped with TLM (Teaching Through Learning Material). The school is equipped with sufficient teaching aids- some conventional such as charts, models, maps and some modern such as Internet, Computer, TV, Multimedia Projector, and a handsome number of educational Audio-visual CDs/DVDs.
Facility of smart classes with multimedia projector, interactive smart board and sound system is available in 10 classrooms. More classrooms are to be converted into smart classrooms in coming years.
Remedial extra classes for weak students are organized regularly. Besides, the school regularly organizes teachers' training camps/ refresher courses for keeping them abreast of the latest trends and techniques of teaching. We would like to draw your special attention to our methodology of teaching the Holy Qur'an (Nazira), which is radically different from the traditional system of teaching Nazira adopted by madarsas. We make extensive use of black board in teaching Holy Qur'an. All the basic rules essential for reciting Holy Qur'an correctly with Tajweed are explained visually using blackboard. No cramming of words is encouraged. Instead, ability to read the Qur'an is developed by teaching a few small surahs only after that child is able to read the Qur'an without any problem. Of course, speed comes through practice and not by just learning rules and few examples.
To improve standard of functional English, we are planning to introduce Language Lab where the children shall learn and gain mastery over spoken English through interactive program on personal computers. Each student will be provided a dedicated computer machine to learn English.
In our plan is also a well equipped Mathematics Lab where, students, right from class 1st onwards shall learn Mathematics through various activities. Mathematics which is regarded as a boring and dull subject will no longer be treated so, any more.
Complete Kit and Material for Mathematics Lab for classes Pre-Primary to 10th are already with us. We are only short of rooms where we can set up a permanent lab.
Though to some extent we also believe in "Spare the rod and spoil the child" yet we have spared the rod but to others utter disbelief and astonishment we haven't spoiled the child. We have only spared the rod, not the child, who always remains in our constant vigil and guidance and wherever and whenever he slips, we are there to hold and guide him to the right path.
In order to give Computer Education to our students we have 40 computer systems with 20 laptops exclusively for girl students who are provided these laptops for work experience in their classrooms. The Computer-Student ratio so far is 1:2 which we desire to bring to 1:1 soon. In order to enhance mental ability, reasoning and thinking power of students we run Mental Ability Classes for students of class 3rd onwards. Questions based on Mental Ability Testing, Reasoning, Logic etc are an integral part of almost every competitive examination right from admission to class 6th in prestigious Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya to Civil Services Examination. Such training of students help them prepare for these tests well before they have to face them.