Shaheen Secondary School, Faridabad

Shaheen Secondary School is located at Faridabad, Orangi Town No.10, Karachi 75800, Pakistan.

Coordinates: Latitude 24.937761 Longitude 66.979692 

 In the year of 1988, in the poor locality of Orangi Town, Karachi, Pakistan, some peoples come to an educationalist encouraging him struggle to establish a government school in Pushto/Afghani speaking majority area known as Faridabad, Orangi Town No.10, Karachi city of Pakistan. He tried so much but in this country, it was impossible. On the other hand some governing class's hypocrite groups tried to keep Patthans in dark. As they already know the words of Lord Makalay of England, about Patthans. The man who sacrificed his huge lands, was killed. But his mission will never die. Finally, the above said educationalist addressed peoples to send children to his home and not let them waste life in playing in streets. At this moment, the school is running in the building which is provided by him. So, in 1988, he established an NGO and by their platform, the school was established and got registered. This school is open for all without difference of language, religion etc. You may say it "a positive and healthy race of nationalism".

 Shaheen School is the best school of locality and our doors are open for all. In 1996, this school was declared as No.1 school. Many other schools were established for earning money but none has provide education for poor or needy, they failed one by one. In the same year, the secondary section was started successfully. All surprised to see the results which the Board of Secondary Education Karachi announced. All of our students were passed in good numbers. And now, it is 2015 and the school is better than past. 

 

 

 Academic Offer

 SSS is the name of old school for new generation. It is organized to meet the challenges of 21st century. The institution welcome you to come forward and develop your career and enhance your skills in the educational field of today.

 The Administrator Mr. Ashfaq Ahmed is running this institute with an aim to spread the light of education among the students so that the may enjoy this upto their unlimited career. As he always say, "The teacher is  builder of nation."

 The school do not have a good and fancy building but the results show the real image of education standard.

 

 Faculty:

 The teaching staff of SSS is well qualified, experienced and adroit in teaching techniques and methods. Some of them are those who has been students of this institution in past. So, they are always responsive and co-operative with the students and obey the advises of seniors.

 For the student of Secondary School Certificate (SSC), only Science faculty is available. We do not offer Arts or Technical education at the moment.

 Computer Lab:

 The need of computers is more than 20 but we have 5 computers. We are considered, the introducers of computer in the society. In 1996, an illiterate parent get angered when he saw a computer's monitor in school saying, "You devilish have kept a TV in school and in try to change our culture." He withdrawn his children. Here, peoples are so much religious and some of them do not like our western education. But we produced doctors, engineers, our ex students are doing good jobs, business and earning much for supporting families. Unfortunately, the peoples here, are mostly alliterated and it is not easy to conveyance them. On the other hand, fake educational institutions are increasing day by day in the name of Education.

 The education / training of Computer is absolutely free and compulsory for adult students. In future, we will do it for all. Now, we are  teach using American software with Projector. We welcome all teachers who live abroad and want to teach via Skype . We have big screen as cenema.

 Strict discipline:

 The school is co-education and here, boys and girls study together. As locality is very much conservative. So, we had established a very strike discipline here. In the year of 2012-13, more than 35 students are kicked out when they ignore warnings. They were those, who said to the administrator, "We pay fee and that is what you need." And those words broke his heart and he ordered them all to move out within 5 minutes and never come and keep your fee with you safe. Later, 12 students were re-admitted when they and their parents regret.

 But this is our success that highly conservative Patthan peoples trust in SSS to send their daughters for western education.

 As it is written on the admission form that the school responsible reserve the right to cancel any admission without question anytime.  The one who misbehave with a teacher will be kicked out and will never re-admit.

 Curriculum:

 SSS provide the best syllabus and specially English language, computer education and scientific education. Homework diary is checked daily and parents are also required to check but 80% of their parents are un-educated.

 The books selected are according to the permission of the government of Pakistan. Our poor children can not afford the expensive books of Oxford Publisher. 

 The cost of books and copies at the time of admision, is from Pak Rs.700 to Rs.800.

 Examinations and Tests:

 SSS gives examination two times every year (according to the rule of government). But tests are held weekly and monthly. No fee is charged for tests. The student who is fail in three tests continuously, is send back home.

Admission Policy:

 Admission are only given in the beginning of academic year. The school administrator look into the applications later. 

 Every student is required to pass the test before admission and admission is given in the level according to his/her abilities.

 We accept the School Leaving Certificates of the school which are registered from the government. Our certificates are accepted all over the world.

 Uniform:

 The student is required to wear Navy Blue pants and White shirts while girls wear White Shalwar and Qameeze, which is a traditional dress. Scarf is optional. This uniform is available all over the local market. For orphans and needy children, the uniform is provided from the school. Sometime, the shop's owner provide free uniform to our nominated children. Because, we do not get donations.

 The cost of a child is start from Pak Rs.800 to Rs.950. 

 Free Education for adults:

  On 6th February 1999, the school announced "Absolutely Free Education for Adults." Some peoples did not believe and thinking that it will be a deceiving plan and we will keep them in dark and later the hidden charges will be charged. But we educated 28 adults including three Afghan women. And after that, every year, we distribute handbills in peoples titled "A try to return your passed time to you." Even we provide free copies and writing equipment to the comers. It is absolutely free and the school administrator do not care what the fool says.

  Future Plans:

  There are more than two thousand children who play in streets and do not get education. We welcome them. And we do not demand any fee from them.  We do not have resources to buy books and copies for them. We have some rich parents who buy books for poor. These good rich peoples bought books for more than 50 students this year. But here are more than 10 thousand children who do not get education due to poorness, in which 2000 want, but we do not have resources to welcome them here.

 We want to provide education to our Afghan children as British children get. But it is impossible here.  So, no need to see dreams.

 In the future, we are planning to install solor energy system and bio metric attendence. As much funds we have, that much we will diliver.

 Fee Details:

 The student who can pay their monthly fee are charged according to this schedule for 12 months:

Class	Monthly Fee in Pak Rupees	(Value equal of US$)
Nursery	Rs.600.00	US$-4.70
KG-I	Rs.600.00	US$-4.70
KG-II	Rs.600.00	US$-4.70
Class I	Rs.650.00	US$-4.70
Class II	Rs.650.00	US$-4.70
Class III	Rs.700.00	US$-5.20
Class IV	Rs.700.00	US$-5.20
Class V	Rs.750.00	US$-5.20
Class VI	Rs.750.00	US$-5.20
Class VII	Rs.750.00	US$-5.66
Class VIII	Rs.800.00	US$-6.15
Class SSC-I	Rs.900.00	US$-6.60
Class SSC-II	Rs.900.00	US$-6.80

 And the one who can not pay above fee, is not asked and the get full scholarship or half scholarship.

School Timings (Morning Shift Only):

 The students are advised to come to the school at 7:35AM. Our gate open at fix 7:30AM. Gate close at 8:00 AM. But the children who come 5 minutes late, are allowed to enter with warning. And the one who come more than 5 minutes, are returned to home. 

  At 10:00AM, half hour free time is given. In this duration, none is allowed to go out from the school boundary for security reasons. A small shop is arranged for children.

 Children go back home at 12:00PM. The timings are as fixed by the government.

 Security Position:

  Parents are advised to come with the children to school gate. We are not responsible of the children out of our school boundary. All visiters are checked by metal detector. CCTV works 24 hours. A security guard is always alert with weapon. Out siders, including parents are not allowed to enter in classrooms.

 In the school timings, none will come to see a child. Only the nominated persons can meet but after complete identification.

 First Aid Facilities:

 Incase of miner injury, the school have complete arraignment of first aid. A hospital is just 50 meters from the school. Two male nurses are teaching in school.

Other Facilities:

 It is very sorry to say, we have our own electric generator, run with diesel, we have our own water well, our own tank in which, we buy expensive water, drinking water is in seprate line, water purification and heavy duty water cooling plant is installed. We diliver all possible facilities.

 Donation Policy:

 We are working without any external help since 1988, depending on our own resourses. In that period, more or less 12 international organization's representatives have come to our school, appreciated our work, offered donation and finally demanded 50% of donated amount. We always refuse.

We are working with a British funded organization EFS since Nov.2014. This organization is very lazy in payments. In January 2015, EFS peoples admited 270 children but refuse to pay a single coine. That was a bad joke with poor peoples and also with school owners. Children were coming to school, asking about promised books and uniforms but in April 2015, they forced every school not to claim fee of three months, nor books etc and write letters to organization with dictated text in which, the school owner / principle saying we do not need fee, books, unifoms of all admited students. So, we lost the three month's fee of 130 children. Whenever they pay fee, they do never give any evedence about, when paid, for what paid, how much paid. So, something is really wrong.

 EFS somehow, sponsoring 230 children now. But stop payments since ten months. It is very painful for us to answer their checkers / monitoring teams everyday. On the other hand, they pay Rs.330 per month per student while our minimum fee is Rs.500. Our school's books and uniform cost per studnet is Rs.1500 while they pay Rs.1200 per year. Other schools made "spacial policy" for EFS sponsored children. According to that policy, they are providing low cost, third class books, less educated teachers / third class education but we treat everyone EQUALY.  EFS do not care, what the children learn and what not, just pushing children from streets to schools. So, we can say, they are not serious.

So, it is hard for us to keep them in school and from next session, we will cancel the agreement and can not work with them anymore.

 Once, a donor (without introducing himself) personally come to our school, and after all, our representative was thinking that he will also demand bribe. But he was personally a donor and after his satisfaction, his organization named AL ZAHRA CHILD SPONSORSHIP had sponsored 50 children from Nov. 2005 to Aug 2013.

 A Christian organization named "Real Life Trust" had sponsored 10 children.

Donors please study our DONOR POLICY. 

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Foreign Visitors:

 In 1991, Japan's Mr. Yoshiro M. Miura (Engineer) visited the school and try his best to teach something but due to poor English Language ability, he was not success but he thought Japanese to the school administrator.

 In 1994, Mr. Abdullah of Sri Lanka, visited the school and appreciated it.

 In 1997, Mr. Alexander Nikolai Solobotchikov of Russia (Scientist) visited the school and appreciated the work offering some donation which was not taken from him. (According to Pathan customs, we do not get anything from guests at all)

 In 1999, Dr. Chen Shu Hua of The People's Republic of China visited the school and he advised so much good suggestion to the school administrator, which were accepted.

 In 2004, Malaysian English Lecturer qualified from England, Mr. Patrick Wong visited this school and thought classes to the students. Later, he visited the city with the students. He stayed here in Orangi Town for the longest period of 8 days. He did not scared here at all. Now, nobody can believe that a person as he, can stay here in this poor standard of life. But the genuine pictures of Mr. Paten can be seen in the records of school. The one who think the picture are fake, can ask him on his telephone numbers and e-mail address. The name of Mr. Patrick Wong will be written in Golden words due to his love and braveness.

 In 2004, one of our administrator's Western Sister from England (she permanently live in USA) was willing to come and see. But due to the bad situation of peace, it was not possible.

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Other pages will be available soon. 

The first web site of Shaheen Sec. School was established in 1996. But the site closed, it was re-established in 2001 but the host resfused and start blackmailing. That was why, they also closed.

 

 Later, Yahoo's Geocities was offering web space. We are sorry to say, they asked for hidden charges and finally, they closed all web sites.

 

 The organisation's top most prority is to facilitate orphan children..

 

Under Constrution 

Last updated 30-01-2019 

 

Shaheen Sec. School is managed by a Pakistani, non profit, private organization named Shaheen Education Society.

27 teachers are serving here.

We also invite teachers to teach online via Skype. We have a classroom in which, a very big screen is fixed with heavy speakers and mics. By this, we welcome local and forign teachers, educationists and other experts to donate your time and ability to those, who can never afford.

 

 Shaheen Sec. School is managed by Shaheen Education Society. This organisation was established to educate deserving children with quality education.

 The founder of this organization is Ashfaq A. Khattak. He is a famus journalist, social worker and educationist.

  Ashfaq Khattak's activities can never be covered in a paragraph. You can seach the book "Life of Prof. Ash", "1001 views with answers of Prof. Ash" and "Not king but a king maker"

 Ashfaq's articals/ columns, film stories are famus and appraciated worldwide. His words are considered as laws here.