Masjids turn learning hubs: innovative education initiative empowering local students
In Hyderabad's Akbarnagar, mosques have been repurposed as part-time schools, known as maktabs, providing free education to local children. This initiative, led by a group of tech professionals, aims to support students from government and budget schools in subjects like math and English. With around 2,500 students enrolled across 50 masjids in Telangana, the program addresses the financial challenges faced by many families in the area.
- ▪The initiative offers free education to children from local government and budget schools.
- ▪Classes are held after evening prayers, accommodating students' schedules.
- ▪Parents receive updates on their children's performance through WhatsApp.
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In the quiet neighbourhood of Akbarnagar in the Old City of Hyderabad, young boys and girls with school bags make their way to a two-storey mosque adorned with floral crenellated motifs. Leaving their footwear outside, they climb to the first floor in a single file. Here, they put down their bags, pull out brown paper-covered books, and walk toward small study tables set on prayer carpets. Waiting for them with broad smiles at whiteboards are three young men. Once the masjid imam concludes the Asr (evening) congregational prayers, classes begin.
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