Jamia Vice Chancellor to felicitate the First Batch of Girl Students admitted to the historic Anglo Arabic Senior Secondary School
(Publish Date:
31/05/2012)
May 31, 2012
Press Release: Jamia Vice Chancellor to felicitate the First Batch of Girl Students admitted to the historic Anglo Arabic Senior Secondary School
Mr. Najeeb Jung, Vice Chancellor of Jamia Milla Islamia will felicitate the first batch of girl students who have taken admission to the so far all-boys historic Anglo Arabic Senior Secondary School, Ajmeri Gate, at a get together to be held at 4 PM on June 1, 2012 at Yasser Arafat Hall, Jamia Millia Islamia.
Mr. Najeeb Jung is also the Chairman of the School and the President of the Delhi Education Society. Though ostensibly unconnected, but in a recent article published in a leading daily, Mr. Jung had also made a case for women’s reservation in the Parliament.
The Anglo Arabic School has made history by admitting girls for the first time ever in its over 300 years old existence. Having started off as Madrasa Ghaziuddin somewhere around 1692, the school had remained an all-boys school thus far.
In a significant move the Managing Committee of the School in a meeting held on March 26, 2012 had decided to open its doors to girls. However, this decision of the Managing Committee was not considered favorably by the staff of the school, which is predominantly male, and it seemed at the time that this decision would not be implemented.
However, A PIL filed by an M.Phil. student of JNU, Ms. Fatima Alvi, was considered favourably by the Delhi High Court recently and the School as also the Directorate of Education and the Police were directed to ensure that this decision be implemented.
Following the High Court Order, the school management swung into action and has so far admitted over 15 girls in classes VI to XI. The number is expected to increase in the comings days. Mehvish Rehmani, Darakshan Fatima and Gulafshan Fatima were the first applicants to secure admissions in the institution in classes XI (Commerce with Maths) and class VII respectively.
Prof. Azra Razzak at Jamia Millia Islamia, who is also the Secretary, Delhi Education Society said, “We are expecting more girl students in the coming days. At present, we have three women teachers in the 80-member strong faculty. We are planning to recruit more.”
Mr. Atyab Siddiqui, Honorary Manager, said that Prof APJ Abdul Kalam’s visit was especially encouraging when he asked the school to consider admitting girls too.
The school has produced the likes of Liaqat Ali Khan, the first prime minister of Pakistan; Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, founder of Aligarh; J N Dixit, former Foreign Secretary among many other luminaries.
Mr. Najeeb Jung, Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, who is also the Chairman of the School, and the President of the Delhi Education Society (under the aegis of which the school runs) will be felicitating these young students at a get together to be held at Jamia Millia Islamia, on June 1, 2012 at 4 p.m. in Yasser Arafat Hall.
The girls will be felicitated by the Vice Chancellor for having made history and for taken this important and bold step by taking admission in an institution which has for the last 300 years been a male bastion.
ALL ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO THIS LANDMARK EVENT.
Media Coordinator
Jamia Millia Islamia
