A number of children from Essa Mohalla have obtained admissions in standard schools. The Essa Mohalla Education Committee has worked with a lot of dedication and commitment to ensure that parents opt for Standard Schools for their children.

A total of 18 admissions were done in standard schools and montessoris this year. Out of these 5 were admitted to Montessori-only schools, which we consider sub-standard simply for the purpose of monitoring these children so that they are admitted to standard schools later.

School-wise breakdown of these 18 children is as follows;

Standard School

Al Madrasa Tus Saifiyah Tul Burhaniyah

2

Genius Public School

1

Habib Girls School

1

Karachi High School

2

Karachi Public School

1

Nasra Public School

1

Rose Petal School

1

Saifiyah Boys High School

1

Saifiyah Girls School

2

Trinity Private School

1

 

13

Standard Montessori

 

Saira Montessori

4

Toddler

1

 

5

Current summary of Essa Mohalla, for children upto the age of 15.5 is as follows;

No. of Chidren

Under 2 .5 Years

Not going to School

To Sub Standard Schools

Enrolled in "Quality" Schools

321

33

9

21

258

Most of the children NOT GOING TO SCHOOL are at the borderline of the admission age and parents prefer to wait a little longer before admitting them in schools. These children will, Inshallah, be admitted to standard schools next year. For the rest, we will continue to make efforts after the Summer Holidays.

In the lower age groups, children who appear in SUB-STANDARD SCHOOLS category are those who are going to Montessori-only schools which, as explained above, are classified as sub-standard.

There is still a lot of work ahead. As per the Raza of Shazada Abbas Bhaisaheb Fakhruddin Saheb (DM) we are focusing on HSC students for the first time. Along with that we shall also start identifying children who have not done well academically. Essa Mohalla has done some excellent work in collecting the results of children on Financial Assistance. Approx 90% of the results have been collected.

Finally, we will also be working during the latter part of the year to update the database. This includes updating information on all school going children, such as current class, change in school. This exercise also includes identifying children who have left the Mohalla and new births.