{"id":7663,"date":"2020-10-05T18:11:03","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T18:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=7663"},"modified":"2020-10-05T18:11:03","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T18:11:03","slug":"eu-heads-of-missions-visit-master-ayubs-street-school-on-world-teachers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/eu-heads-of-missions-visit-master-ayubs-street-school-on-world-teachers-day\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Heads of Missions Visit Master Ayub’s Street School on World Teachers Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Islamabad; 04 Oct 2020 – On World Teachers Day, Ambassadors and diplomats from the European Union met Master Ayub and his team of teachers who provide education to underprivileged children in F-6 sector of Islamabad.<\/h3>\n

During their visit, they discussed with teachers about their motivation to teach voluntarily and about the challenges they face in their daily work. To support the outdoor school, the visitors donated essential items such a notebooks, backpacks and pens to both students and teachers.<\/h3>\n

The purpose of the visit was not only to show support to Master Ayub\u2019s mission of educating children, but also to highlight the European Union\u2019s strong pledge to support and improve learning environments with those who are trying to help improve the state of education in Pakistan.<\/h3>\n

A firefighter by profession, Master Ayub has dedicated 30 years of his life to less privileged children in the hope of giving them a better chance at life. On his own initiative, he launched a school in a park. Today more than 200 children attend every day to get essential education from one of the 12 teachers in Master Ayub\u2019s informal school.<\/h3>\n

The teachers who are volunteering part time at Master Ayub\u2019s school believe those who have dedicated their lives to this profession deserve acknowledgment. \u201cAs it\u2019s said that if this profession holds the same respect as a father deserves, then teachers ought to be highly respected\u201d, said Muhammad Rukhsar, a teacher of Master Ayub\u2019s school.<\/h3>\n

Reflecting on World Teacher\u2019s Day, Ambassador of the European Union to Pakistan H.E. Ms Androulla Kaminara said, \u201cIt is inspiring to see the dedication of the teachers and eagerness of the students to learn. Even under these difficult conditions, outside, without shelter from the sun and rain, Master Ayub and his team are doing such an important work\u201d.<\/h3>\n

Ambassador of the Netherlands, Wouter Plomb, agreed pointing out that \u201cWorld Teachers Day is also World Children Day. They give their students access to knowledge and skills which are essential for life.\u201d<\/h3>\n

The Charg\u00e9 d’Affaires for the Embassy of Romania, Adrian Miron, said, \u201cMaster Ayub is doing some amazing work. I would encourage him and others to continue this important duty that they have taken up, and to ensure that all children continue their journey to learn together and free of discrimination.\u201d<\/h3>\n

Maria Jameel, a teacher and former student of Master Ayub\u2019s school talked about some of the challenges they face on World Teacher\u2019s Day. \u201cAt Master Ayub\u2019s school some of the teachers are from among the students. Of course there is a big difference between a professional teacher and a student who just started teaching, but it is the dedication of both teachers and students that make up for the constraints that they are facing.<\/h3>\n

The EU is dedicated to improving education and has a successful and long history of supporting Member States\u2019 education and training policies.\u00a0 Erasmus Plus is an EU scholarship programme that has enabled hundreds of Pakistani students as well as teachers to pursue their educational ambitions across Europe.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Islamabad; 04 Oct 2020 – On World Teachers Day, Ambassadors and diplomats from the European Union met Master Ayub and his team of teachers who provide education to underprivileged children in F-6 sector of Islamabad. During their visit, they discussed with teachers about their motivation to teach voluntarily and about the challenges they face in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[171],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7663"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7663"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7665,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7663\/revisions\/7665"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}