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Meet Mohammed Lateef Khan, the man behind an educational revolution who produced over 6200 doctors and engineers

Hyderabad, TELANGANA:

Mohammed Abdul Lateef Khan, Founder Trustee and Chairman MS Academy. / Muslim Mirror Photo

“You are not meant for crawling, so don’t. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly,” this inspirational quote of Rumi is best suited for Mohd Abdul Lateef Khan, Chairman and managing director of Hyderabad based MS Education Academy.

His team under his leadership has successfully created a brand name in the field of education and revolutionized the concept of education across the country.

Khan is a man who believes in ‘education as a social service and moral responsibility than a profession to earn money’.

MuslimMirror spoke to Khan, exclusively. In this tete-e-tete, he spoke about his journey.

A young Khan right after finishing his 12th had a strong urge to serve the community.

Recognizing his talent, one of his friends suggested him to enter in the field of education. Hence, to materialize his dream Khan started a coaching institute that was operated from a two-room rented house and with only 15 students. This was in the year 1990.

However in the first year, Khan had to face a loss of Rs 30,000, but he did not lose his heart. He continued his journey with same vigor and subsequently during the initial three years he faced the loss of more than one lakh rupees and still he did not give up.

Khan continued to pursue his engineering course and completed his BE in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Osmania University.

During those years, his institute grasped a respected position in the area and people started trusting his institute. This boosted his morale and gave him confidence.

After completing his engineering degree, Khan thought of pursuing his studies in a foreign country but later changed his mind.

He decided to continue his journey in the field of education.

In 1998, Khan collaborated with renowned Urdu daily, Siasat, which started publishing model SSC exam papers which was widely accepted and became an instant hit. It resulted in popularizing his method of education and unique technique to crack medical and engineering examinations.

(HERE WHAT IS THE POPULAR TECHNIQUE HE USED AND HOW COME HIS TECHNIQUE BECAME A HIT IS MISSING!)

Later with the support of Zaheeruddin Ali Khan, the managing editor of the newspaper he shifted the institute to a bigger space. It was Zaheeruddin Ali Khan who inaugurated the first branch of MS Academy. After that Lateef Khan never looked back and the popularity of his coaching institute continued to soar by each passing day.

Two years later, Khan started to look out for a school for his son but in vain. Unable to find any such, later in the year 2000 he opened his own school and named it MS Academy, with the aim to facilitate thousands of children with education.

Khan introduced the junior school (intermediate) in the year 2002; they successfully produced their first batch in 2004, while their second batch (2005) grabbed the first position in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

Later, the then chief minister of the state visited the school and decided to declare four percent reservation for the Muslim minority.

While interacting with Muslimmirror.com, Khan said, “Since 2005 our academy has continued to remain in the top ten list of the state board. In our academy, we admit a student on the basis of his or her merit performance and not by asking for any donation.”

“Currently, MS academy has 80 branches in 20 cities across eight different states with more than 27000 students enrolled. We have produced over 1200 MBBS doctors , 5000 engineers and shaped the life of 78000 youths who are alumni of our institutes, Only this year 150 students from our institutions cracked NEET ” he added.

Explaining further, he said “We never invested in purchasing of land or any property. We never focused on that, we have continued to run our educational institutes in rented spaces which is our uniqueness.”

Khan’s academy also has focused on modern and Islamic education. On this he said, “We stress on imbibing Islamic moral and values to shape the personalities that can lead tomorrow. Islamic environment facilitates Muslim students to compete and turn them into achievers.”

Khan, is a pioneer in integrating Modern and Islamic Education with academic excellence.

A certified mind map instructor and an international memory trainer, he is a visionary entrepreneur, positive thinker, an able administrator and a good decision maker.

A firm believer in team work Khan has a team of reliable professionals who are committed to achieve the vision Khan shared and inculcate the spirit of generative thinking, creativity, positive approach and mind mapping.

He devised many innovative methods to help students excel in competitive exams and face real life challenges. He also designed and introduced Memory Curriculum in Schooling that helps students learn ‘How to Learn and Remember’.

In Khan, one can definitely see Sir Syed and his thoughts!

source: http://www.muslimmirror.com / Muslim Mirror / Home> Exclusive Reports> Indian Muslim> Positive Story / by Khusboo Khan , Muslim Mirror / July 12th, 2018

Lateef Khan: The man behind Hyderabad’s free IIT and IAS coaching centre aimed at uplifting Muslim community

Hyderabad, TELANGANA :

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Hyderabad:

For Mohammad Abdul Lateef Khan, 45, the low literacy rate among the Muslim community has been always a cause for concern. Born and raised up in the Mehdipatnam area of Hyderabad, Lateef often witnessed Muslim children dropping out of school at a very early age. And the ones who did manage to go to school could not maintain a balance between religious and modern education.

He was on the verge of dropping out while studying in the first standard when his father, a soldier in the Army, died in an accident. Despite all the odds and the meagre income of his mother earned from stitching clothes, Lateef completed his primary education from a local school, then finished his intermediate studies from Anwarul- Uloom and later enrolled himself into Electrical engineering course of Muffakham Jah College of Engineering And Technology.

While enrolled in his first semester of engineering, Lateef then 19, thought of working on his concerns and come out with something concrete to address the issue of dropouts and help disadvantaged students take bigger and more confident strides in the field of education. To elevate the educational standard of the community, he opened MS Education Centre in Masab Tank locality of Hyderabad in a small two-room premise to provide coaching to students appearing in SSC, intermediate and Engineering Agricultural and Medical Common Entrance Test (EAMCET) exams.

“When I took admission in the first semester of the engineering course, I remember how me and my friend sat in front of a mosque after finishing prayers to give a thought about the less fortunate people who couldn’t get admission in such colleges, we got,” recalls Mohammad Abdul Lateef Khan, now the chairman and Managing Director of MS Education Academy.

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The initiative was taken by 35 students along with Lateef, who later went to their respective careers after graduating from the college. In the very first year, three students from the centre made their way into medicine.

“In 1993, despite financial challenges and limited resources, we rented more space in Masab Tank and paid more emphasis on academic performance,” he said.

The number of students from MS Educational Academy who made their way among toppers in every field either  SSC, Intermediate or EAMCET exams rose every year. In 2000, MS Education Academy took another leap by starting MS Creative school at Humayun Nagar for the playgroup to grade one age group in order to improve learning skills from the beginning of a student’s career. A year after, the Academy established MS Junior college with a vision to produce Muslim toppers.

“We introduced Islamic studies in the curriculum of the college to guide the students in their daily lives for the success hereafter,” Lateef informed.

In 2004, the Academy established MS Junior college for girls at Moghlapura to provide a safe, secure and competitive environment for Muslim girls to succeed and also established MS Educational centre near Charminar to provide easy access to quality education for the underprivileged section of the community.

“In the very first year of establishing the girl’s college, the first time in the history of Andhra Pradesh, a Muslim girl from Hyderabad secured state first rank. She had scored 985/1000 marks in 12th board exams and then CM, Late Dr YSR Reddy visited the college and announced 4.5% reservation for Muslim community from the dais of college.”

Started from a two-room rented accommodation in 1991, the MS Educational Academy went on to establish 72 branches from playgroup and KG (Kindergarten) to UG (Undergraduate), spread across four states; Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh. Now, t has more than 20,000 students on its rolls, 2,500 staff and an alumni network of more than 50,000 people.

The orphans and students who have received their education from Islamic seminaries and want to go for modern education are given a fee waiver of 50% in MS schools and colleges.

“MS works on the grass-root level to provide well-balanced modern and Islamic Education while creating opportunities and imbibing values. It propels Muslim students ahead in the competition making them all, as leaders and achievers,” he explained in a conversation with TwoCircles.net.

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Apart from opening schools and colleges, Lateef also established the MS Research Foundation (MSRF) in 2011 to Islamise the modern syllabus and customise it as per the Islamic point of view.

The MSRF comprises of a team of research scholars from education, history, Islamic studies, child psychology and other subjects. These scholars perform active research on set objectives and the result of these researches culminates in the form of value-based curriculum with the integration of modern and Islamic education in every sphere, textbooks and teaching methodology. It also works on the planning of academics including the methodology, assessment, behavioural monitoring.

To let more Muslim students crack the prestigious IIT exam especially the ones who couldn’t do so due to financial constraints, in 2012 MS Rahmani 30 was started in Hyderabad taking a cue from popular Rahmani 30 coaching programme.

“The sole purpose of taking this initiative was to bring out the hidden talent of the poor Muslim students and help them achieve bigger goals in life- to propel them into IITs. The students are given everything for free with a Rs 1,000 stipend per month,” Lateef informed.

Earlier this year in March, MS took another initiative of starting a free IAS Residential Coaching Academy to mentor and train the Muslim youths for the prestigious examination.

“The picture of Muslims in government related employment is quite grim. The numbers are too low especially when it comes to IAS, IFS and IPS. If we want to become a part of the mainstream and become an asset of the country, we need to start contributing and representing in every sphere. We have to sharpen our axe to carve a niche for ourselves,” Khan added.

Confident about bringing a complete transformation, Lateef has launched a campaign “Learn for India” in 2016 to achieve 100% literacy in the community by 2036. The free IAS Academy is also the part of this campaign. Besides, Khan has also introduced the concept of “Each one Teach one”.

“To remove illiteracy from the society, we have started this concept. Under this program if one person will teach one illiterate person in one year, then we can easily make one billion people literate in 20 years,” he said.

He further added, “we will focus on three broad terms viz, Must, Master and Magic, which means Muslims as assets, Muslims as contributors and Muslims as global citizens respectively and inshallah we are sure that we will be able to achieve the target.”

source: http://www.twocircles.net / TwoCirlces.net / Home> Lead Story> TCN Positive / by Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net / August 04th, 2017