Community School in Abu Dhabi
Pak envoy opens new block at community school
By Jamil Khan @ Gulf Today-Sharjah, January 20, 2012
ABU DHABI: A new block, consisting of new classrooms and all related facilities with the cost of Dhs850,000 for the children of Pakistani expatriates residing in Mussafah, Abu Dhabi, has been opened at the Pakistan Community Welfare School and will also help to accommodate more children in the new academic session this year.
The new facility was established with the contribution of generous Pakistani community members led by Pakistan Professional Wing and Embassy and was inaugurated by Pakistan Ambassador to UAE Jamil Ahmed Khan in the presence of board members, officials from the embassy, representatives of Canadian School in Mussafah and dignatries from the community on Wednesday.
Ambassador Jamil Khan applauded the role of Pakistani community and the members of Professional Wing of Pakistan Association Dubai who have contributed in the expansion of the new facility.
“There is nothing impossible from the making of a nation to setting up a school. It is the intention which makes everything easy and we are happy that the Pakistani community in the UAE is taking serious steps to take part in such projects which not only benefits the community but also helps strengthen the relationship with other communities,” he said.
He also asked the students to use their maximum potential to acquire the education as the community is striving hard to provide them with their available resources.
Later, Khan among other guests inaugurated the play area and visited the new section.
However, Shaheena Ajmal, a senior teacher at the school briefed the history of the school and said that this community welfare school was shifted at this place after President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan donated land for the school in 1995. “In 2003-04, with the contribution of Government of Pakistan and donations collected by the Pakistani community, six classrooms were built but the financial problems loomed and later the Pakistan Embassy took over and resolved the issues,” she added.
Munir Mahmood, chairman of Professional Wing (PW) said that the members of PW have been participating generously to provide education facilities to the children and helping this school is one such project initiated by the professional wing. “It is our goal that no child of our community left without education in the UAE,” he said.
He added that the Mussafah Canadian School and other schools had also joined with the Pakistani community school on different occassions to provide a platform to the children of their schools.
Mir Farooq Langove, Community Welfare Attache at the Pakistan Embassy told The Gulf Today that with the collaboration of the community and the funds collected by their department were used to established this facility. “Currently, we have around 431 students and in the upcoming session, the number will be inreased to 600 as earlier we were unable to take more students due to the shortage of space,” he said.
According to the officials, the community welfare school have over 80 per cent Pakistani children while remaining belong to other communities and it has been financially supported by the PW for the last couple of years and recently provided 11 air conditioners, computers besides taking part in the establishment of a new block.
The school started with six classrooms and now it has 16 classroom with over 400 students, providing them with all essential facilities, including state-of-art computer lab, furnished play ground, canteen and clinics.
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