The
history of Ala-ud-Din Academy can be traced from
1901 when a small informal school was set up
by the women of Mian family for imparting education to the girls
of Baghbanpura, Lahore. Now, after almost a century later, the
school is one of the oldest and largest private school in the
area of Baghbanpura, Lahore, Pakistan. It caters to the educational
needs of students from kindergarten to the secondary level. Following
are some of the historical highlights of the school:
‘Zenana
School’ was established as an informal school in a portion
of the private residence of Mian Iftikharuddin – an activist
of Pakistan movement and leader in the Muslim League under Quaid-e-Azam,
Mohammad Ali Jinnah. Mian Iftikharuddin was also founder of The
Pakistan Times.
A
fund was established with in the family to run the school. The
school continued working for several years with 30 plus students
and one teacher.
A
Managing Committee was established and registered under the Societies
Act of XXI of 1860.
The
school was formally registered with the name of ‘Zenana
Elementary School’ and had 30 students till class IV.
The
name of the school was changed to ‘Aided Muslim Girls School,
Baghbanpura,’ had 40 students till Class V.
The
number of students had increased to 103 and school was formally
evaluated by Inspector of Schools. Her accolades are still stored
in the School’s Historical Archives.
After
a decade, the school name was changed to ‘Islamia Primary
School for Girls, Baghbanpura. By then, there were around 200
students.
Mian
Ala-ud-Din was appointed by the Managing Committee to take charge
of the school and oversee its operations.
Mrs. Zarina Shamim, daughter of Mian Alauddin, joined the team
to take care of the school.
The school was recognized by the Board of Education as “Islamia
Girls Middle School’. The School, by then, was a middle
school with 400 students.
Mrs. Zarina Shamim was appointed the Secretary and new Manager
after the death of her father, Mian Alauddin, to run the School.
The School was recognized as “Islmia Girls High School’.
The number of students had increased to 700 with 20 staff members.
The school had 900 students with 27 staff members.
Another branch of the school was opened by the name of Ala-ud-Din
Academy.
Ms. Khalida Qureshi was appointed as the Headmistress of the School.
The school ‘Islamia Girls High School’ was nationalized
by the Government of Pakistan.
Islamia Girls High School was denationalized and is now being
run under the supervision of Samra Mobeen (daughter in law of
Mrs. Zarina Shamim).
Mrs. Zarina Shamim died on 8th of October, 2004. She dedicated
her life from 1968 to 2004 for the academic excellence of Ala-ud-Din
Academy.
Managing Committee appointed Zareen Niazi as the new Secretary
cum Manager / Executive Director to run the School operations.
The school is
being run by:
Zareen
Niazi
(Grand daughter of Mian Ala-ud-Din and daughter of Mrs. Zarina
Shamim)
Ghazala
Yameen
(Daughter in law of Mrs. Zarina Shamim)
• Rizwana
Jalees is appointed as the Principal of the School.
• Computer
Technology Center (CTC) is established to promote the use of
information technology. Rehan Saddiqui is appointed as Director
of the Center.
• Study
Center is established to help students improve their academics
in specific subjects.
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