Haji Public School
school in Jammu and Kashmir, India
Haji Public School is a non-profit educational institution established in 2009 by the Haji family in Breswana, their ancestral village located in the Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, Northern India.
The school primarily serves low-income farming families, constituting the majority of the local population. It is registered as a K-10 institute and is affiliated with the Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education (JKBOSE).
Located in a rural setting, the school caters to children from surrounding mountain villages. Funding for the school is sourced privately through contributions from the Haji family, their associates, and online donations.
History
In 2008, Sabbah Haji moved back from Bengaluru to her native village Breswana. There, she saw that nearly two generations of villagers had no education due to inaction by the government and militancy. At an elevation of over 7,500 feet, with no motor access to the rest of the state, this mountain region's education had languished in the past few decades. Although government schools existed in the area, Sabbah dismissed them as inefficient, lacking faculties, teachers and turning out 'degree students who could not read'. Her family aimed to provide these children with an education that would allow them to compete as equals with the rest of the world.
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