Author: Saadat meer

A dream that turned into reality, but yet much more has to be done to bring it up.

Al-Mashriq Public School Sermik,
Preface:
Baltistan lies on a remote corner of Pakistan, being a poor and deprive area its problems regarding low income, unemployment, education, health, human resource developments and social developments are not hearing seriously by the government and other responsible organizations. Although now a days some organizations are struggling to ease the situation but in respect to the numerous difficulties, their efforts are too little.
Thus the major population of this society is still deprived and under miserable condition.
EASTS Regd.(It is a local not for profit non-governmental organization, working in this area from 1996 for the welfare and betterment of the needy people) realizes, that it has to take a huge responsibility to do needful to relax the worst situation spread around us.
Al-Mashriq Public School Sermik is the first and most emphasized effort by Educational and Social Team Services (EASTS)
Location:
Sermik is a corner village of Skardu district, 80 km away from Skardu airport, on the north of Pakistan, at the elevation of 8000 feet.
Vision:
A tolerant and peace-loving society practicing on humanitarian principles at its highest standards,
Aim and objectives:
Provision of quality education.
Accessible to all parts of community.
To bring positive change through education in the society.
To enable the new generation of this Backward area to

Sermik

take part in the regional, national and international development programs.
Goal:
To bring positive and significant change, in regard of human and material development, in this part of backward region.
Our Determination:
“Passion to serve, Ability to deliver”
Our Slogan :
“Educate the young, Build the nation”
Our Motto statement:
“Education is the key to make progress for both person and community”
Beneficiaries:
Direct Beneficiaries: 174 students
Indirect Beneficiaries: 7250 souls.
Special Activities of Al-Mashriq Public School Sermik:
Provision of quality education in this far-flung area.
Special emphasis to motivate parents for female education.
Free education for orphans and destitute students.
Creative teaching in a natural environment.
Friendly and devoted teaching staff.
In time Teacher’s Training.
Counselling and Guidance for students.
To make informative and variant we are invite guest speakers.
Accessible to all parts of the community.
Unique Examination System,
Capacity building through healthy co-curricular activities.
Study tour and field trips for students.
Good Parents-teacher’s relationship.
Female Education:
AMPS is the first ever private sector’s effort in the area to promote education. Female education was not preferred, several hindrances were in the way. So we have launched Special packages to motivate parents for female education. Thus, female have established their role even in decision making level.
Education for Orphan and Destitute:
Poverty was the main barrier in sending children to school. To remove this barrier, we have launched programs restoring the cream minds from wipeout. Orphans and destitute children who pass the illegibility criteria laid by the school, can take benefit from this program. Through this relief package 96 students have enjoyed with the benefit of free or concession in fee and other liabilities. Still more orphans and destitute children are out of our range, because of limited resources.

Result announcement ceremony

Group photo with Minister for Education for G-B government at Parents day ceremony.

Reinforcement:
Guidance and counselling, problem solving programs,
promotion of co-curricular activities and solution to
overcoming competitive challenges etc.
Facts about AMPS, Sermik,
It is a not for profit non-governmental organization.
Established in 1996 with 31 students and 02 teachers in a hired building.
It extended by one class in every successive year.
It was totally a strange experience in the area.
It has successfully introduced Co-education system.
No. of enrolled students are 174 students.
Extended to Middle level in 2002.
First badge Students completed their middle level education in 2005 and left for higher education.
About 70 old students of AMPS, so for, have completed their university level education. It is an amazing moment for the locals, in perspectives of socio-economic development of the area.
It is member of British Council’s online school system.

Some deficiencies that stopped this benevolent program:
Al-Mashriq Public School Sermik still to-day is lacking its own permanent building.
We are in need of basic educational aids .
Due to little resources a lot of poor and orphan children are out of school.
Remote village students still help less for not having boarding or pick and drop system.
Being at the remote corner of the country we have less information about modern teaching and academic system.
Student guidance and financial problem for the students leaving for cities for higher education is raising as a serious problems

Financial background:
The source of income of Al-Mashriq Public School Sermik
is only the fee from its students belong to the following
categories:
Laborers 29%, Govt servants 16%, Soldiers 3%,
unemployment 36%, critical poor and orphan 12%

local service providers 3% Overseas Pakistanis 1%
Causes behind Financial dearth.
Parents are very poor, so we have failed to have a reasonable fee structure nor there is any supporting organization . Thus we are facing financial problems even in paying monthly salaries of the teachers.

Children at sports

Our urgent needs:
Construction of School’s permanent building.
Basic educational aids.
Establishment of a computer center.
FUTURE PLAN:
We are willing to serve more passionately and vividly in future to ease the difficulties of needy persons, regardless of place, race, culture and color. We will Insha- Allah spread this kind of services in other areas.

This is a gigantic task and
demands a generous
collective effort.

Al-Mashriq Public School, Sermik

P. O. Sermik, District Skardu, G-B, Pakistan.
Phone: o3555197208
Email: saadathmeer@gmail.com

Al-Mashriq Public School, Sermik

Passion to serve, ability to deliver

An English medium private school in a remote backward area, aiming to cultivate future of the poor helpless people.

During a class test

A project of EASTS ( Educational & Social Team Services) Sermik