Saima Mushtaq established first Kindergarten in Boniyar
Tauseef Ahmad
BARAMULLA, Nov 10: Hailing from the border village of Uri Boniyar in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district Saima Mushtaq established the first Kindergarten (Bizzy Bees Kindergarten) school in her village to give basic education to 2-4 year old children.
“We have to create an atmosphere in a school where students feel safe and secure. First, we prepare our students for school readiness. They should not be afraid of their teachers. We have to ensure that they are safe and secure in our hands,” she said.
While talking to Kashmir Despatch Saima said that after completing her B.E.D in Lovely professional University, she instead of applying for a Government job established the first Kindergarten school in her village. “For the developed human resource we must nurture strong minds.”
“The children are taught with a play way method. For recreation the school has made available modern equipment. The school has brought special desks for students, baby chairs in kindergarten besides better classroom management.”
“After learning from many educational institutes outside the valley I feel that most of the students from Kashmir valley lack basic education on which they have to work hard for correcting it. In most of the private schools where we enroll our children they give students 7 or 8 books in their first year to prepare students for that atmosphere. We work to provide basic education to these young minds,” she added while talking to Kashmir Despatch.
“The school has been inaugurated recently. The start of kindergarten in her village has helped villagers to enroll over their wards and attracted parents who have enrolled children there instead of private schools earlier in the vicinity.” Saima has provided jobs to five local youths in their school as teachers and given them a good salary as compared to other private schools.
“My message to unemployed youth, especially girls, is to create opportunities for yourself as we do not have many government jobs in our valley. Instead of becoming job seekers, be a job provider,” she added.
