Darsgah
Darsgah-E-Islami Higher Secondary School is a secondary school in Faizabad, India. It was established in 1952 by Muhammad Basheer and Muhammad Is'haque.
History
Realising the need and importance of education some well wishers of Muslim Ummah at Faizabad conceived of establishing such a school which would impart both religious and scientific education to the students. Thus in 1952 (late) Haji Muhammad Basheer owner of renowned Star Bakery and (late) Muhammad Is’haque laid the foundation of the school at Moghalpura in a clay tiled-roofed room and a small verandah.
Initially the number of students was not more than a few score. In 1960, a young, dynamic and dedicated-to the cause of education-person, now a highly revered and venerated personality of the city.
Hafiz Abdul Hafeez ( presently Nazim-e-Darsgah)joined this school. His continuous struggle against all odds, his personal sufferings and sacrifices for the cause of the school, his painstaking efforts to raise the teaching standard and to transform it in the most modern institution of the city culminated in what we see today in the form this school.
(Late) Haji Muhammad Rafeeq, the younger brother of (late) Haji Muhammad Basheer purchased a piece of land in Moghalpura Mohallah for the school.
The construction work of the existing building was taken up in April 1990 through donations from the generous persons two three-storeyed-blocks were completed by the end of 1994.
Campus
Now there are 45 classrooms, a Principal’s Room, an office, a minuscule but rich library and a small computer lab equipped with scanner, printers and Internet facility. In the new maulana Azad Block there are 8 classrooms besides three labs one each for Physics, Chemistry and Biology, a basement Hall of 3500 sqft and a computer lab.
The school is recognized by the UP Board. It teaches students in Hindi and English. Darsgah College has 48 teachers and over 2000 students.