Muslim Educational Society

MES College Marampally, Aluva
Muslim Educational Society
Founded 1964
Founder Dr. P. K. Abdul Gafoor
Type Educational
Location
Area served
India
Key people

President
Dr. P. A. Fazal Gafoor

Vice Presidents
A Mohammed Malappuram
Habeeb Mohammed Alleppey
A. M. Aboobacker Ernakulam
Dr K P Aboobacker Pattambi

General Secretary
P. O. J. Lebba

Secretaries
Dr N M Mujeeb Rahman Valanchery
Dr V K Jamal Vatakara
Mr Najeeb Kottayam
Mr M Ali Eranakulam

Treasurer
Mr V Moidutty Perinthalmanna

Source:[1]
Website http://www.meskerala.com

The Muslim Educational Society (MES) is an organisation established to aid education of Muslims in India, especially in the state of Kerala.[2]

Traditionally Muslims living in Kerala were traders and agrarians living in villages and were never allowed to enter into the mainstream of the social fabric of Kerala because of their backwardness. Educating a Muslim boy or girl was something beyond the means of the poor Muslim parents and they felt that they had no right to acquire education because it was confined to the elite class only. Because of this attitude among the Muslims, the community remained in the dark cells of ignorance and deprivation.

Poverty was the destiny of these poor Muslims and they had to remain content with whatever meager income they got from their work in trade and agriculture. After independence, the situation started changing, though in a slow pace. A need for starting an organization to fight for their cause gradually gathered ground and there emerged the organization called the Muslim Educational Society.

The movement was started by a group of professionals, intellectuals, educationists and businessmen under the leadership of the visionary Dr PK Abdul Ghafoor in 1964 at Calicut. The society has been promoting a large number of educational projects and programs from primary schools to professional colleges. Its activities spread to almost every district in Kerala and a large number of MES educational institutions were started. Today the society runs more than 150 institutions including more than 50 schools, a number of postgraduate colleges, women's colleges, professional institutions like engineering colleges, medical college, nursing college and dental college.

In addition to the institutions in the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, MES has established institutions in the West Asian countries like Saudi-Arabia, UAE, Qatar and Oman.

MES celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 2014.

The primary work of the Society is to establish colleges, schools, technical and commercial institutes, kindergartens, vocational training centres, medical colleges, dental Colleges, paramedical institutes, adult education centres, tailoring schools, food craft institutes, computer institutes, community development centres, human resources development institutes, and counseling centres It is also envisaged to set up establishments to promote moral and spiritual values among the public, work for the welfare of women and children and establish and maintain old age homes and rehabilitate destitutes.

List of colleges

The Muslim Educational Society runs several colleges in Kerala.

Name of the institution Established in Notes
MES Medical College 2003 Affiliated to Kerala University of Health Sciences
MES College of Engineering 1994
MES College Marampally 1995 Affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University

List of schools

The MES runs schools in Kerala as well as in other parts of India and one in Qatar.[3][4]

School Location Notes Website
Dr. N.K. Mohammed Memorial MES Central School Valanchery Valanchery
MES A.A. Rashim Memorial School Atholi Atholi
MES Bava Memorial Residential English Medium School Tellicherry Tellicherry
MES Central School Cheekonnu Cheekonnu
MES Central School Chenkotunkavu Chenkotunkavu
MES Central School Kunnumpuram Kunnumpuram
MES Central School Mangalam Mangalam
MES Central School Perintalmanna Perintalmanna
MES Central School Tirunavaya Tirunavaya
MES Central School Tirur Tirur
MES English Medium Nursery School Alathur Alathur
MES English Medium School Alleppey Alleppey
MES English Medium School Chavara Chavara
MES English Medium School Kannanallur Kannanallur
MES English Medium School Kovoor Kovoor
MES English Medium School Kundara Kundara
MES English Medium School Kunnikode Kunnikode
MES College of Engineering Campus Senior Secondary School Kuttipuram Kuttipuram
MES English Medium School Olavakot Olavakot
MES English Medium School Panoor Panoor
MES English Medium School Puthanathani Puthanathani
MES English Medium School Tanur Tanur
MES English Medium School West Quilon Quilon
MES English Senior Secondary School Pattambi Pattambi
MES Islam Madrassa Edathanattukara Edathanattukara
MES K.T.M English Medium School Edathanattukara Edathanattukara
MES Kindergarten School Tirur Tirur
MES Minority Coaching Centre Kodungallur Kodungallur
MES Moulana Azad English Medium Secondary School Channankara Channankara
MES Nursery School Ernakulam Ernakulam
MES Nursery School Trivandrum Trivandrum
MES Public School Vemballur Vemballur
MES Raja Residential School Chathamangalam Chathamangalam
MES Raja School Pavangad, Pavangad Pavangad The school located at Pavangad, Calicut.The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education.
MES Razeena H.S School Chennai Chennai
MES School Ayilakad Ayilakad
MES School For Mentally Retarded Elippakulam Elippakulam
MES School Kandanchira Kandanchira
MES School Muindur Muindur
MES School Nammar Nammar
MES School Nilambur Nilambur
MES School Oachira Oachira
MES Pattambi/ MES School Pattambi Pattambi Established in 1978, MES Senior Secondary School, Pattambi is a premier CBSE Affiliated School in Kerala which is first among the MES group of schools to be ISO 9001 certified for maintaining.
MES School Qatar Doha, Qatar Established in 1974 through funds gathered by donations, on 15 acres (6.1 ha) of land granted by the Qatari government.[5] As of 2008, it had over 8,000 students, making it one of the region's largest schools.[6] In March 2008, thirty members of its board were suspended for "acting against organisational interests"; some of the members suspended included past and present chairmen.[5]
MES School Thevalakara Thevalakara
MES School Umayanallur Umayanallur
MES School Vaniyambalam Vaniyambalam
MES U.P. School Edathala Edathala

References

  1. "MES office-bearers elected", The Hindu, 2007-03-13, retrieved 2009-04-08
  2. Profile, Muslim Educational Society, retrieved 2009-04-08
  3. "MES schools' fete at Tirur", The Hindu, 2007-11-20, retrieved 2009-04-08
  4. Schools, Muslim Educational Society, retrieved 2009-04-08
  5. 1 2 "MES suspends 30 members in Qatar", The Hindu, 2008-03-18, retrieved 2009-04-08
  6. "MES tries to regain control over school", The Hindu, 2008-03-20, retrieved 2009-04-08

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