Faizabad is an educationally backward district of UP, India. Large number of children does not go to school and work on petty jobs engaged by their own parents. Illiteracy and poverty are dominating the community completely, supporting and reinforcing each other. The damage was being done at a furious pace, with intensity no outside enemy could match. Something was required to be done, quickly and efficiently, to check this continuous slide.

After establishing Faiz-e-Aam School in 1998 the Faiz-e-Aam Educational Society, realizing the damage being done, decided to do something in this regard. An experiment began in the same year, with the establishment of three primary schools. The villagers supplied the space, and others supported the salary of teachers. The schools became a success, and the years ahead saw opening of more schools one after the other. The villagers and other well wishers joined the movement gradually. Donors emerged where no one was prepared to talk about education, and an urge for education awakened in areas, which were virgin from this aspect. The project encountered some setbacks too, but the schools grew.

Now, within a span of less than 10 years, 23 schools have been established, providing quality education to more than 3500 students in this region. These schools do not discriminate between religious groups. 

Numerous observers have found the schools ahead in teaching standards than many other government or private schools of the areas. The movement in fact, has clearly demonstrated that intelligence is not the hegemony of urban folks. The children in rural areas, victim of parent’s negligence and apathy, have been found to be equally intelligent and hardworking.

Unlike commercial private schools, the tuition fee is nominal and donation is the only source for developing basic infrastructure.
 
Unfortunately more than 15% students in all these schools come from extremely poor families. These children are sponsored by generous persons, who adopt children and support them financially with books, conveyance and uniform etc. We thank these sponsors for their kindness and at the same time encourage more helping hands to join the cause. We believe that no support however small is insignificant and on support however large is enough. 

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