Author: Ibrahim Shabbir

“A competitive person is always a winner.”

Under the light of this quote Badri High School continues to provide a platform which provides opportunities to their students to compete in different competitions and gain exposure to the world. BHS

His Holiness Dr. Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin (TUS) said: “A person should not compete with others but should compete with himself for their betterment.”

14 students of Class 8 of Badri High School participated in the Edvon Robotics League, divided into 4 teams. On 13^th and 14^th of October 2018 students visited the Usman Institute of Engineering and Technology where they were given a workshop on assembling and programming the Line Following Robot.

Students enjoyed the training session and their passion and interest was highly appreciated by the organizers. The students were so enthusiastic that for a week and after school hours they practiced under the guidance of their Science and Computer teachers, Sir Ibrahim and Sir Amjad.

After a grueling week, when finally 20^th October 2018—the day of the contest dawned, students made their way to the reputed engineering college, NED University’s NIC Department. All 14 students were very pumped up as they had been addressed by the Principal before leaving for the venue of competition.

Among the elite educationists of the city Badri High School’s students stood proud among 99 participating schools. The competition was based on 4 rounds. The first round was a knockout round, the second was the qualifying round, the third was the semifinal and the last round was the final.

The BHS team passed the knockout round and was one of the 25 teams to reach the quarterfinal round. The excitement of the students showed that they were confident to win the finals.

The teams missed out on making it to the semifinal by a mere one second. They were head to head with Pak Turk, Generations, Aga Khan, Dawood Engineering and its likes.

The positivity of the students was evident form the fact that their knock out did not  demotivate them but they vowed to practice more and prepare themselves for future contests.

The students learnt teamwork, patience, coordination, critical thinking and an eye opening exposure to the world of engineering. Maybe many of this batch may be studying at engineering colleges six years from now due to the seed of interest which was planted today within the walls of BHS.

Teachers are lifelong learners… This adage has been proved true time and again at Badri High School. BHS is eager to upgrade itself for a new era of reigning technology and it’s teachers are enthusiastic to keep up with the fast paced times so that they may give their students their best.

Recently Badri High School launched Arduino classes for class 8 which was embraced by the students with much zest.

The Dinyaat Staff  of Badri High School also showed their interest in learning the new ways of technology.

Head Moallim, Janab Sheikh Mansoor Bhai Bhujwala personally requested to start the Arduino classes for his Dinyaat staff.

The first class was held on Thursday 29-03-2018, conducted by Sir Ibrahim Shabbir who had visited GESS Expo in Dubai on behalf of the school. He was keen to share his knowledge of Arduino with all the teachers and students.

When Janab Sh. Mansoor Bhai Bhujwala was asked about his Arduino experience he said, “Yesterday a mind-blowing Arduino class took place in Badri High School for our Diniyaat section. All of us enjoyed and learned a lot. Special thanks to Sir Ibrahim who is taking Arduino classes with dedication and special interest.”

Janab M.Abbas Bhai said, “Arduino classes are something unique based on practicality and reality. It is linked with our basic daily life. The first class was very interesting and I am waiting for more to come.”

Rashida Ben Quaid Johar said, “An amazing experience, I had never been more excited to light about an LED… want to learn more.”

Sir Ibrahim Shabbir said, “The interest of the Dinyaat staff towards Arduino encouraged me to search for more fresh ideas and projects of Arduino. I felt that the eagerness and thirst to learn new things is the quality of a true scholar.”

Badri High School believes in imparting education to the students not just by textual reading or learning of content but by helping them experience the real world.

The students of class VII at BHS are learning about the human body systems in Science and thus, a visit to the Saifee Hospital was planned so that their classroom and theoretical learning can be amalgamated with the latest and practical methods of healthcare.

Saifee Hospital is one of the hospitals managed by Saifee Hospital Trust established by His Holiness Late Dr. Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin (RA) to cater to the essential healthcare needs of a common man. It is dedicated to the memory of his revered father, His Holiness, Late Dr. Syedna Taher Saifuddin (RA). It is a complete, healthcare-services based hospital and provides compassionate, accessible & high quality care to the patients.

44 students along with 2 teachers (Sir Ibrahim Shabbir and Sir Hussain Tayyeb)  visited Saifee Hospital on Friday, 9th March 2018. They reached at 10 am where they are welcomed by the management. The students were divided into two groups. Students visited the Pharmacy, Emergency ward,  OPD, X-ray room, CT-Scan machine, Operation theater, Burhani Ward, Peads ward, eye surgical ward, NICU, Infusion Room, Gynecology ward, Physiotherapy, Dialysis center and also the recently inaugurated Nursing School.

Students felt the importance of life when they saw small ailing children in the Peads ward. Their eyes filled the tears by looking them. Students have also given the small children and their mothers “GET WELL SOON “ cards. The smile on the face of the young childrens’ mothers gave relief to the students. When students reached the dialysis center, they witnessed the working of the dialysis machine and here too they gave “GET WELL SOON “  cards to the patients.

Students were very interested in adding to their knowledge so they asked many questions which also encouraged the doctors to explain about the equipment in detail. Doctors were willing to answer any question asked by the students and explained it to them until they were satisfied.

We would like to thank the trustees and management of Saifee Hospital for allowing our students to visit the hospital and facilitating them every step of the way.