SIR SYED DAY CELEBRATIONS 2019

AMU City Girls’ High School

October 18, 2019

The 202nd Sir Syed Day was celebrated on 17th October 2019

at AMU City Girls’ High School with zeal and enthusiasm.

This was the first Sir Syed Day celebration in City Girls’

High School since its inception.

The programme was attended by Mr. Naseem Ahmad

Khan, Associate Professor Deptt. of Chemical Engg. and

Chairman as a Chief Guest. Prof. Anwar Shahzad ,

Assistant Director DOSE and Mr. Manzar Jamal Siddiqui

Sir, Former Principal S.T.S High School were the guests of

honour.

The program began with the recitation of Holy Quran and

the welcome address by the Principal Dr. Md. Alamgir. He

welcomed all the dignitaries & guests and briefed about the

history of the school. He further said that this is the first

and foremost responsibility of a teacher to create interests

in the students to study. He further said that moral

teaching is also necessary so that the students can

differentiate between good and bad. Most of all moral

teaching teaches us to respect elders and to love youngers.

So, with both the academic and moral educations we can

make our globe a better place.

As a Chief Guest Mr. Naseem Ahmad Khan spoke about the

works & efforts of Sir Syed and that the title of ‘Sir’ was

given to him for his efforts to reconcile Muslims with the

British. He insisted that the Muslim community need such

people who could be the torch bearer for educationally

backward. He concluded his speech with the sentence that

no community can be developed without education.

Prof. Anwar Shahzad, the Guest of Honour spoke about the

vision of Sir Syed and that the society should be educated.

He further talked about the sufferings of Sir Syed and called

him the best teacher who sacrificed his entire life for the

upliftment of the Muslim Community.

Mr. Manzar Jamal Siddiqui, the another Guest of Honour

said Sir Syed was not only educator but was a good human

being. He was the man of modern thinking. He said because

of his teachings students from every corner of the country

and from abroad come here to study and this makes AMU a

cosmopolitan University. Sir Syed was the real advocate of

modern education. He emphasised that every teacher

should make strong bond with the students. Teachers are

known with his/her subjects. He said that Mission of Sir

Syed is still alive in AMU Community.

All the guests congratulated the teaching fraternity of the

AMU City Girls’ High School for organising Sir Syed Day

for the very first time in school. They said that the new

‘Era’ has been started.

The programme came to its end with the vote of thanks

proposed by Mr. Ismail Beg followed by Dinner.

Principal