Master Ayub

Mohammad Ayub Khan
محمد ایوب خان
Ayub sitting among his students at a park in Islamabad in 2016
Ayub in 2016
Born
Mohammad Ayub Khan

NationalityPakistani
Occupations
  • Education activist
  • firefighter
Years active1986–present
Known forFree of cost teaching in open air[1]
AwardsPride of Performance[2] Commonwealth Points of Light[3]

Mohammad Ayub Khan (Urdu: محمد ایوب خان), better known as Master Ayub, is a Pakistani educator, philanthropist and civil servant who is known for spending his after-job hours and weekends teaching students in an open-air school in F-6 sector, Islamabad.[1][4][5]

Master Ayub has received the Pride of Performance award for his efforts spanning over 40 years for education in Pakistan.[2]

  1. ^ a b Khan, Saadia (7 December 2014). "Master Ayub: Learning without a price tag". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  2. ^ a b Usman, Maryam (21 September 2014). "International day of peace: Smiles give new meaning to peace". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Her Majesty The Queen awards Master Ayub with Commonwealth Points of Light". 5 June 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  4. ^ Ali, Sobia (21 July 2011). "Voices Of Pakistan: Drifting In And Out Of Education". Huffington Post. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  5. ^ "PAKISTAN: Quality education still a long way off". IRIN News. Retrieved 7 March 2015.