Birth of the Group of Sixty
It was
the brainchild of the founder President, M.S.
Macan Markar supported by a few past Zahirians
that saw the inauguration of the group with 20
members in 2004. The membership now stands at 80
and it is growing. The pioneers not only laid a
firm foundation but also initiated many projects
which generated funds exceeding Rs. 1 million in
the first year itself.
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A new Gymnasium for the
students
While getting enlightened with knowledge, a
complete man must
be full of good health. In keeping with this
adage, the G60 headed by the founder President
through a project led by M.S. Mazeer donated a
fully equipped gymnasium valued at Rs. 2 million
to the college in March 2005. This has become
very popular with the students, especially most
players of all fields of sports.
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New washrooms for
the staff
The G60 undertook the task to build a new
washroom for the staff of Zahira College Senior
Section. The washroom is equipped with all the
latest amenities
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Felicitation of Hon. Justice
Saleem Marsoof, PC
The Zahira
College Group of 60' felicitated the appointment
of the current President, Hon Justice Saleem
Marsoof, as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri
Lanka, at a simple ceremony at the Holiday Inn in
April 2005.
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Tsunami Relief and the birth of 'Education for
Progress Foundation' (E4P)
It all began on the evening of 25th
March 2005 at the Holiday Inn,
Colombo.
The Zahira College
Group of 60' was felicitating the appointment of a
member of the group, Hon Justice Saleem Marsoof,
as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. It
was Justice Marsoof's
speech on this occasion that inspired the
formation of the
Tsunami Relief
Committee of the Group of 60' that
was later transformed into the
Education for
Progress Foundation.
The pictures show Hon. Justice
Saleem Marsoof PC handing over a VCD Player to the
Principal of Hambantota
Zahira
Please visit the
site for more information :
http://www.E4Pfoundation.org
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Visit to
Hambantota
G60 played a
significant role to help the affected students of
Zahira
Hambantota and other
schools in Hambantota,
Kirinda and
Lunugamwehera in the
aftermath of the Tsunami. The
picture below shows the leader of the delegation
Hon. Justice Saleem Marsoof
P.C., handing over a
VCD player to the principal
Kirinda
Muslim
School.
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Mr.
Branudeen Amit, who is domiciled in
Australia,
donated funds for the renovation of the Computer
Lab. His company M/s
Archibuilt helped in planning the project.
Many G60 members also contributed towards the
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Seminar Series for
GCE OL and AL students
The seminar series
by the Education & Welfare Committee of the Group
of 60 was inaugurated by the President Hon.
Justice Saleem Marsoof, PC, on 6th
March 2007 at the Gaffoor
Hall, Zahira College,
Colombo, in the presence of Professor
Tuley de Silva, Mr.
Abdul Ahad, Acting
Principal and his staff, Executive Committee
members of the Group of 60 and students.
This one day programme
is one in a series of seminars for students
sitting the GCE (Ordinary Level) examination in
December 2007. The series will
consist of special lectures on subjects such as
Science and Mathematics in which present day
Zahirians are
particularly weak. Special
attention will be paid to sportsmen who have to
spend additional hours at practice, to help them
improve their performance at the examination.
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Educational
Programme for
Rugby Players
From May 2007
special classes in Mathematics, English and
Sinhala were conducted
for rugger players to
motivate them to perform better at the GCE exams
so that they could have a longer school career.
The parents and players were briefed on the
programme.
As the classes became popular players of
other sports such as soccer and cricket were
enrolled for the programme.
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Scholarship
Programme
The Dr. A.M.A.
Azeez Memorial
Scholarship Fund programme
was launched with the award of 26 scholarships for
the students of Zahira
in July 2007. Each
AL
student will receive a sum of
Rs. 1000 for a period of 2 years.
In the programme
for the year 2008, the scholarship amount will be
increased to Rs. 1500
per month with a larger number of recipients.
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M.
Riza
Abdeen awarding a
scholarship |
M.M.
Saheer awarding a
scholarship |