ABK High School for boys

About Institution

ABK Union High School was founded in 1946 by AMU Students Union as Madarsa somewhere at Jamalpur.. Till 1952 Vice-Chancellor used to be the President of AMU Students’ Union. Initially the school was established with the aim to teach Urdu and impart lesson in the recitation of the Quranul Majeed to the Children of the grade IV employees of the University as well as educationally down trodden sections of the Muslim Community residing around the Campus.
The Madarsa was shifted to a big room near Sir Syed Hall in 1950. The present building of the Girls’ Section near the Union Hall was built by the then Vice-Chancellor Dr. Zakir Husain. In 1963 the Madarsa became a primary School and started imparting session upto class V. Prof Abdul Baseer Khan was senior professor in Zoology Department as having high reputation among the teachers and students as well he was also the Hony, Treasurer of AMU Students’ Union and made unusual contribution for the school. In 1988 the school was rechristened as Abdul Baseer Khan Union School and upgraded to Junior High School. In 1985-86 the Boys’ Section was established at Emadul Mulk Road. In 1995-96 only the University Employees children were allowed to appear at class IX and in 1996-97 class X as private students at the Board Examination of AMU along with other schools of the University.
Later in 1998 all the students of the school studying in class VIII were allowed to appear as private students at the AMU Board Examination. Since then the students of this school had been appearing at the AMU Board Examination with a private status. Presently there are nearly 3500 students in both the sections. The Girls’ Section holds classes from 1st to class X. Upto class IV is Co-education and from class V to X girls students are taught in the Girls’ Section and boys’ are taught at the Boys’ Section. The Boys’ Section has a large open field as play ground with U shape school building. It has a turf Cricket Pitch which is rarity in Aligarh City. The School has developed substantial sports Culture. Both the sections are partly double storeyed building. There are 24 class rooms in Girls’ Section and 21 class rooms in the Boys’ Section.
The School had a remarkable historic development when the UGC approved to take over ABK Union High School as a regular secondary school of AMU in its meeting on December 22, 2011. In a grand function held on January 14th 2011 at the Boys’ Section of the school Ex-Vice-Chancellor Prof. P.K. Abdul Azis unveiled the stone of declaring the school as a regular school of AMU with its new name as AMU, ABK High School. The new Vice-Chancellor Lt. Gen. (Rtd.) Zameeruddin Shah and the Registrar/Manager Group Capt. Shahrukh Shamshad were very kind to issue office Memo on 30.05.2012 declaring AMU, ABK High School as a regular Secondary school of AMU and its students as internal students of the University from the session 2011-12 and onwards. As per the Office Memo the salary structure of the staff and fee charged from students shall remain unchanged till the release of grant by the UGC.