MSB Educational Institute


MSB Educational Institute -- affiliated with Indian Certificate of Secondary Education and, as of 2011, with branches in 22 cities across India, Pakistan, East Africa, and the Middle East-- are schools run under the purview of the office of the Dai al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohras. The institute was founded by Mohammed Burhanuddin II in 1984.

History

Islamic prophet Muhammad made it equally incumbent, upon every Muslim man and woman, to pursue knowledge. In the Dawoodi Bohra community, both religious and secular education is highly valued. The community has a very high rate of literacy and there is no disparity between the opportunities to learn between boys or girls. This can be seen in the community’s own schools, particularly the Madrasah Saifiyah Burhaniyah which teach an integrated syllabus of sciences, humanities, languages and theological subjects with girls and boys being equal in numbers in these institutes. In 1984, Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin established MSB Educational Institute in Nairobi and Mumbai. Currently, there are 25 branches of the school worldwide.
In 2017, Mufaddal Saifuddin inaugurated MSB Branch in Kuwait which, at up to 1600 students it is largest MSB branch in the world.