Dayapuram Educational and Cultural Centre

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Dayapuram Institutions
Other name
Ansari Orphanage
Type Education
Established1984
Location, ,
11°19′19″N75°56′07″E / 11.321973°N 75.935386°E / 11.321973; 75.935386
Campus48 acres (190,000 m2)
Affiliations State Orphanage Control Board
CBSE
Madurai Kamaraj University
Calicut University
Website www.dayapuram.org

Dayapuram [1] is an institutional campus in Kerala, India. It is named for a part of the village Kattangal, near Kunnamangalam in Kozhikode district. In Malayalam, the word "Dayapuram" means "the land of kindness".

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Institutions

  1. Ansari Orphanage, established in 1984
  2. Dayapuram Residential School (1984)
  3. Madrasathul Mufthah (1984)
  4. Dayapuram Nursery School (1984)
  5. Dayapuram Arts and Science College for women (2002 )
  6. Madurai Kamaraj University Distance Education Center
  7. Dayapuram Juma Musjid, general mosque
  8. Zainab Musjid, a mosque for women only
  9. Dayapuram Library

Hostels

History

The school was established in 1984 [3] as an English Medium School near to the National Institute of Technology Calicut, (formerly R.E.C. Calicut), their aim was to bring educationally backward situations into the mainstream, especially for orphans. [4] Orphans from all religions are admitted without regard to financial circumstances. [5] Shaik Abdulla Ibrahim Al Ansari, [6] was their main financial source. In 1986, Ansari formally inaugurated Qatar Calendar House [7] and Dayapuram Residential School gets affiliation of the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi in 1986. [8] [9]

Organisation

All institutions are under Al Islam Charitable Trust. [10]

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