Jufelhurst School
Kandawala Road,
Soldier Bazar, Karachi 5. Phone (00- 92-21) 9215496
Head Mistress (Morning School) : Mrs. Hameeda Ismail
Head Master (Afternoon School) : Mr. Qaiser Zarif
The present Jufelhurst Government School started
off many years ago as the Jufelhurst Girls School. It then became
co-educational and was called Jufelhurst High School. It was set up as an
extension of the lovely house of Miss D'Abreo who was a dedicated educationalist
and spent all her life in the cause of giving an excellent education to the
students of Jufelhurst High School.
She had a group of very devoted teachers who were
much loved and adored by their students. The school was established as a
private enterprise but with a reasonable fee. The teachers were of all
backgrounds and nationalities but all absolutely dedicated. The medium of
education was English and the standards very high.
The schools grounds were set in a garden
environment with Tamarind, Mango, Indian Cherry and Cheeko trees. The
gardeners were kept busy looking after the plants and chasing away the children
from ruining their hard work.
Miss. D'Abreo was very fond of keeping dogs and
when I was at the school she had two. Both of them quite lively small
dogs.
The Pakistan Government nationalised the school,
and today more than half the school is in ruins. Miss. D'Abreo's house and
office and most of the older buildings are magnificent, attractive ruins and the
present day teaching staff are bravely carrying on the job of educating the
children in these very difficult conditions.
This site is to try and bring together the alumni
of Jufelhurst so that they can help the school as much as they can.
If you have any old pictures,
please send them to the email address below for inclusion in this site.
One old picture of the Class of 1964 is included
here.
For comments please write to:
sattarkapadia@hotmail.com
I have attached correspondence from some
of our Alumni
To enlarge the pictures below please click on them.
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The School Front |
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This is now the main building left. This part of the school was previously used for the Senior classes and part of it was used as the Staff Room. |
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Miss D'Abreo's House |
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The name plate of Miss D'Abreo still sits outside her front door. This is both a tribute to the founder and to the present Heads who have kept this plate in its place. |
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Preasent Head Teachers. |
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Head Master Mr. Qaiser Zarif of the Afternoon School and Head Mistress Mrs. Hameeda Ismail of the Morning School.
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School Board |
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Another view of the main school building. |
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Derelict building. |
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Classes were held in this building, the ground floor of this building was used for the school Wash Rooms, Garage for the Principal's beautiful open top car and rest rooms for the school guards. |
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Miss. D'Abreo's House and Office |
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This building was the house of Miss D'Abreo, her office, and the school office. It is still covered by a magnificent Bougainvilla Creeper, a leftover from the lovely gardens which were maintained by Miss D'Abreo's gardeners. |
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Miss D'Abreo's offices and house. |
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This building is now unused and in ruins, but still exceedingly beautiful. |
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A fountain. |
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This fountain was at one time active and a lovely site on hot days. Now it is dry and desolate. |
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School annexe. |
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These classes were built on grounds acquired by Miss D'Abreo to house the increasing number of students. It was built in the 1950's. |
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Main building. |
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This is the side view of the main building and is as was always shadowed by a huge Tamarind Tree. |
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Inside view of the house from a window. |
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Antique window grills on the house. |
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Back view of Miss D'Abreos house. |
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Dividing walls, now partly broken. |
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Classroom |
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These desks should be familiar toall students of Jufelhurst. Not much has changed her. |
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View of the outside of the school. |
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Young student. |
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The school uniform has not changed over the years. The nice thing is that students are still smartly turned out. |
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School function in progress |
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Flats opposite the school. |
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These flats have replaced beautiful bungalows which in the past had huge fruit trees of all kinds. |
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