Education Management - Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Shibli National College which is now a premier seat of learning in eastern UP was founded in 1883 by the great oriental scholar savant Islamic historian and educationist Allama Shibli Nomani who realised that economic and educational backwardness of his community could not be mitigated unless new methods of cultural progress were evolved. To arrest the rapid economic and socio-cultural decline of the community it was necessary to arm it with the weapon of modern education along with its traditional culture. He thought it prudent to combine the best elements of the culture of the east with the science and new vistas of knowledge developed in the west. He established this school to gradually achieve these cherished goals. The School established by him gradually grew in stature by relentless efforts of his disciples and successors.