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MES Razeena Mat.H.S is an educational school,established under the organisation of Muslim Educational Society(MES).This school is located in Chennai.

History
In 1973 the General Secretary of Malabar Muslim Association(MMA), Madras along with two office bearers met Marhoom N.K Ahamed for financial help for the conversion of MMA Juma Masjid.He generously offered a notable sum for the same and also appealed to the General Secretary of the MMA to set an English Medium High School to accommodate the middle class Malayalee students as most of them are not able to secure admission in English medium high schools by paying huge donations.This proposal was discussed in the working committee of MMA but could not crystallize for lack of support from members.But coincidently within a few days, the founder President of Muslim Educational Society(MES) Marhoom Dr.P. K. Abdul Gafoor Sahib met P.K.Aboobacker Sahib,then the General Secretary of MMA,and proposed to have an English Medium school at Madras (now chennai) with the help of MES Kerala.He also requested to convene like-minded Malabari Muslims for a get-together on a day when Dr. Ghafoor and his co-organisers were in Madras on their way to Patna to attend All India MES Conference.Accordingly Mr.P.K.Aboobacker arranged a get-together at Hotel Rolex with a grand lunch.In the said meeting Dr.Ghafoor proposed an Committee of MES Madras with Mr.P.K.Aboobacker as President,Mr.N.Kunjimoideen Kitty as Secretary and Mr.V.Ismail as treasurer.Dr.Ghafoor promised all help from MES Kerela. Mr.P.K.Aboobacker met the owner of the present premises of MES Razeena Mt.Hr.Sec.School, Mr Subramaniam. He agreed to give the premises on lease with the promise to sell the property to MES on the condition that MES must get exemption from Urban Land Ceiling Act (India) as it was 1-1/2 grounds with a building.Immediately an advance was paid and took over the property and started renovation works with the help of Mr.N.K.Ahamed and with the approval of Dr.Ghafoor who promised to acquire the property. Unfortunately Razeena,11 year old beloved daughter of P.K.Aboobacker fell sick with Leukemia,but the renovation work continued and a hostel was started for working women and students.After almost two years Mr.Aboobacker proposed with theconsent of other general body member to convene a meeting at National cafe,first lane beach,Chennai,under the presidenship of Marhoom Janab.TTP.Abdullah sahib and prepared a list for the permanent governing body of MES Chennai unit and sent for approval to MESCalicut.Mr.V.Abdullah MA,BL was proposed as president,Mr.T.P.Imbichammed as General Secretary and Mr.Aboobacker as Treasurer.By then M.r Subramaniam and his brothers agreed yo sell the property ans do the new office bearers decided to purchase the property and authorised Mr.Aboobacker to inspect the title deed and other legal matters.The original Title deed was pledged with the Bank of Thanjavur and approximately 40,000 Rupees were due to them.Without paying this it was impossible to proceed.Advocate P.Viswanathan along with P.A.Ibrahim Kutty and Sheikh Fareed(representative of P.K.Aboobacker went to Thanjavur,inspected the title deeds and paid the Bank their due and brought back the Title Deeds to Madras.In the meanwhile,the newly elected working committee decided to release a souvenir with the help of Late Janab T.T.P.Abdullah Sahib and collected Rs.1,10,000/- from advertisements.The total purchase price was Rs.3,25,000/-.MES Kerala paid Rs.1,00,000 and Mr.P.K.Aboobacker and Mr.N.K.Ahamed arranged the balance amount and registration was completed. In 1976 April(immediately after the demise of Razeena,daughter of P.K.Aboobacker) Mr.N.K.Ahamed and Mr.P.K.Aboobacker decided to start the school.With the consent of Mr.N.K.Ahamed,Mr.P.K.Aboobacker and Mr.T.P.Imbichammad brought over an English medium a recognised school along with furniture,students and teachers,that was on sale,for Rs.15,000/- and transferred it to MES premises.75 out of 150 students and 4 out of 5 teachers joined immediately and th school commenced on June 1976.25 new students were also admitted and one new teacher was appointed.The school was named after Razeena(D/O of P.K.Aboobacker) who passed away of leukemia,at the age of 11.This was the beginning of MES Razeena School. Unfortunately,the School could not be converted into a high school because of the problems related to the Land Sealing Act. The strength of the School went down to 75 by the year 1983.It was even thought of closing down the school.But fortunately Mr.N.K.Ahamed disagreed with the idea and convinced Mr.P.K.Aboobacker to restart the school under the management of school committee directly elected by the General body.Mr.P.K.Aboobacker became the Chairman of the School Commiittee and invited Dr.U.Mohammed to join the committee.He appointed an able Lady as Head Mistress and re-appointed the teachers and declared that the School would be a Matriculation School.By 1989 the 10th class was started and the school strength rose to 375. Dr.U.Mohammed was instrumental to get exemption from Urban Land Sealing Department and by 1989 the School got recognition from Government of Tamil Nadu.This helped to increase the strength into 600.The School became a  Higher Secondary School in the year 1993.The school celebrated its Silver Jubilee in the 2003.