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Johannesburg Muslim School

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “private school situated in fordsburg”. Today it says “partly private school situated in crosby”.
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26°12′6.90″S 28°1′23.10″E  /  26.2019167°S 28.0230833°E  / -26.2019167; 28.0230833 Private school in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Johannesburg Muslim School ( JMS ) is a partly private school situated in crosby , Johannesburg , South Africa . The school combines secular and Islamic education in its curriculum and has a separate preschool located in Mayfair that caters for Nursery, and Grade R pupils. The main school section, located in crosby, caters for grades 1-12. This school is situated on Corner Foyle and Jarman Streets, Crosby, Johannesburg. The Mission Statement of the school is "to provide young children with the holistic concept of knowledge with the holy Quran and the Sunnah as the source of guidance". The core ideology adopted is "Every child in Jannah ". JMS is run by the Johannesburg Muslim School Association (Incorporated under Section 21 of the Companies Act, 1973, South Africa). The members of the association administer the school on a voluntary basis. Being a Section 21 company, the association is incorporated as a non-profit. All funding received as fees from learners is used entirely for the objectives of the school. Johannesburg Muslim School often ranks in the top 20 schools in the Gauteng province and is rated in the top 5 feeder schools from previously disadvantaged communities by the University of the Witwatersrand .

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private school situated in fordsburg

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partly private school situated in crosby

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