Our History

Home   /   Our History
MJC students group

A Legacy Built on Empowerment.
A Legacy Built on Empowerment

The story of Michael & John Job Centre began with a personal tragedy and a profound conviction.

In 1999, Dr. P. P. Job lost his son, Michael Job, in an untimely and unusual death. From this deeply painful experience emerged a vision that would go on to touch the lives of thousands of girls. The death of his other son John Job in 2007 further reinforced his commitment to enhance and expand the vision of MJC

Dr. P. P. Job was deeply passionate about the empowerment of the girl child, particularly girls from disadvantaged and underserved backgrounds.
He believed that education was the most powerful pathway to empowerment and that true education had to prepare a girl not only to earn a qualification, but to become a confident, responsible and self-reliant woman.

MJC students group

An Inclusive Educational Community, Not an Institution of Isolation


Learning


Living


Growing

Dr. P. P. Job wanted to create a Centre of Education where every student would have access to quality education, good infrastructure, committed teachers and opportunities to develop employable skills.

At the same time, he wanted girls from economically disadvantaged backgrounds to grow up as part of the same community as other children not separated from society, but learning, living and growing alongside their peers.

His vision was remarkably simple and forward-looking:

A girl should be able to enter MJC as a young child and leave as a well-educated, skilled and confident woman, ready to pursue higher education, employment or any path she chooses.

The campus was therefore conceived as an ecosystem where a girl could progress from nursery and school education to undergraduate and postgraduate studies and possibly a PhD program, while also gaining vocational and value-added skills that could open doors to employment and economic independence.

From Vision to Reality

The vision continues to evolve, with MJC exploring new avenues of education, skills and professional development that are relevant to the changing world.

The vision continues to evolve, with MJC exploring new avenues of education, skills and professional development that are relevant to the changing world.

Over the years, Dr. Job's vision evolved into a growing educational community

  1. A High School
  2. An Arts and Science College
  3. A B.Ed. and M.Ed. College
  4. A Campus of Lifelong Learning
  5. A residential home supporting girls from economically disadvantaged backgrounds
  6. Opportunities for value-added and vocational learning

A Sustainable Model of Inclusion

Dr. P. P. Job also believed that empowerment should be built on a sustainable model.

Students from families who can afford to pay contribute through regular fees, while the education and living expenses of girls from economically disadvantaged backgrounds are supported through MJC's resources, sponsorships and the generosity of donors and well-wishers.

The Heart of MJC

Education should create opportunity, not dependence.

MJC is a not-for-profit institution. Resources generated through fees and received through sponsorships and donations are directed towards education, infrastructure, campus development and the support of girls who might otherwise have limited access to these opportunities.

Dr P P Job established Michael Job Memorial Orphanage and Educational Institutions with a unique vision. The trigger point for establishment of this was the untimely and unusual death of his son Michael Job in 1999.

Empowerment of the Girl Child especially those coming from underprivileged background was a passion for Dr PP Job. It is his passion that has manifested as MJC. He believed that the road to empowerment was education. He envisioned a Centre of Education which provided good quality education that would transform the girl child to a responsible woman. He also wanted to help the girl child acquire employable skills, that provided her an environment promoting value system founded on decency, honesty and humility. He did not want to build up run-of-the-mill ‘orphanages’ or ‘destitute homes’.

Dr PP Job wanted to establish the Centre of Education with quality infrastructure and committed staff where any parent would want to send their children paying regular fee. He also wanted to have a Home for the Underprivileged as a part of this campus so that the inmates will live and be educated as a part of a community of normal children experiencing the real world and not be quarantined. MJC, as Dr PP Job envisioned is a centre of academic excellence where a child can join the nursery and leave as a well-educated girl. The girl child can pass out as a graduate or post graduate or with value added vocational certificates with an offer of employment in hand.

In the last 10 years we have grown to include a High School, Arts and Science College, B. Ed and M Ed College and a home for the economically challenged. In the near future we expect to have a management school and value added certification in modern courses. All these institutions have been established as projects of Love in Action Society which is a Charitable Society established with an objective to provide educational and medical support to deserving sections of the society

While the fees and expenses for the children from normal households are paid for by their parents, fee and expenses of these economically challenged children are taken care by MJC with sponsorship from supporters and well-wishers. MJC is set up without any profit motive. All the resources received from sponsors and fee paying students are used only for support of the underprivileged girl children.

illustration

Dr. P. P. Job who was an internationally renowned Social leader and was the President of International Christian Association. The International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom nominated Dr Job as ‘International Man of the Year’ for 2000 – 2001. A leading English daily of India, The New Indian Express described Dr. Job as a ray of hope in a world growing darker with shrouds of hatred and strife. He has been invited by the President of USA for presidential Prayer Breakfast. The Mayer of Seoul, Korea awarded him a medal recognizing his work relating to international peace and harmony