Mumbai: Seven hafizs (those who memorised the entire Quran) from a Malad-based madrassa cleared the SSC exams, the results of which were declared on Tuesday. Madrassa Jamia Tajweedul Quran and Noor Meher High School, run by Noor Meher Charitable Trustfrom the same building, created a record of sorts by producing 112 hafizs who also cleared the SSC exams since it started the parallel programmes in 2012. This year, seven hafizs took the SSC exam, and all of them passed it, enabling them to pursue further education in mainstream courses.“We are so happy that all our seven hafizs also cleared the SSC exam and will now go for higher education. The aim is to empower these hafizs with qualifications to enter colleges and universities and become professionals while they are also hafizs,” said Syed Ali, popular as Ali Bhai, Noor Meher Charitable Trust’s founder. While Ali founded the madrassa in 2000, he introduced schooling in 2008, and the first batch of hafizs took the SSC exam in 2012.This is a unique programme where children attend both the madrassa and school classes. There is a separate group of teachers who tutor the students at this residential madrassa being run from a bungalow at Malvani in Malad West. Mohammed Altaf, who comes from Bihar, said he was elated to have cleared the SSC and aspires to become a doctor. “I am a hafiz and now eligible to take admission in 11th science stream. I will try to crack NEET to become a doctor,” said Altaf.The students appear in SSC exams as private candidates. Many of the alumni of this madrassa who also cleared SSC are now professionals placed in the corporate world. Shaikh Ruhullah became a hafiz and passed SSC in 2015. Subsequently, he graduated in computer engineering from Rizvi College in Bandra. Now, he works with a Dubai-based company dealing with AI technology.”Whatever I am today, it is because of the base this madrassa and school gave me. But for the facilities and this unique programme being run at this madrassa, I might have ended up becoming just a maulvi. All thanks to Ali Bhai,” said Ruhullah, son of an imam at a Bandra mosque.