He was approached in 1961 by Alsayeed Sidique Abdulrahman Almahadi to take charge and run the Almahadi Intermediate School for Girls (مدرسة المهدى الثانوية للبنات) in Omdurman. He took charge of the school in the same year and over hauled it to become one of the sought after school in the city. He resigned from the school in 1963 because of tensions with the head of the school board over the way financial funds were released by the board and over his strict discipline rules.