SachDan Posted January 25, 2009 Posted January 25, 2009 In a bid to mainstream madrassa education, the government has decided to place madrassa certificates at par with those issued by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and affiliates of the Council of Board of School Education in India. It's a step that will change the life of lakhs of students studying in those organizations. A case in point is thirteen-year-old Ahmed Shiraj who is a fifth class student at a madrassa; students in other schools at the same age would be in the ninth class. Till now, Shiraj has only studied religious texts. But in three years, when he graduates from the Fatehpuri Madrassa in Chandini Chowk, Shiraj could be facing subjects like Maths and English for the first time in college. All his seniors so far have stuck to familiar subjects like Urdu or Unani sciences at Jamia or the Aligarh Muslim University. But Shiraj wants to do something radically different. "I want to study Sanskrit in future. Many people don't understand Arabic. Similarly many don't understand Sanskrit," said Ahmed Shiraj, a student of Fatehpuri Madrassa. Shiraj's wish would soon be fulfilled once the Delhi University and all other Central Universities start recognising the Madrassa degrees that the Central Madrassa board will issue to their students from next year. "It's a great opportunity for us. We will now be a part of the mainstream," said Ahmed Sharif, a student of Fatehpuri Madrassa. University colleges are keen to help out the madrassa students in their transition to a new course content. "We will give them remedial classes if necessary," said Rajendra Prasad, principal, Ramjas College. The scheme will not only help madrassa students to get into mainstream higher education, it will also open job avenues for them. Even at a time of recession, the young students are confident that they will be successful in fighting against all odds. "We can do jobs in BPOs or become doctors or engineers. We are confident that we can compete," said Jasimuddin a student at Fatehpuri Madrassa. It's a view that will find an echo among the over 3.5 lakh students across 7,000 madrassas in the country. http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20090081294
sandtest Posted January 25, 2009 Posted January 25, 2009 Did they implement previous BJP governments plan of Madrassa reformation?? I can't see news of change in Madrassa syllabus. Months back, I have been harping in some other thread, about government must include NCERT syllabus in Madrassa apart from mindless teachings of Arabic, Quran, Hadeeth and irrelevant Unaani medicines in Uttar Pradesh madrassas. Did they really included Maths, Science, geography, History, Civics syllabus in Madrassas or is it another Laloo like appeasement tactic to provide madrassa certificate recognition, no matter what. It's about time madrassa reformation is debated openly while Kaangress government is still in power, else come BJP government and it will be termed as "saffronization" in jiffy.
THX_1138 Posted January 25, 2009 Posted January 25, 2009 Does it matter? When the students who graduate from madrassas enter an institution of higher learning (if they even can, considering that the admission criteria is the 12th grade CBSE result..), their brains would be blitz into disintegration when they learn that there is something much more relevant and important than allah and his numerous underage concubines. furthermore, lets be aware of a simple fact: students who enter madrassas are those whose parents have decided to send them to such schools. must these young individuals suffer the consequences of the decisions made by their peanut brained parents?
Guest dada_rocks Posted January 25, 2009 Posted January 25, 2009 Anyone can take orders from a foreing bimbo like sonia gandhi and rpetent he didn;t knwo things when it gets hot.. anyone can implement liberalization when his decades of socialism has turned him bankrupt.. never got this manmohan singh fixation.. The guy lacks backbones the first requisite in any leader..
TheBoyPlunger Posted January 25, 2009 Posted January 25, 2009 We as a nation owe a lot to Manmohan Singh. Few can match his contributions to our country. Sadly nobody talks abt PVN.Without him providing the political backing, Manmohan Singh would have had to stick the old licence quota raj. For all the scandals surrounding him, PVN has influenced contemporary Indian politics more than Rajiv, Sonia and Rahul put together. Not a single, even a passing, mention of this man today.
Guest dada_rocks Posted January 26, 2009 Posted January 26, 2009 pretty soon there will be study how mederssah graduates are not being inducted into iits and how an institutinalized dscrimination is in effect.. needles to say brainless psec pests will hail that study
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