Friday, October 3, 2008

Govt approves Rs 325 cr to improve Madrassa education

New Delhi, Oct 03:
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Friday gave its approval for the Rs 325 crore scheme to provide quality education in Madrassas by introducing science, mathematics, social studies, language and English in their curriculum for classes I-XII.

The scheme would also provide for linkages with the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) to acquire education comparable to the national education system, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said.

12 new central varsities approved

Giving a new impetus to education, the government on Friday approved the establishment of 12 central universities and a scheme for providing quality education in Madrassas.

A meeting of the Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, gave its nod for setting up 12 central universities and conversion of four existing state universities, Information and Broadcasting Minister P R Dasmunsi said here.

The new universities will be set up in Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Gujarat, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

The Sagar University in Madhya Pradesh, Bilaspur University in Chhattisgarh, Garhwal University in Uttarakhand and Goa University would be upgraded as central universities. Dasmunsi said that a bill would be introduced for this purpose in Parliament.

Bureau Report



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The point is, who is going to teach science, mathematics, social studies, language and English at the Madrassas? Muslims, no doubt. It would be a double bonus for the Mullahs at the Madrassas. Unemployed mainstream educated Muslims can be employed as teachers and these teachers in turn can be radicalized by the Mullahs. A government which swears by secularism should have spent this money on government run schools, many of which do not even have a blackboard. - K.Venugopal - Mumbai

The first ever wise step have been taken by govt of India in "last 62 years".Let us lookforward for good oppertitunities that will have in madarsas now, let the world know wht does madarsa teaches. - Abrar - delhi

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