|
AMU plans new centres across India
Sunday, October 17, 2010 05:56:59 PM,
IANS
|
|
Aligarh:
After the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) opened its centres in
West Bengal and Kerala, Muslims in five other states also want
similar centres, AMU Vice Chancellor P.K. Abdul Azis said here
Sunday.
"Muslims living in West Bengal and Kerala are exulted and Assam,
Rajasthan, Haryana, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have requested
us to open centres as more and more states want Muslims to take up
education on priority basis," he said.
The AMU recently set up new centres at Malappuram in Kerala and
Murshidabad in West Bengal. By 2020, when AMU would be celebrating
its centenary as a central university, the centres would be
full-fledged campuses with the potential to become universities,
Azis said.
He also asked the students to focus on education and not to be
carried away by other issues.
He was speaking at a function to commemorate the 193rd birth
anniversary of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan who founded the Muhammedan
Anglo-Oriental College which later developed into the Aligarh
Muslim University.
Azis said that Khan judiciously blended modern education with
Islamic teachings and set the Muslims on the path of resurgence.
|
|
Home |
Top of the Page |
|
 |
|
Comment on this article |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 News Pick |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quick links