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Adopt Andhra model of reservations: Muslim leaders
Monday December 19, 2011 08:08:16 PM,
IANS
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Mumbai: A national
conference of Muslim scholars and Islamic organisations here
Monday demanded reservations for the community on the lines of
Andhra Pradesh, which earmarks nearly 5 percent of seats in
government educational institutions and jobs for the group.
President of the All India Ulema Association Maulana Sayed Athar
Ali said the Andhra Pradesh model can be easily replicated in
other states in the country.
The demands came in the wake of the Sachar Committee pointing out
that the Muslim community lags behind even Dalits in education and
economic activities.
Referring to the Right to Education bill, Ali and other clerics
expressed serious reservations about certain provisions in it.
"Reservations for Muslims in the educational sector is the need of
the hour. But, certain sections of the bill in its present form
would be detrimental to the traditional madrassa system of
education widely accepted in the community," Ali pointed out.
Renowned Islamic scholar from Uttar Pradesh, Maulana Tauqeer R.
Khan, said that in order to increase representation of Muslims in
jobs in the private and public sector, special coaching should be
organised for the community students.
"This can be easily done through Maulana Azad Foundation. Free
coaching services for the Muslim students would ensure that they
compete with the best in the country on equal terms. Similarly,
academic and professional guidance cells must be set up in all
minority-dominated pockets around the country," he urged.
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