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Jaipur:
Rajasthan’s capital city Jaipur witnessed important steps toward
education of Muslims in India at a two-day All India Muslim
Educational Conference here on Saturday. Thousands gathered from
15 states of the country. The conference titled as ‘Iqra-2012’was
organized by the All India Educational Society.
The first day of the conference on Saturday was attended by
Justice Rajinder Sachar, Justice Suhail Ejaz Siddiqui, Chairman,
National Commission for Minorities Educational Institutions,
Wajahat Habeebullah, Chairman National Minority Commission and the
first woman Supreme Court Judge Justice M. Fathima Beevi, Brij
Kishore Sharma, Education Minister of Rajashtan and Naseem Akhtar
Insaf, State Minister for Education in Rajasthan.
Importantly, there was a session exclusive for only the women who
are associated with education in Rajashtan and other parts of the
country. In this session women education activists explained their
problems they face working in the field of educations.
Addressing the participants Ms Fathima said: “This is a great and
significant beginning and all right thinking people should support
this effort.”
“The most important thing is they are focusing on women education
and to educate a girl child means to educate whole family,” she
further said.
“We have a significant history and we need latest technology with
modern trend,” she added.
Former Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court Rajinder Sachar said
“Muslims are blamed that they are not much keen toward education
but for the religion whose first word starts with ‘Iqra’ which
means read, how anyone can say that they are not interested in
education.”
Discussing the problems which have been faced by Indian Muslims he
said “No country can claim civilized itself unless it protects its
minorities and gives equal opportunities for progress.”
According to him the major problem with our educational system is
there is lack or diversity. “We need cultural diversity to improve
our educational system,” he said.
“University Grants Commission should give special grant to those
institutions that have cultural diversity inside their campus,” he
argued.
He also encouraged Muslims for continuous demands to the
government for their rights.
“If you depend on government nothing is going to happen. You have
to force them to do something.”
“We should not think that the government is our lord. They do if
they want and don’t if they don’t want, there are no
accountability. We have right to ask as to what you have done for
us,” Sachar elaborated.
He also discussed the communal problems in the country.
“It is true that there are communal feelings but Muslims are not
foreigner in India. They have same rights like others. If anyone
talks about ‘Hindu Rashtra’ or one community nation, he/she will
destroy it because the country is not made for a single
community.”
Moosa Raza, former I.A.S. officer who served as principal
secretary to the chief minister of Gujarat and chief secretary of
Jammu & Kashmir said that “It is time our young generation stood
up against the devil of illiteracy and ignorance.”
Justice Fakhruddin, former Judge of Madhya Pradesh High Court
pointed out the barriers in the way of progress and education.
“When we focus on development and education then our minds are
diverted with emotional issues” he said.
Dr. P. A. Fazal Ghafoor, president of AIMES, Kerala explained the
society’s experiences and experiments in Kerala.
According to Ghafoor, Kerala Muslims have more opportunity than
others across the country.
“We are having reservation from pre independence. In 1964, when
AIMES was constituted there is a revolution in the field of
education in Kerala.”
“Now we have 26 colleges in Kerala including medical, engineering
and management. The total number of students is around one lakh,
which is more than the total number of students in Aligarh Muslim
University,” he claimed.
“Out of one lakh students 65 percent are Muslims and interestingly
more than 50 percent are girl students,” he further said.
He also announced that if Rajashtani Muslims agree to build any
such kind of institution here then AIMES will donate half of the
amount.
“You have chance and chance is like a shining sun. If you see it
then there is dawn; if you don’t then there is dark,” he
concluded.
Peerpasha Husaini Ab. Razak Inamdar known as P.A. Inamdar from
Azam Campus, Pune asserted to adopt modern technology to bridge
the gaps in educational system.
“There are certain gaps in our educational system; we have to
bridge them with modern technology,” he said.
“We have to focus on value added courses since beginning not after
completing 10+2,” he added.
He also announced a donation of Rs 50 lakh to build an institution
in Rajashtan.
Justice Suhail Ejaz Siddiqui, Chairman, National Commission for
Minorities Educational Institutions, said that “The minority tag
has given a complex of problems to us. Sometimes we think that we
are living as second grade citizen here. We should say that we are
second most majority not minority and it is a true fact.”
“Asking for minority character for our institutions is our right
no one can deny it and you don’t need to spend money for it,” he
informed.
“The way of progress and development goes through education; the
time has come for an educational revolution,” he pointed out.
Wajaht Habeebulla, Chairman, National Minority Commission, focused
on problems of Muslim community in the field of education.
On the second and final day (6th May), Chief Minister of Rajashtan
Ashok Gehlot, Union Minister of Law and Minority Affairs Salman
Khurshid, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh are addressing the
audience.
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