As per our Constitution of India Religious groups in our country can form and run their own educational institutes.The recent fatwa came as a shocker for madrasas and muslims in general who have not differentiated between contemporary and religious education in general. Then came the usual blame games.Now let us look with a neutral eye.Muslims have been pursuing madrasa form of education for a thousand years.This form of education is doubtful to serve muslim children in modern times. So this recent Government diktat may serve blessing in disguise for the muslims. But what is perplexing the madrasa infrastructure is currently not adapted to contemporary education to include Maths and Science courses so this Government diktat sounds communal in nature.It would have been much better if a formal appeal been made to include these courses with proper infrastructure support and include government teachers and then made it mandatory. This would have improved percentage of muslim youngsters enrollment in higher education. However this diktat should be taken in positive light and a chance to improve madrasa education, and make it most enviable form of education in India. After all Aligarh Muslim University has beaten JNU Delhi.
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