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Educational concern of Indian Muslims

The Sachar Committee Report, tabled in parliament in November 2006, clearly shows that the vast majority of the Muslim community stands nowhere close to the other communities, not even the backward and scheduled castes. Just a glance at a typical Muslim neighborhood, at any government or private office, or even a typical community college or university will tell the story.
The reason for Muslim backwardness is attributed to their educational backwardness. In spite of their education backwardness, Majority of Muslims either deprived from education Or don’t feel encouraged.

Scope

NGO or Social workers who have intention to bridge of gaps of minorities with mainstream of India

Detailed Description of the problem

When Sachar committee report got published, whatever came out, it was not a surprise to Indian Muslims. However it was an eye opener for India. As Indians, we are dreaming to become world power very soon. But this cannot be achieved without the participation of all communities. This is the era of Einstein, the era of education. Education is playing a major role in stabilizing the world power and economies.

Here are few important points from Sachar committee report that explains the alarming situations of Indian Muslims Educational Standard.
•Muslim parents are not averse to mainstream education or to send their children to affordable Government schools. The access to government schools for children of Muslim parents is limited.
•There is a clear and significant inverse association between the proportion of the Muslim population and the availability of educational infrastructure in small town/villages.
•Muslim community has a representation of only 4.5% in Indian Railways while 98.7% of them are positioned at lower levels. Representation of Muslims is very low in the Universities and in Banks. Their share in police constables is only 6%, in health 4.4%, in transport 6.5%.
•The presence of Muslims has been found to be only 3% in the IAS, 1.8% in the IFS and 4% in the IPS.
•The status of Indian Muslims are below the conditions of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
This data is only from the government or semi government institution. Going by the fact, Muslims also lack in private sector and health care services.

Muslims are feeling marginalized and unprotected. In the time of Ms Indira Gandhi, when she was prime minister of India, a committee was setup. In the committee report, It was revealed that Muslim neighborhood have more number of police stations than schools.

Because of their lower presentation in Police, para military forces and Military, Muslims neighborhoods have converted in ghettos. Muslims neighborhoods are crowded places where keeping the law and order is another problem.

The gap that exists between Muslims and main stream may also lead to other social issues. These issues have also been mentioned in Sachar committee report. For any civil society, these gaps are considered very bad. There should be balance in representing the country in all the sectors among different communities. And In the modern era, Education is considered the key.

Reason of the problem

When the first revolt happened in 1857, Aftermath was terrible loss for Muslims of India. Muslims had their own System of Education which was soon replaced by British. Other communities welcomed the move and adopted the British standard of education which would prevail in the coming years. The British education established the basis for new system that is now the main stream education system in Indian sub continent. While few prominent Muslims like Sir Syed adopted and encouraged the new education system, Most of the Muslims boycotted it under their local leadership. The sentiment can still be seen in Rural and poor Muslim families. But what Muslims of India forgot that it was the strategy of that time only, which was called non cooperative strategy against the British.
Under same non cooperative movement, some of our prominent Ulemas even boycotted the Azan in loudspeaker. But now, Muslims are using loud speak for call to prayer. Similarly, call to boycott the British education system was for limited time.

Partition of India in 1947, Muslims distant furthers themselves from main stream. The Elite and educated Muslim community moved to Pakistan. What was left behind, Muslims with very less percentage of intellects. Those intellects were not enough in number to encourage the community for education and connect them to main stream of India.

The remaining Muslims, thus, developed around them a fortress of protection by psychologically, socially, educationally, and to some extent, linguistically alienating them from the rest of India. The weak and isolated community faced many problems and one problem induced another. For instance, illiteracy and mediocrity affected job prospects, that induced poverty, resulting in another cycle of lack of proper education and hence, poverty. Lack of proper and deliberate initiatives to alter the situation facilitated the process of deterioration and helped create an everlasting pessimism in the community. This again, contributed to the alienation.

Consequently, the community started to regress constantly towards mediocrity, only to realize it later. Much later, this realization of laggardness has come at a time when the Indian Muslim community is already far behind nearly all other communities and across the boundaries of classes, in nearly all spheres of progress. Immersed in frustration and hopelessness, the community soothes itself by resorting to the memories of the past.

This education backwardness is much deeper in North India than South India. And again, one of the reasons is partition of India which largely happened in North.

The Solution of the problem

Muslims must accept the fact that we, the Indian Muslims, are responsible for large part of our plight and need to make active efforts to ameliorate the situation. Else, there can be no way out. Muslims have to take the initiative to break the vicious circle and come out of the constant state of decline and deprivation. Once Indian Muslims take the onus of responsibility on their shoulders to improve their lot, they have to figure out how they can bridge the huge gap between the Muslim community and the others.

Government of India is making efforts to uplift education standard in Muslims But this cannot be achieved until efforts are made from within the community.

It is a fact that 2 years after 10th are critical. In these two years, Student can be motivated to understand the concepts that would eventually make them to pass Career builder entrance tests like IIT/PMT/NDA and others. These entrance exams need regressive studies and high coaching fees. ICC would provide free coaching to the students from un-privileged section of Society.

ICC is committed to provide coaching to backward Muslims, Which would in turn increase Muslims presentation in Government and Non-Government Jobs. With the fair presentation of Muslims, Vision of India to become world power would be realized sooner. ICC is also committed to provide students of various educational streams and background a platform where Ideas can be exchanged. Community can be encouraged to come and participate in growing India before it becomes too late.

Here are few points, ICC would be doing to help the community prosper and increase Muslim presentation in Government, Non Government and professional jobs. They key points are

•Build center for providing the coaching for professional courses and government jobs.
•Help students to avail and get benefit from the government minority schemes.
•Build a medical center for poor and needy with the help of participating doctors and helping
to implementing government health scheme.
•Boosting moral and ethical education in the students in which Muslims specially are in the back row.
•Efforts to build the same center in many multiple cities.

The benefits

It would be a slow start for better future. ICC has vision that Sir Syed dreamed in 19th century. Muslim community desperately needs better professionals and better citizens of India. ICC has vision that people getting benefit from ICC would improve the image of Muslim community in the civil society of India. This little effort from ICC would make a far great impact as visible today.

Educated and confident Muslim community would help India to shape that would be recognized by the world as world power. As the Indian economy opening up and citizen of India have better access of trade and exchange of Ideas, It becomes extremely important for the Indian Muslims to get a fair share of growth. This era in Indian saga would decide of the fate of generations.

As ICC aim to prepare students for professional studies Or Jobs, Further Muslims would feel encouraged that would eventually make education common.

ICC Kairana - A pilot project

Kairana is a small town in Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh. Care for All Trust is starting its first center in Kairana because of Muslim population is overwhelming in the area and this area also witnessed the riots in the September 2013. The coaching and all the facilities from ICC would be free of cost for un-privileged eligible students.
Care for All Trust is also starting an evening school program for the kids of riot hit people. Aligarh Muslim University also granted money to open school for the riot suffered kids those are still can be seen in camps. But this school would start not less than 2 years from today. Till the time, the school starts functioning; CFAT would help kids to go to school.

Please help the cause

This is much needed step to be taken. We as Indian need to help the people to un-privileged sections. A country is not considered a safe place if significant percentage of population remains poor and don’t have access to resources. We are specially working for Muslims after reading Sachar committee reports and other similar reports and also welcoming un-privileged people from all communities.

Help us and join us to promote equal right of education and opportunities for minorities for prosperous India.

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