Education of Muslims in India Problems & Prospects

RESEARCH REVIEW International Journal of Multidisciplinary, 2019

India is a country of billion plus population with mixture of varieties of ethnic, religious, caste and class people live harmoniously from century past and this assimilation and amalgamation nourished a distinct Indian civilization which is called “Unity in Diversity”. Over the period it developed as a strong nation. Despite so much upheaval people bound together in a singular nationhood. Post Nehruvian era, the lack of political manoeuvring created huge socio-economic divide among citizen of this country. Though, it has initiated several policies & programmes to uplift vulnerable groups but somehow Muslim minority left marginalized because of political chauvinism and lack of will of the government. This paper tries to explore the causes & consequences of socio-economic conditions of Muslim minority in general. The Study is based on primary as well as secondary sources that has been analysed on the pretext of describing the problems facing the community in socio-economic front.

The Indian Journal of politics, 2021

Muslims in India form the largest religious minority in the country. According to the 2011 Census, they comprise 14.4 percent of India's total populationroughly 174 million people. They are the third largest Muslim population anywhere in the world, after Indonesia and Pakistan. It is a universally accepted notion that education is the only mechanism that enhances the process of socioeconomic and cultural development of communities. While the level of education all through India is still below the universally accepted standards, the educational status of Muslims, in particular, is of grave concern. The statistics irrefutably demonstrate that Muslims are far less accomplished than their non-Muslim counterparts on the educational front, and this is so across almost every state in India. The community has progressed at a pace more gradual than any other Socio-Religious Community. In several aspects, they have even been overtaken by the traditionally underprivileged SC/STs. Against such a backdrop, the present paper analyses the factors responsible for the educational backwardness of the country's largest minority despite state intervention. Further, the present study has also identified the problems of Muslim's education in India and further advanced suggestions and measures for improvement.

IJRAR, 2019

Education is the backbone of civilised nation it has the potential of transforming an individual, communities, societies and the nation at large. Yet, it is ironical that it is not explored to its fullest potential in India especially among Muslim minorities. The Educational backwardness of the Muslim community in India has been recognized and tinted by a number of officials report such as the Gopal Singh Minority Panel Report; Ranganath Mishra Commission report and Sachhar committee as well as Mehmood-ur-rehman committee. Seeking Knowledge is obligatory on Muslims as per their Religious principles irrespective of gender; but still Muslims have failed to perform their religious obligation in India. The Right to education is secured even by constitutional provisions especially with respect to minorities in India, but despite it Muslims have not benefitted in educational matters. Though other minorities co-exist in India but other than Muslims no other minority is educationally backwa...

The present paper aims to analyse the state wise educational status of Muslims in India. It also aims to compare the educational status of muslims with the educational status of other religious communities in India. The country level and state level published data have been obtained from census of India. At the same time the association between the educational status of muslims is sought with their socio-economic development. The results have revealed that the educational status of Muslims in India is not satisfactory and needs special attention. It is found that more than half i.e., 53.95 per cent of the total population of the Muslims in India is illiterate with 17.48 per cent literate people just for the name sake only. Technical education or higher education is meager among the muslims. From the results it is also clear that Muslims who accounts for 13.46 per cent of the total population of the nation show lowest literacy rate, lowest percentage of higher education and lowest degree of female education. Budhist who only claim for less than half per cent of the total population of the country are most literate. The percentage of higher education, sex ratio and female literacy rate is also highest in this religious community.

Abstract India has made a pledge sixty-nine years ago to build a more inclusive, secular and educated society which would equitably integrate its religious minorities while respecting their distinct identities and differences. This mostly seems a dream of the largest minority community, Muslims, who constitute 13.4 percent of the population, who are socially economically and educationally backward. The present Muslim society is socially excluded from the mainstream development and the reasons are many such as economic poverty, gender inequality, attitude towards development, lack of common linking between madrassa and modern education et al. Today, religious minorities are the most vulnerable section of the Indian society and Muslim in particular. Education – the primary goal of a society seems to be a day-dream to the larger sections of the community. It is the basic right of every human being. The present study has identified the problems of Muslim’s educational vision in India and further address the proper suggestion and measures for improvement in their vision. Education is the basic mechanism that develops the social, economic, and cultural enhancement of any communities. Among all the religious groups, Muslims are in the least educated section of Indian Society. The backwardness among Muslims in comparison with not-Muslims in India have become a matter of concern at present. The objective of this paper is to address the educational vision of Muslims in India and to find out the proper measures for enhancement in their vision. The paper concludes the lack of vision is the main cause of deprivation among Muslim society. KEY WORDS: Educational Vision, Problems and Prospects of Muslim Community, Vision 2040, Gender Inequalities in Education, Issues and Concern

Journal of Exclusion Studies, 2018

Education is the single most important instrument for social and economic changes in any community. India has a spectrum of religions, castes, classes and communities. The educational outcomes of each religion and communities are not the same, and thus, it raises the issues of the challenges of the education for such minority communities. This paper is concerned with the status of the Muslim minority in education. Muslims constitute the second largest religious group in India and the largest minority community. Despite having several schemes and initiatives for their educational development, Muslims in India are deprived, marginalised and educationally backward. Based on the secondary sources, the paper tries to understand the status, issues and challenges of Muslim education in India. It identifies the causes and factors affecting the low higher education of Muslims in India. It also studies the role of minority institutions for the higher education of Muslims. It further analyses the initiatives taken by the Government of India for their educational development.

2016

The paper analyzes the problems Muslims are facing in India in the field of education such as enrolment, higher education and the quality education. The present study also tries to find out the causes behind these problems and what can be possible solutions and remedies. The paper analyses available data, which show the backwardness of the Muslims in the field of education. The governmental policies concerning the upliftment of educational status of Muslim are also discussed in the paper. The paper gives possible suggestions to improve the condition of Indian Muslims’ education.

2018

The Indian Constitution is committed both to the idea of equality and to the preservation, protection and assurance of rights of minorities. Education remains a top priority in India and educating girls become further important in the country where women constitute fifty percent of human resources and are playing a vital role in shaping the economic, social, cultural and political fabric of the society. The National Commission for Minorities in India has identified Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsees which constitute 20.22% of the total population of the country as religious minorities, while Hindus are the majority group. Among these various minorities, Muslims occupy an important position in Indian society. It has also been reported that the dropout of the Muslim Students from schools and other educational institutions is of higher rate. Female literacy among the Muslims is also significantly low and this is one of the important reasons of ignorance and illiteracy in Muslim community. It revels from the present study that Muslim community in India is the most backward in terms of education as well as socio economic condition. It makes clear that the vision of Muslims is not towards modern education. The present study has identified the problems of Muslim's education in India and further address the proper suggestion and measures for improvement the status of Muslim education.

The real journey of education in general and higher education in particular in India started after 1947. Education is its journey can’t stand alone but institutional roles need to be included to assess the contribution as a whole. The institutions of higher learning are considered the most important agency of social change, social transformation, and entire development of the country. Muslim education has always been a serious issue despite availability of so many academic institutions in general and minority institutions in particular. The poor condition of the Muslims’ education can’t be attributed to the government only, but the society, home, economy, motivation, employment and similar factors. The present article is a modest attempt towards exploring and analyzing the miserable state of Muslim education and associated factors. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/edulearn.v10i1.3184