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| Mr. Qamar Ahmad, IPS, Chairman DMC |
All India Educational Movement organized a workshop of Educational
NGOs and Institutions on Sunday, 7th September, 2014 from 09.45 A.M. to 05.30
P.M. at E-3 Abul Fazal Enclave, New Delhi. The main areas of thrust were (a)
Government Sponsored Education Schemes for Minorities (b) Quality Improvement
(c) Vocational training and Skill Development initiative.
Inaugural
Session
After recitation of holy Quran, Syyed Mansoor Agha,
Vice President of AIEM in his introductory remarks said that in to-day’s world
only learning to read and write in not enough. Customary education also does
not help to compete in the modern world of knowledge and information. We need
all round renovation and introduce ourselves to the new concepts and techniques
of teaching and training. One field is Skill Development in different trades.
We also need to create awareness about the Government Sponsored Educational
Schemes for Minorities and devise such a system which can help schools and
students to get benefit of the schemes. These are three areas which we will
like to touch in this workshop with the help of active interaction of
participants.
Government Sponsored Education Schemes for Minorities
Mr. Abdul Rashid, Gen Secretary, AIEM, briefly
introduced the background and aims and objects of AIEM which include inter alia
promotion of literary and development in quality of education. We also call for
up-gradation of teaching skills and stuff in Religious Institutions, but stress
on non-intervention from outside. The renascence needs inner urge and inertia.
AIEM
is also doing a bit as career and guidance advisor. We publish admission and
job notices daily on our blog (http://aiemdelhi.blogspot.in/)
which is gaining popularity though slowly.
We
also studied Government Sponsored Educational Programmes for Minorities and
pointed out lacunas in the implementation of the schemes.
To promote education AIEM organises “All India Muslim Educational
Conference” annually. Our last conference was held on March, 22-23, 2014 in
Delhi. The theme was “Vocational and Technical Education and Training”. Next
conference will be held on 28th Feb and 1st March 2015 in
Jodhpur in co-ordination with Marwar Muslim Educational and Welfare Society which
had developed a hub of skill development courses in many trade courses and running
several educational Institutions. The Society is in a process of establishing a
University. AIEM has also organized several educational caravans on National
and Regional basis.
Chief Guest Mr Qamar Ahmad, IPS, Chairman, Delhi
Minorities Commission apprised the participants of the educational schemes of
Ministry of Minority Affairs and Delhi Govt. for minorities for which the
Commission has been organising awareness campaigns in minority concentrated
areas. He explained in details the parameters of the schemes of pre-matric and
post-matric scholarships and its coverage in Delhi. The schemes are operated by
the Deptt. of SC/ST and Minorities. There are 38560 pre-matric and 6432 post-matric
scholarships for minorities of which 25100 and 4192 are for Muslims only. Merit
cum means scholarships are for technical courses in recognized college s for
770 students including 500 for Muslims. In addition Delhi Govt. is providing
free stationary to all minority students and reimbursement of tuition fee in
public schools. Merit scholarships are also provided to class Xl and Xll
students. An ITI for girl students has been set up in Nand Nagri in North-East
district under the MSDP scheme. Ministry of Minority Affairs is also running
free coaching and allied scheme for guidance of minority students. Maulana Azad
Education Foundation is providing funds for infrastructure development in
minority institutions and scholarship s for girl students.
Chairman DMC also highlighted the
achievements under various above mentioned schemes. Commission had organised a
special workshop of Delhi Minority Schools to apprise them of these schemes. He
stressed the need of awareness of the programmes and exhorted the NGOs to
develop a system to collect and disseminate information in time to target class
and help them to fulfill the obligatory formalities of applying each programme
of scholarship, aid to students and the institutions.
He
advised NGOs to play an active role in spreading this message to the concerned
quarters.
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| (L to R) Prof Rehan Suri, Syyed Mansoor Agha, Abdul Rahid, Mr.Qamar Ahmad and Dr. Aslam Parviez |
Prof. Rehan Khan Suri, Head, Placement Cell,
JMI stated that our students need to be more sincere in their studies and pragmatic
in approach. They should be consistent in preparation for exam and admissions.
They have to move to private colleges as seats in government Engineering, Medical
and Management Colleges are limited. Although government jobs are shrinking but
they are still almost equal to private jobs particularly in teaching. Our youth
have little approach for jobs in defense or police forces. Few people know that
doctors are appointed directly in these organizations and also in NDA and CDA.
Direct interview is conducted for various posts in government departments. GATE
opens door for entry in many national and multinational companies. Our youth
has to decide for a particular job while entering graduation level.
Prof Suri underlined the need of making preparation for jobs quite
early. He said if one enters in fray at the last time he may not be able to
cross the line. However if mind and preparation are made in the first year of degree
course, one may get through easily.
He told that “Inspiring Minds” has tested ten lakh persons and
guided them for a variety of jobs. Our students need to prepare for such rank
providing exams which are also supported by certain NGOs. For promising
students he advised to join some course abroad. It will broaden their vision
and opportunity for better placement. Particularly for higher studies and Ph.D.
students should try admission in foreign countries. There is little financial
problem. Get best education for our youth in emerging countries like France
which is providing 100 percent financial assistance even for master degree.
This was followed by brief session of Question-Answer. Mr. Suri
explained the innovative idea of “Entrepreneur Cell” or E-Cell, and said; young
entrepreneurs can start their own career from a single cabin with a Laptop and
with internet. Such facilities are available in many cities in India.
Mr.
Qamar Ahmad and Prof Suri also answered the queries from the participants.
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| Dr. Aslam Parvaiz |
Concluding
the discussion Dr. Mohammad
Aslam Pervaiz, Principal Zakir Hussain College exhorted the retired persons
to take initiative in helping students and schools in their work. They can
spare time to have an eye on various Government Schemes, may organize drive to
aware target classes and also in fulfilling the formalities. We should educate
our neighbours and friends about government schemes and programs for promotion
of education. Probably we can use the platform of mosques for this purpose.
NGOs can definitely play an active role in this direction.
He said,
we cannot expect that Public Schools will take interest in alerting students
about the schemes, but in Muslims Educational Institutions too students do not
have tendency to see the notice board regularly. We need drive like Sikh
Gurudwara Committees do to inform every student of relevant schemes to him.
QUALITY
EDUCATION
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| Pro. Abid Haleem |
Prof.
Abid Haleem, Hon. Director, Quality Assurance
Cell, JMI initiated discussion on the subject by inviting attention of
participants that the word Quality was first used in US and later adopted by
Japan which became world power 40-50 years after being devastated by world war
II. Japan improved quality of its product with the motto of “Zero Defect”. We
stand nowhere in the idea. He was of the view that the reason of our present
educational backwardness is that we are living with less than required
educational institutions and without a commitment of Quality Education.
He emphasized that we should give maximum attention to primary
education. This requires working on war footing to educate all. Passing out
12th class is very important from quality angle.
Regarding objective of education, he felt that there are two views
- one is to earn money while others feel that education should be treated as a
mission. He informed that there are 5000 single teacher school s of RSS in J
and K. One model is that of Hyderabad where a Quran teacher is sponsored in
public schools. Why it cannot be implemented in Delhi.
Our country offers best options for all models to develop
and provide information, communication etc. Our curriculum should be such,
which envisages fear of God, self-respect, ethical stories, employability etc.
Our students should not be introvert and our priority should be hard work,
coexistence, creation of a think tank and outside exposure. Healthy
mind needs healthy body. We are physically weak, particularly Madarsa students.
Hence NCC should be a must. We need good infrastructure in our
schools and labs. Our fundamentals should be very clear with latest
technologies.
This
was followed by intervention from the participants.
Syyed Mansoor Agha, who conducted the
discussions, explained the idea of “Quality Education” for which AIEM invites
the attention of educational fraternity. This idea contains “Excellence” in the
subject/ stream plus development of all round personality including healthy
habits, good living, inculcating moral values and humanitarianism in the
students. He also said, for Quality Education we need Quality environment in
Schools, at home and in our society.
Mr. Mozaffar Ali, Secretary, Muslim Education Trust
was of the view that poor families are spending more on half-baked education.
Standards of schools are generally very low although the position in private
schools is slightly better. As per findings Annual Status of Education Report
(ASER) a class V student is not able to correctly read and understand a
class II text book. The situation in Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Odissa and UP
is very poor. Further deterioration has taken place after 2010. As per UNESCO
package there are many factors responsible for determining quality of education
like the family background, income of family, environment etc. NASSCOM report
on higher education indicates that many engineering graduate s are unemployable
because of their poor skills.
Mr. Javed Iqbal of Milli Model School was of the
view that the aim of education should be to create best human beings and
teachers should teach in such a way that creates interest of the students in the
subject. He said, only dedicated teachers can give good results.
Mr. Meharuddin, Principal and Coordinator, in
service teacher education Institute stated that 96% students are concrete and
operational. Ordinary student starts from remembering, develops understanding,
then application and finally analysis and evaluation. Mathematics and language
are very important leading to quality education and zero defect. Mathematics
develops sense of reasoning and language education develops ability of
effective communication which counts very much in every field. The role of
parents is equally important to encourage, motivate and inculcate self-respect.
No child is dull as per Dr. Swaminathan, the great scientist.
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| Dr. Mohd Rafat. |
Dr. Mohd. Rafat, Prof Department of Engineering and
Technology, JMI concluded the discussion. He was of the view that the prime
objective of learning is to establish socio-ethical values and mold the
personality of young men as responsible citizens. As regards improving the
quality of education, he felt that some matters are in our control but some are
beyond us particularly in relation to minority education. As Muslims we should
play the role of “Khair-e-Umma” that means well-wishers of all human beings irrespective
of their religion, caste and creed and protector of their rights.
There is no problem of availability of good education in south India,
but in north and northeast region we need more schools. It is good if
elementary education is given in mother tongue. Safety and security in schools
is of primary concern. Teaching staff must also be dedicated and not only
employers. Management must make it certain that atmosphere in schools is good
for students and the staff. Admissions and exams should be held as per schedule.
Proper curriculum is also important. In the present scenario skill development
is very important.
Skill
Development
Introducing the importance of the subject, Syyed Mansoor Agha
said, we have vast majority of youth. Every student may not excel in education.
To impart training of different skills to the students who for any reason
cannot reach at the top of Education is a way out to provide them effective
tool of employment in India and abroad. Requirement of skilled workers is very
high in comparison of their availability. In every field of skilled work, there
are new trends and new demands in the market. Only proper training can help
their fingers to play magic and attract good jobs. It is good that now Govt of
India has made it a point and hence constituted National Skill Development
Corporation (NSDC) and a separate Ministry.
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| Introducing Skill Development (L to R) Agha, Rahid, Prof. M. Salim Enginner, Mr. P. Kapoor |
Mr. Pravi Kapoor, Associate Program
Development, (NSDC), pointed out that 70% of our population is in the age group
of 18-50 years which is employable, but how many are actually employed and
getting good returns? Education and skill development are two different aspects.
He informed that there will be 70 crore employable population by 2022 but
presently only 10 percent are skilled. The target is to train 50 crore by 2022
to be employable. There is a large number of locally trained carpenters and plumbers
etc but they do not have a certificate and therefore cannot be employed by
companies. Now we have made some progress for each sector having
linkages with industry leading to their absorption. You have to tell NSDC what
skill is to be developed. We have 32 councils for different sectors which help
entities to join relevant training partners in different sectors like
agriculture, handicraft, gem and jewelry and tailoring etc. Sector wise and
state wise lists are available.
Mr. Kapoor also informed that a loan scheme upto
80% is also available. There are special schemes for ladies. Mobilization is to
be done by NGO and NSDC will align with training partner. Important thing is
that there is no minimum qualification required for such training. Govt. of the
day is giving lot of attention to this subject and a new Ministry is being
created for skill development. NSDC is setting national occupational standards.
To a question by Gen Secretary, AIEM as to what NSDC can do for sectors in
which minorities are already engaged like handicrafts from Moradabad,
Saharanpur, Bhadoi, Banaras, Lucknow etc. Mr Kapoor replied that choice is to
be made by the NGO or any legal entity and NSDC will align with concerned
training partner.
All Ministries have now skill development schemes. National Skill
Development Corporation is providing testing and certification and thousands of
certificates are being issued without any formal education. Our students should
not be shy in joining blue collar jobs specially when companies like Godrej are
providing specific training for such technical jobs. Our youth should also use
the incubation window as startup for guidance in technical jobs and mentoring.
Ministry of Micro and Small Scale Industry is providing assistance in this
direction. Further Ministry of Corporate Affairs and Institute of Corporate
Affairs and Tata Institute of Social Studies are registering NGOs for conducting
various activities.
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| The participants
Mr. Abdul Rashid Agwan, Chairmen Knowledge Trust also
briefed the audience on the subject stating that crores of people are to be
trained annually as 65 percent are still unemployed. The registration fee is
only Rs. 1000 and Govt. pays back Rs. 2000 to individual or Co. The training
partner gets Rs.10-12000 and NGOs have to share expenses. Every state has
training courses.
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Concluding the discussion Dr. Mohd. Salim Engineer, Associate
Professor, Malvia National Institute of Technology, Jaipur stated that skill
development is a developing field. Unfortunately there is a mindset of joining
Govt. service, which needs to be changed. Knowledge of government schemes and
programs is very important and one should get best advantage of it. This
requires consistent efforts and AIEM can play an important role in this
direction.
Open Session
In a open session, Mr. Altamash trainer of Burooj
Realization, Mumbai emphasized the need of creativity in our schools. Our youth
has education but jobs are not available. Although we are Ummah of leaders but
are we giving right type of education to our children? He was of the view that
there are 5 components of an ideal student on which Burooj is working. These
are Tawakkul, courage, vision, determination and persistence. Hard work is the
best thing.
Mr. Shah Mohd Kadri of Kolkata lauded the
effort and congratulated AIEM for a “very fruitful” exercise but stressed and
hoped that this will be an initiative and not the end. Many aspects which were
only touched in to-day’s discussion needed detailed thought. He was of the view
that such exercises should also be done in Kolkata and other cities.
Mr. Mohammad Ahmad Kazmi, a noted journalist and education activist invited attention for
personality development program, which has been adopted by Noble Education
Society of Mr. Sirajuddin Qureshi. He said, our students do not know
their own capacities and capabilities. They hesitate to express properly when
questioned in interviews. They must also be trained in English which an
international language. He advised on consistency and hard work. He requested
that name, address and e-mail addresses of the participants may be circulated
to all.
Mr. S. M. Arif of Aman, Association of
Minority Action for Nation, advised doing things right first time and all time
with perfection. According to him teachers should be role model with positive
attitude, sincerity, honesty, quality and professionalism.
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| concluding the day long workshop:Amanullah Khan, President, AIEM |
The day was concluded with a note of satisfaction. Winding
up the workshop, attended by some 65 participants, Mr. Amanullah Khan,
President, AIEM said that this workshop will help us close coordination with
the NGOs working in the field of Education. Our aim is to improve standards of
education in our schools by introducing innovative ideas and training of teachers.
He informed that a programe of teachers training like refresher course is under
consideration. He sought co-operation of all concerned persons in the work.
He stated that fot the last several years AIEM has been organizing
annual educational conferences on various subjects and Taleemi Carvans in
different areas. This is the revival of mission of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan. Today's
meeting was in the context of Delhi. Soon we will call a meeting of Principals and
Manager of Schools in Delhi to understand their problems and find some way to
help them resolve. He informed that next annual educational conference is scheduled
on 28th Feb-1st March, in Jodhpur. We need to sincerely
work for promotion of education among minorities.
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| (L to R) ARAgwan, SMAgha, Amanulah Khan, Mozaffar Ali, SMKadri and ARashid in concluding session |
Mr. Mozaffar Ali, Treasurer of AIEM thanked the
distinguished guests and participants of the workshop particularly, Syyed
Mansoor Agha and Mr. Abdul Rashid for having worked hard for making the
workshop a success.
(Report
by Abdul Rashid and Syyed Mansoor Agha)
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