MADARSAS WANT GOVT TO HELP IMPROVE INFRASTRUCTURE

AGRA: : Madarsas in Agra have adds. welcomed the state government’s “Those availing grants and aid from plan to introduce NCERT books the government will have to follow across all such institutions in UP the directives while others should but added that the government also welcome the NCERT syllabus,” should help tone up the infrastruc- he said. Qari Parvez Khan, principal ture to implement the plan. of the Madarsa Faiz Uloom Sabaria Mufti Mohammad Mudassir Khan at Gandhi Nagar in Agra, welcomed Qadri, senior cleric, said, the proposal. But he too wanted to “Prima facie it seem to be a make sure that religious teaching welcome move as many of the will remain the basic aim of the madrasas are teaching science and madarsas. “We already teach various maths. There seems to be no harm subjects, including maths, Hindi, in introducing the NCERT syllabus science, English and await the as long as there is no interference additions. Islam has always given in the religious education we importance to education. But before impart.” Qadri is mohatmin administering the NCERT syllabus, (manager) of the Sunni Markaz the government or the board should Darul Uloom Gareeb Nawaz, a ensure that the infrastructure madarsa at Nagla Mewati in Agra. needed is there,” said the principal. “The objective of madrasa education He, however, was not sure as to is to impart knowledge about what arrangements would have to the Holy Quran and Hadees so that be made if practical lessons were these students can communicate required for science as there is their knowledge to others. We limited space available at many need to maintain this and are not madarsas. averse to any addition as such,” he —HEMENDRA CHATURVEDI