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**ZESINTERS** · 01-04-2012, 01:32 PM

New Delhi: Muslims have fallen off the education map. And in campuses of higher institutes of learning like the IITs and the IIMs, Muslim presence is minimal.
For the Sachar panel, which has been sounding the warning bells time and again, this trend in Muslim education is worrying.
Independent India has not seen Muslims do well in higher education. In fact, statistics with the Sachar Panel show that percentage of Muslim students doing undergraduation courses is less about nine per cent.
Much worse, in post graduation courses only one out of 20 students is a Muslim. For women the situation is rather appaling — only five per cent Muslim women manage higher education.
The status of admission of Muslims to the country's top medical and engineering colleges is horrifying. And the panel says a lot needs to be done to provide the Muslims with quality higher education.
In medical colleges, only six per cent of Muslim men take up undergraduate courses in Medicine. It is a disapppointing less than four per cent for Muslim men at the post graduate level.
Muslim women have it worse. With only four per cent taking up medicine at the undergraduate level and just 1.5 per cent for Muslim women at the postgraduate level.
At the IITs, only 1.5 per cent of Muslims make it to undergraduate courses. It is a dismal 3.5 per cent at the postgraduate level and 4.5 per cent at the research level.
These figures call for desperate measures according to panelists. "They give a kind of preferential access in a time-bound manner. Special classes and special coaching can be given," says Member Secretary of Sachar Panel, Dr Abu Saleh Sherriff.
And there are problems at the basic primary level as well. Only three per cent of the Muslim children in urban areas go to school. In rural India, only three per cent Muslim boys and 2.5 per cent Muslim girls get school education.
"Where Muslim concentration is high in villages, my guess is that in urban areas the situation is similar — schools are less. Also, when the Muslim childer get enrolled, there is a high dropout," says Dr Sherriff.
The Sachar panel says — spend as much as possible on running good government schools in Muslim areas. This is one suggestion which the Government can hardly ignore.
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ZESINTERS Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 357 Senior Member	New Delhi: Muslims have fallen off the education map. And in campuses of higher institutes of learning like the IITs and the IIMs, Muslim presence is minimal. For the Sachar panel, which has been sounding the warning bells time and again, this trend in Muslim education is worrying. Independent India has not seen Muslims do well in higher education. In fact, statistics with the Sachar Panel show that percentage of Muslim students doing undergraduation courses is less about nine per cent. Much worse, in post graduation courses only one out of 20 students is a Muslim. For women the situation is rather appaling — only five per cent Muslim women manage higher education. The status of admission of Muslims to the country's top medical and engineering colleges is horrifying. And the panel says a lot needs to be done to provide the Muslims with quality higher education. In medical colleges, only six per cent of Muslim men take up undergraduate courses in Medicine. It is a disapppointing less than four per cent for Muslim men at the post graduate level. Muslim women have it worse. With only four per cent taking up medicine at the undergraduate level and just 1.5 per cent for Muslim women at the postgraduate level. At the IITs, only 1.5 per cent of Muslims make it to undergraduate courses. It is a dismal 3.5 per cent at the postgraduate level and 4.5 per cent at the research level. These figures call for desperate measures according to panelists. "They give a kind of preferential access in a time-bound manner. Special classes and special coaching can be given," says Member Secretary of Sachar Panel, Dr Abu Saleh Sherriff. And there are problems at the basic primary level as well. Only three per cent of the Muslim children in urban areas go to school. In rural India, only three per cent Muslim boys and 2.5 per cent Muslim girls get school education. "Where Muslim concentration is high in villages, my guess is that in urban areas the situation is similar — schools are less. Also, when the Muslim childer get enrolled, there is a high dropout," says Dr Sherriff. The Sachar panel says — spend as much as possible on running good government schools in Muslim areas. This is one suggestion which the Government can hardly ignore. http://ibnlive.in.com/news/the-truth...n/27064-3.html
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