Why are other communities not included in Maulana
Azad Taleem-e-Baligan project?
Even if diatribes
against alleged ominous effects of Brahamanical Hinduism and verbal compassions
to its worst victims or Hindu depressed castes never die down, governmental
benefits are rendered to a particular minority community or the Muslims only. And
other minority communities are left in the lurch. This account is
enough to shock any sane and enlightened individual but this has also been the
reality in India ever since August 15, 1947 and the trend is gaining strength
with each day it passes. UPA government, known to hanker after Muslim support
to retain its own suzerainty, has created a new saga through introduction of a
new project to increase the rate of literacy among Muslims. The project was
inaugurated by Mallipudi
Raju Pallam Mangapati, Hon’ble Minister for Human Resources Development,
Government of India on January 5, 2014 and it is worth Rs. 600 crores. The
project has been named as Maulana Azad Taleem-e-Baligan and its mission is to
make a crore of Muslim adolescents (of age 15 and above) literate. Apart from this,
the project also includes schemes to make two-and-half lakh Muslim elders
literate and impart developed technical knowledge among 3 lakh Muslims to
better their lives.
On the word of officials in the Union Ministry,
1000 adult education centers will also be set up only for Muslim women and only
village panchayats where the Muslim population exceeds 5, 000 will have this
facility. The project of Maulana Azad Taleem-e-Baligan will focus on 61 Muslim-concentrated
“Sakshar Bharat” districts across 11 states of India. It has been learnt, first
stage of the project will be completed by September, 2014. When journalists
asked the concerned officials of the need of this project at the annual
meeting of the National Monitoring Committee for Minorities Education on
January 5, it was said that it had been designed to better each commoner in the
country.
In accordance with members of the National Monitoring Committee for Minorities' Education (NMCME),
the rate of registering Muslim children in educational sector is rising high. While
the rate of registration of Muslim children in primary education was 9.4% (on a
national scale), it turned into 14.25% in 2012-2013. Such type of surge has
been found in the realm of secondary education as well; it has become 12.1%
from 7.2% within a few years. The Union Government has commenced Maulana Azad Taleem-e-Baligan project to fill up
the outstanding deficit fast.
Will this novel approach bring desired success? Members
of NMCME are quite optimistic whereas
critics are being found to be skeptical and term it as both frivolous and politics
of compulsion and also ugliest representation of the lust to grab minority votes.
They do opine that several such measures were adopted in the past and all these
have failed miserably thanks to deficiency in response from the Muslim society.
But, albeit there were failures, budgets were devoured and as per security
experts, currency was channelized for belligerent activities altogether. These experts
apprehend its repetition at this time too. Reprisals from other minority
communities, thanks to the government’s partisanship, as well as sections of
the majority community can’t also be ruled out.
It is to be noted, Union Human Resources Development Ministry has already asked
the government of Uttar Pradesh for readmission of students affected by Muzaffarnagar
riots in the state. But current developments portray that this facility is only
for Muslim children at the primary level. The situation is no different in Bengal
where Hindu victims in any communal riot are left high and dry, let alone
creating special opportunities for Hindu students.
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