All the minority institutions should make concerted efforts to get minority status for their institutions so as to avail themselves of the facilities earmarked for the minorities by the governments. The views were expressed by Justice Mohammad Suhail Ejaz Siddiqui, chairman National Commission for Minority Education, while addressing a two-day workshop organised by the Federation of Muslim Educational Institutions in the national capital on 16-17 November.
Justice Siddiqui valued the job undertaken by the Federation of Muslim educationists and hoped that the Federation would ensure an atmosphere conducive to minority students as well as minority institutions. He further stressed that the Muslims should collectively work to find solution to the problems and obstacles the minority institutions have been facing.
Those who spoke on the occasion include Kamal Farooqi, former chairman of the Minority Commission of Delhi; Prof Muqeemuddin of Aligarh Muslim University; Nusrat Ali, Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind; and Er. Mohd Saleem, Secretary JIH. Dr Manzoor Ahmad, President of the Federation, urged all the participants to play their active role in the educational uplift of the community.