In order to better the situation of government schools, Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) demanded from the Government to implement common school system in the country. It will help give equal education to all.
Tauseef Ahmed, National Secretary of SIO, said, “We have been telling the government to implement common school system. Everyone should be given equal education. Irrespective of religion, caste, class, gender, poor or rich, everyone should be given equal education. The condition of government schools is alarmingly poor because only poor, Dalit and minority children study there; government employees don’t send their children to government schools. Allahabad High Court gave a verdict that all government employees have to send their children to government schools. But this was not implemented. If they send their children to government schools, their problems will be solved. The situation of all government schools is bad but the situation of schools in Mewat is worse. We urge the government that all primary schools be given Kendriya Vidyalaya status. And intermediate students should be given scholarships. All schools should be developed and madrasa students should be given admission in schools after bridge course.”
He was addressing a programme held on Mewat education development at Jamaat-e-Islami Hind headquarters in New Delhi on 7 May. The programme was organised by SIO’s education department, Centre for Education Research and Training.
Explaining the situation in Mewat, Ahmed, who is the director of education department, said that Mewat was declared a separate district parting from Gurgaon in 2005. Ever since, it has been backward, agriculturally and industrially. According to 2011 Census, 79.2 per cent are Muslims in Mewat. In this 10 lakh population area, there are 493 primary schools and only 45 high schools. One lakh sixty two thousand students take admission into primary schools in a year but when they come to high school, the number of students reduces to 40,000. In this way, Mewat people are living under a very bad condition. In this 80 per cent Muslim populated area, 352 teachers are sanctioned for Sanskrit as 153 teachers are available. One hundred sixteen teachers are sanctioned for Hindi as 68 teachers are available. In Mewat, Hindi is spoken while Sanskrit is a dead language. Likewise, only three teachers are sanctioned for Urdu for the entire district as one teacher is available. Two seats are vacant.
Madhu Prasad, Former Professor of Delhi University, said the education system of the country is getting worse day by day. The government, whichever party comes to power, is adopting such a policy that more and more students couldn’t study there. They want to keep our children uneducated. The rich send their children abroad for better education but 90 per cent children of our country remain here uneducated. They will be weaker people who are ready to work for capitalists on minor wages.