Volume-VI, Issue-I, July 2019 |
Education among Muslims in the Post-Independence India: An Analysis Mohmmad Suhail, Doctoral Fellow, Social Work Department, AMU, Aligarh, UP, India |
Received: 02.07.2019 | Accepted: 18.07.2019 | Published Online: 31.07.2019 | Page No: 114-123 | ||||
DOI: 10.29032/ijhsss.vol.06.issue.01W.089 | |||||||
ABSTRACT | ||
Education in India has always been a matter of concern. However, the post-independence period manifests the establishment of a very large number of educational institutions through government as well as private undertakings and marked a significant growth in literacy rate and educational attainment of its people. But this growth is not appreciable in some social-religious groups whose educational status is still low, particularly Muslims. The Sachar Committee report explores the marginalization of Muslim community and compares it with other religious communities and reveal the plights of the Muslims who are underdeveloped even after six decades of independence. They are at a double disadvantage with low levels of education combined with low-quality education, their deprivation increases manifold as the level of education increases. In this backdrop, the paper is an attempt to look into the educational status and its progress among Muslims in the postindependence period. The paper is based on secondary sources. Key Words: Muslims, Education, Post-Independence, Sachar, Backwardness. |