CENTRE RELEASES Rs 5.9 CRORE FOR MADRASA MODERNISATION
RAJYA SABHA
The Central Government
has provided assistance of Rs. 539.11 lakh for madrasa modernisation
to state governments, as compared to Rs. 3.04 lakh in 1993-94.
The Central Government
has been implementing the scheme of financial assistance for modernisation
of Madrasa education since 1993-94. Its objective is to encourage
traditional institutions like Madrasas and Maktabs to teach modern
subjects such as Science, Maths, English, Hindi and Social Studies
alongside the traditional curriculum. Under the scheme, salary
of two teachers for Madrasa is provided to teach modern subjects,
besides one-time grants for purchase of Science and Maths kits
and for book-bank for strengthening of libraries. From the Tenth
Plan, it has been merged in the unified scheme of area intensive
and Madrasa modernization programme.
This information
was given by Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi, Union Minister for Human
Resource Development, Science & Technology and Ocean Development
in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.
