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Malegaon: Minister of
State for Human Resource Development, Dr. Shashi Tharoor on
Wednesday said in the Lok Sabha that the government was committed
to providing quality education to the Muslims in India.
"Setting up educational institutions, with focus on improving
access, equity and quality in Minority Concentration Districts (MCDs)
is a priority for the Government", he said in the Lok Sabha while
replying to a written question on Minorities education.
"Under the scheme of establishment
of 374 Model Degree Colleges in districts having a Gross Enrolment
Ratio of Higher Education below the national average, 12 proposals
were received and approved for setting up Model Degree Colleges in
Minority Concentration Districts", he said.
"Under the Schemes of Sub-Mission on
Polytechnics, 54 new Polytechnics have been approved in Minority
Concentration Districts out of the 57 proposed in 13 States. An
amount of Rs.315.16 cores has been released so far", he added.
He also said that two campuses of the Aligarh Muslim
University have been established at Mallapuram (Kerala) and
Murshidabad (West Bengal).
He said the National Commission for Minority
Educational Institutions (NCMEI) has granted minority status
certificates to 7292 educational institutions till 31.1.2013.
He said that under the Sarva Shiksha
Abhiyan (SSA), districts with concentration of Muslim population
are specifically targeted for maximizing school access and
eliminating infrastructure gaps.
Under this programme, as of December
2012, a total of 20,512 Primary Schools and 9,918 Upper Primary
Schools have been constructed in Minority Concentration Districts.
Under the Rashtriya Madhyamik
Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), 890 new secondary schools have been
approved to be opened in MCDs.
Out of 3,609 Kasturba Gandhi Balika
Vidyalayas (KGBVs) i.e. residential schools for girls at Upper
Primary level for girls belonging predominantly to the SC, ST, OBC
and minority communities in Educational Backward Blocks, 544 KGBVs
have been sanctioned in the Minority Concentration Districts,
enrolling 10,821 Muslim girls.
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