Mainstreaming madrasa education

Presented by; Syeda Gohar SultanaAssigned by; Dr. Amjad Ali Arain

Mainstreaming Madrasa Education

Presentati

on

April 19, 2016

Education in Pakistan (Issues, Problems & Trends)

• Definition• Types of madrasa• Numbers of Madrasas• Madrasa reforms initiative• Challenges• Mainstreaming of Madrasa

Overview

Arab

ic • Madrasa

is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, whether secular or religion

Lite

ratu

re • Those

institutions which impart religious education through their own curriculum instead of one prescribed by the Ministry of Education, Government of Pakistan” (Andrabi et al., 2006).

Glo

bal /

Pol

itic

al • It a mindset that madrasas are the institutions to radicalize peoples

Mai

nstr

eam

ing • The

practice of educating students with the special needs the main current of a river or stream

Madrasa+Mainstreaming

Types of Madrasas

The following schools of thought exist :

1. Wafaq ul Madaaris al Arabia (Deobandi)

2. Tanzeem ul Madaaris (Barelvi)

3. Wafaq ul Madaaris al Salafia (Ahl-e-Hadith)

4. Wafaq ul Madaaris al Shia (Shia)5. Rabita ul Madaaris al Islamia (Jamaat-e-Islami)

Number of Madrasas in Pakistan

year 1947 year

2002 year 2007 year

2011 year 2015

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

Madrasa Reforms Initiative

Reform period

Musharraf

Period

Zia ul Haq

Period

International networking of madrasa

Financial support

from foreign bodies

Esteem to traditional

curriculum of madrasas

Number game

Madrasas’ Registration

To radicalise Muslim

community & train

them as Islamic warriors

What are Challenge

?

Mainstreaming

Madrasas

Registration

Monitoring of Madrasas

Record

Shut-down Illegal

Madrasas

Employability of Madrasa

Graduates

Allocate Educational

Funds

Curriculum(Incorporating Secular Subjects)

Model madrasa

s

Recruitment

process of

Madrasa teachers

Cont…

How

What

Q & A Session

• http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/node/1663#sthash.5KSV46Tm.dpuf

• http://www.countercurrents.org/engineer040209.htm • http://www.aiou.edu.pk/gmj/Religious_Madrassas_in_pk

.asp

• http://www.slideshare.net/htareen1/what-are-madaris-20280983

• http://www.sheir.org/new-education-policy.html • PAKISTAN’S MADRASSAS: THE NEED FOR INTERNAL REFORM

AND THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE by Saleem H. Ali, Visiting Fellow, Brookings Doha Center Associate Professor, University of Vermont

References