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Bangladesh plans $100m madrassa reform programme

The Bangladeshi government is planning to integrate thousands of madrassas - or Islamic religious schools - into the mainstream education system.

In a $100m reform package, it wants to introduce a new syllabus to the institutions from next year.

Bangladesh has two types of madrassas - one sponsored by the government and the other financed by donors.

A few years ago there were concerns that some madrassas could be encouraging militant and hardline Islam.

The discovery of huge arms cache in a madrassa in 2009 in a remote village in the district of Bhola triggered fears of rise of militant Islam in Bangladesh.

Since then the government has taken a tough stance on militancy and leaders of many hardline groups have been arrested.

"As part of the new education policy we want to bring modern education to the madrassas side by side with the traditional madrassa education," Bangladeshi Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid told the BBC.

"We want to introduce subjects such as English, Bengali language, mathematics and information technology [to the madrassas]."

Bangladesh currently has two types of madrassas.

The Alia madrassas are sponsored by the government and Qaumi madrassas are financed by donors from inside Bangladesh and abroad.

"The new plan will apply only to the Alia madrassas and we are still in talks with the Qaumi madrassa officials to develop their institutions. We want the Qaumi madrassas also to introduce modern education," Mr Nahid said.

Officials say there are around 16,000 state-sponsored Alia madrassas in the country with around 5.5 million students. They are under the Bangladesh Madrassa Education Board.

'Modern education'
In addition, there around 10,000 Qaumi madrassas, which have more than a million students. These institutions survive on private donations and do not depend on any state support.

"We have asked the Qaumi madrassas to come out with their own proposals on how they want to relate their education to the modern system," Mr Nahid said.

"Under the existing system it is not possible for the students of these madrassas to compete in any examination for government posts. We want them to be an Islamic scholar and at the same time a skilled person with a modern education."

But the plans to revamp the madrassa syllabus have already attracted criticism from Qaumi madrassa officials.

"The government wants to modernise Alia madrassas, which means religious education will be destroyed," Muhammad Abdul Jabbar, Secretary-General of Qaumi Madrassa Board, told the BBC.

Bangladesh has already launched a programme to reform madrassas, including plans to introduce compulsory lessons in English and science in religious schools.

This is a good move, where not only the religious instructions will be imparted, but also education that will open up avenues for formal education that is essential to exist in the world.

Many who are otherwise brilliant but poor and had only madrassas as a way to life will not have the opportunity to go abroad for higher education and may even get admission to the Ivy League colleges instead of the fly by night education institutions.

The overall education will add to the brain trust already available in Bangladesh.

Education will allow people a greater perspective to life.
 
Good move Bangladesh... I always expect such good move from Bangla ppl.. Bangla ppl are one of the most intellectual ppl in Indian subcontinent...

India too so the same, Imagine Madarsas turning into CBSE (Indian central board, 10+2 class) ,It will educate many Muslim, it will provide cheap education...

Today a poor muslim (who studied in Madrsas) learn Algebra at graduation level.. Madrsas syllabus is outdated.. Education can only change fate of indian subcontinent muslim's all problem...

PS: I am not against Muslim teaching in madarsas, Madarsas should teach Islam as well (as one subject)...
 
This is a good move, where not only the religious instructions will be imparted, but also education that will open up avenues for formal education that is essential to exist in the world.

Many who are otherwise brilliant but poor and had only madrassas as a way to life will not have the opportunity to go abroad for higher education and may even get admission to the Ivy League colleges instead of the fly by night education institutions.

The overall education will add to the brain trust already available in Bangladesh.

Education will allow people a greater perspective to life.

Very poor student go to Quomi madrasas which are mostly run by local charity. Most of the students are orphan or abandoned. At least they give some sort of education within their limitation and better than no education or left in the street. Their graduation certificates are not recognized and they cant find any job anywhere. I seen most of the graduates either become Mosque Imam or drive 3 wheeler or taxi cab where there is no need for certificates.

What governemt is trying to do, to bring them under formal Madrsah board which has a well developed syllabus. But this requires a huge fund mobilization as government have to pay full salary of all the teachers of those madrasas as well as for development of infra. By the way GOB pays salary of all teachers regardless of private or public schools and colleges, and ofcourse except English Medium schools.
 
Good move Bangladesh... I always expect such good move from Bangla ppl.. Bangla ppl are one of the most intellectual ppl in Indian subcontinent...

India too so the same, Imagine Madarsas turning into CBSE (Indian central board, 10+2 class) ,It will educate many Muslim, it will provide cheap education...

Today a poor muslim (who studied in Madrsas) learn Algebra at graduation level.. Madrsas syllabus is outdated.. Education can only change fate of indian subcontinent muslim's all problem...

PS: I am not against Muslim teaching in madarsas, Madarsas should teach Islam as well (as one subject)...
This is great. I dont think it is so easy to be accepted in India, people will oppose any such move from govt. However govt can always give scholarship, aid, computers etc to madrasas

It is easy to enact progressive rules about muslim institutions when they are majority. But In India, it will be taken as assault on their identity and independence.
 
Very poor student go to Quomi madrasas which are mostly run by local charity. Most of the students are orphan or abandoned. At least they give some sort of education within their limitation and better than no education or left in the street. Their graduation certificates are not recognized and they cant find any job anywhere. I seen most of the graduates either become Mosque Imam or drive 3 wheeler or taxi cab where there is no need for certificates.

What governemt is trying to do, to bring them under formal Madrsah board which has a well developed syllabus. But this requires a huge fund mobilization as government have to pay full salary of all the teachers of those madrasas as well as for development of infra. By the way GOB pays salary of all teachers regardless of private or public schools and colleges, and ofcourse except English Medium schools.

That is exactly what I am saying.

Great opportunities are being opened for the poor.

With formal education (apart from the religious ones), these boys will be able to compete in the 'real' world and will be an asset to Bangladesh!
 
Of course, some Bangaldeshis here may not like that the poor can equal and be better than them.

I say so, since I do not see them flocking like birds of prey as they do elsewhere and thump around thanks!
 
This is a good move, where not only the religious instructions will be imparted, but also education that will open up avenues for formal education that is essential to exist in the world.

Many who are otherwise brilliant but poor and had only madrassas as a way to life will not have the opportunity to go abroad for higher education and may even get admission to the Ivy League colleges instead of the fly by night education institutions.

The overall education will add to the brain trust already available in Bangladesh.

Education will allow people a greater perspective to life.

Not a bad move at all. I am always for a separation between religion and state, but given the fact that it only affects govt run institutions. I didn't even know govt endorsed madrassas to be honest and I think thats money we could have used in better use.
 
Bangaldeshis u should support Modern education...DOn't live in the age of religious education,teaching children the same koran book again n again...
Give importance to science,Ur Mother language Bengali,English,Computers,Economics,civics....

Let the next generation live a modern life...
And i think in bangladesh Girls also go to school like all other boys that good...
But in other islamic states,i heard girls are kept away from modern educarion and only taught quoran..is that true??


And Finally Only science n tech can build a peaceful n stable country,if u build nation on religious basis,it will miserably fail..
 
Bangaldeshis u should support Modern education...DOn't live in the age of religious education,teaching children the same koran book again n again...
Give importance to science,Ur Mother language Bengali,English,Computers,Economics,civics....

Let the next generation live a modern life...
And i think in bangladesh Girls also go to school like all other boys that good...
But in other islamic states,i heard girls are kept away from modern educarion and only taught quoran..is that true??


And Finally Only science n tech can build a peaceful n stable country,if u build nation on religious basis,it will miserably fail..

Dude, where u from? Mars !!!
Its a country where 100% enrollment is achieved. Primary education is compulsory here. We have more girls in the high school than boys. Just worry about your country.
 
1. People in BD have already rejected this. There are many valid reasons - for which one needs to have a thorough idea about madrassa education. It has to be said anything the current BAL govt does is generally taken as a prescription from India to turn the country "secular".

2.Madrassas themselves have a continuous regime of updating their syllabus. Outside funding with a binding prescription will always be suspect.

3. In BD it is an accepted fact in the bar of public opinion that the so called Bhola incident was an British Intel effort to color BD a "terrorist" nation. So were the attack on British Hi Com and simulate nous bomb blasting all over the country.
 
Bangaldeshis u should support Modern education...DOn't live in the age of religious education,teaching children the same koran book again n again...
Give importance to science,Ur Mother language Bengali,English,Computers,Economics,civics....

Let the next generation live a modern life...
And i think in bangladesh Girls also go to school like all other boys that good...
But in other islamic states,i heard girls are kept away from modern educarion and only taught quoran..is that true??


And Finally Only science n tech can build a peaceful n stable country,if u build nation on religious basis,it will miserably fail..

The article says that they'll teach science and math related subjects. You didn't even read the article did you?

And yes, many girls in Bangladesh go to school.
 
The article says that they'll teach science and math related subjects. You didn't even read the article did you?

And yes, many girls in Bangladesh go to school.

Trolls don't read, they troll.

More girls in BD go to school than boys.
 

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