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Madrassas Funding ; 14 Crore Received By State From Centre

BY SALMAN NIZAMI
GNS JAMMU DEC : The funding of Madrassas by the Centre has triggered outrage among the Maulanas of different Madrassas operating across Jammu and Kashmir with the latter out rightly rejecting of receiving any financial assistance for imparting religious education to the youth."We don't receive funds from government of India for our Madrassas. We strictly follow the guidelines set by Darul-uloom Deoband that bars us from taking financial assistance from the government for imparting religious education to the Muslim youth," Head Madrassa Talab Khatikan Jammu, Molana Abdul Samad told State Observer. He said the claims of funding Madrassas across the state should be thoroughly probed by a premier investigative agency and the persons responsible for bringing bad name to the Madrassas should be taken to task. Pertinently, this newspaper on Monday had reported that the Centre was pushing crores of rupees to at least 372 Madrassas operating across the two capitals of the state.The disclosure in this regard was made by the Ministry of Human resource development department of school education and literacy in response to an RTI application filed by a local Mohammad Sadiq Paswal on November, 2, 2011.The official figures revealed that 722 teachers provide religious education to the students for which they are paid an amount of Rs 519. 85 lakh annually. Besides it, an amount of Rs 55.80 is spend annually on providing learning material, like books, magazines and other study material.On the establishment of libraries, Rs 186 lakh have been spent by the equal number of Madrassas. Rs 114.00 lakh are spent on science, computer lab and workshop at the cost of Rs one lakh for each.In a communication sent on May 4, 2011by the Ministry of Human resource development department of school education and literacy to the Principal Accounts Officer, Principal Accounts Office, department of school education and literacy, New Delhi, Under Secretary to Government of India, Sushil Kumar had sought the release of grant in aid general for the year 2009-2010, to the state government of Jammu and Kashmir for the Central plan scheme -Implementation of the scheme for providing quality education in Madrassas."I am directed refer to the Government of Jammu and Kashmir proposal dated 21.2.2011 for financial assistance to 372 Madrasa under the scheme for providing quality education in Madrassas (SPQEM) (recurring) for the year 2009-2010," the official communication reads."In continuation of this Ministry's sanction, of even number dated 28th March, 2011, I am directed to convey the sanction of the President to release balance of Rs 5, 38, 60,000 (Rs five crore thirty eight lakh and sixty thousand only) to Additional Secretary, Government of Jammu and Kashmir for implementation of the above mentioned scheme for the 2009-2010, and subject to fulfilling of all terms and conditions laid down in the scheme and in terms of this Ministry's letter dated 29.10.2008. This is purely voluntary scheme and the concerned institution has to apply to the state government for assistance," it adds. "First they were minting money in the name of roads and buildings. Now they have targeted Madrassas. This is a condemnable act," Molvi Mohammad Zulfikar, who runs Raabta Madaris in Banihal tehsil of Ramban district, told us.He said the government should make public the details of the Madrassas funding so that the people will come to know about the truth. The RTI revelation, he said has created suspicion among the masses over the functioning of the Madrassas. "If government funds Madrassas, they should make public all the details related to it. We have to see where the money collected on the name of Madrassas is going," he said, adding "We'll raise strong voice against this unholy nexus,". 

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