New Delhi: Muslim minority schools contribute 22.75 percent of religious elementary schools and have the lowest percentage of non-minority populations at 20.29 percent, a new study by Apex Child Rights Body NCPCR found.
The study also found that the Christian community, which formed 11.54 percent of the total religious population, had a share of 71.96 percent of the total religious minority schools in India.
Research by the National Commission for Children’s Rights Protection is intended to find ways to ensure that children from the minority community get quality basic education, such as those guaranteed by their fundamental rights in these minority institutions.
The study found that the Muslim community contributed to 22.75 percent share to religious religious schools and had the lowest percentage of non-minority populations among their minority schools at 20.29 percent.
“In the entire community, 62.50 percent of student populations are included in the non-minority community, while 37.50 percent are included in the minority community.” The Muslim community school (20.29%) has the lowest percentage of non-minority populations among their minorities.
School, “said this study.
Christian community schools have 74.01 percent of the student population included in the non-Christian community, according to research.
The report said the Sikh community contributed 9.78 PE reccent to the total population of religious minorities and contributed Section 1.54 percent to religious minority schools.
“The Buddhist community, which formed 3.38 percent of the total religious population, had a share of 0.48 percent in the total religious minority school in India.
The Jain community contributed 1.90 percent share for religious minority populations, and contributed 1.56 percent share to religious minority schools, “he said.
The Parsi community, which formed 0.03 percent of the total religious population, had a share of 0.38 percent of the total religious minority schools in India while other religious communities (including tribal religion, Baha’i, Jews), contributed 3.75 percent to the religious minority population and 1.3 percent to religious minority schools.
Recommend mapping all institutions Unknown to identify children outside of school, NCPCR said there were a large number of children who went to school and institutions that were not recognized.
The number of institutions was unknown.
Therefore, whether this institution provides quality education is also unknown.
Children who attend all these institutions (schools that are not recognized and / or not mapped) must be treated as outside of school, even if they provide right e regular education.
Therefore, it is very important that any survey that is done to map the number of children outside the school must also include mapping all unrecognized institutions that can include unknown schools, madrasas, Pathshala Vedas, Gumpas and other forms of education Non-formal center, he said.
The report also recommends the need to link the need for the number of minority institutions in a country for a particular minority for the process of granting minority institutions for better use of resources.
The next NCPCR said that there was a need to put specific guidelines regarding the minimum percentage of students from the minority community to be treated at the institution.
Noting that it is important that NCERT along with Scerts must play a proactive role in expanding the right to education to all children, said NCPCR so far, minority cells have not taken constructive steps for children’s education in the community.
“It’s time for the Board to hold a consultative meeting with all stakeholders and create a path to reach these children and reach closer to minorities.” Also, vision, mission and function of minority cells in Ncert created in 2006 need to be revised and cells must play a greater role in taking fundamental rights for basic education for all children, especially children from the minority community, “he said.
Muslim minority schools accounted for 22.75 percent of religious elementary schools, Christian community schools at 72 percent: NCPCR
