In a first, 129 girl students were enrolled from Madarasa into Zilla Parishad Urdu school at Dahifal in Shevgaon Taluka of Ahmednagar district.
In a first, 129 girl students were enrolled from Madarasa into Zilla Parishad Urdu school at Dahifal in Shevgaon Taluka of Ahmednagar district.
Zilla Parishad officials, along with enthusiastic teachers, persuaded the Maulana to send the girls to the school. "It was a great achievement for us since we were trying to convince Maulana Sayyad Nasir for almost six-odd months to send the girls for formal education, instead of imparting religious education," said Ganpat Daspute, an innovative and progressive teacher from Shevgaon.
Daspute informed that it was women's education extension officer Shailaja Raul, along with district education officer Popat Kale and Ashok Kadus, who made efforts in this direction.
The Zilla Parishad chief executive officer, Shailesh Nawal, felicitated Maulana Sayyad Nasir during a formal function to enrol these girls to ZP school. Kale announced that he would be implementing the schemes for the minority students effectively and will also adopt all these girls till completion of their education.
Nawal informed dna that the idea was to bring the Muslim girls into mainstream education and the madarasa would work as their hostel since all the girls are from economically weaker sections. He said that the girls would be with ZP school between 9am and 5pm and will avail all the benefits, including midday meal scheme and other facilities. Nawal said it was a bold step on the part of Maulana Sayyad Nasir and it would be path-breaking.
Most of the girls come from the economically weaker section and some of the girls have lost either of the parents, informed Maulana Sayad Nasir. He said these 129 girls are from madarasas in Nevasa, Pathardi, Salbatpur and Shevgaon Paithan talukas, which were started in 2009.
He informed that he was initially not convinced since the distance between the madarasa and the school is 3km, but the arrangement has been done now. The primary teachers have come together to pay for the vehicle, which would bring the girls from madarasa to the Urdu school.
The principal of the school, Rahimuddin Shaikh, school committee chief Iliyaas Shaikh and sarpanch of the village Yuvraj Bhosale, were also present for the function.
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