Educationists say that students from the Muslim community lack confidence and are unaware of civil service exams.
Educationists say that students from the Muslim community lack confidence and are unaware of civil service exams. The committee hopes to change all that with a training centre, hostel facility and library for aspiring students.The Muslim community has always been regarded as the community with low literacy levels and no access to modern education. The government, too, has woken up to this and there is a growing concern within the administration to reach out to the minority community. The plan is to encourage Muslim students to appear for the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and Maharashtra State Public Commission — the Indian Administrative (IAS) and Indian Police Services (IPS).
Taking a cue, the Haj Committee of India, has chalked out a plan to encourage Muslim students to appear for the various civil service examinations. Among their various plans starting a coaching class to groom students for the civil service examination is the first step.
The committee’s chief executive officer Muhammed Owais told DNA, “We have a lot of space and we will start coaching classes for the minority students to help them appear for civil service examinations and other all-India tests such as the railways, banking and other public sector jobs.”
The first batch will have 50 students with experts on board for every subject. Advertisements seeking students to enroll will be advertised in all leading regional language and Urdu papers.
“We will advertise in the papers calling potential students, who have passed the preliminary exams and the selection process will be transparent,” said Owais.
Owais further, stated that the Haj House in Crawford Market will also provide hostel facilities for the students coming in from other cities. “We have noticed that Muslim parents do not encourage their children to appear for these exams as they cannot afford to send them to bigger cities. They do not have the money to put them up in private lodges so, here we will take care of all their lodging, boarding, food and studies,” said Owais.
A member of the state government study group for the education, social and economical backwardness of the Muslim community, Professor Mohammed Tilwat Ali told DNA that there is not enough awareness among the Muslim community in rural areas regarding civil service examinations. The community also lacks language skills required for these entrance tests. “The effort will definitely inspire the community to send their children for public service jobs,” Tilwat said.
He adds, “The Muslim students in the Marathwada region lack the required confidence and as a result are not driven towards preparing for the public sector exams. This exercise will help people from our community.”
Owais said the committee also plans to convert the ground floor of the Haj building into a library and will be publishing a book on India and Haj. Meanwhile, keeping in mind the growing security concerns, 50 CCTV cameras have been installed in the 18-storeyed Haj House.
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