Educational scenario in Madrasas of Bihar

Pages: 549-552
Lakshmi Pandey (Department of Psychology, TM Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur, Bihar)

Madrasas, the indigenous system of education, through which the community ensures that its future generations acquire knowledge of Islam, has become a symbol of Muslim identity in India. In this paper an attempt has been made to ascertain the role of Madrasas as a mechanism to provide education to the Muslim community and to highlight the quality of Madrasas in Bihar. The present study is a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. The study based on the secondary data collected by U-DISE 2014-15. The findings of the study shows that lack of incorporation of physical inputs of modern education were found in most of the Madrasas. Condition and especially availability of physical facilities can have an effect on education quality. Finally, it is concluded that the lack of female teachers, lack of trained teachers and poor infrastructure affects students’ ability to learn in Madrasas are largely unknown and left unaddressed.