দারুল_উলুম_দেওবন্দের_শিক্ষাক্রম
শিক্ষাগত উপবৃত্তি
Most of the students prosecuting their studies in the Arabic schools are poor and indigent. The financial condition of their guardians is not such that they may afford to spend money for the education and training of their young children and adorn them with education and culture. The history of every progressive nation is a witness to the fact that the secret of its progress lies hidden in the edcuation of its masses and this is not possible unless there is an arrangement for free education. Accord ingly, after an experience of hundreds of years the greatest educationists of the twentieth century have at last arrived at the conclusion that the education of the masses ought to be free , and as long as this method is not adopted , it is difficult for education to become universal. The greatest drawback of modern education is this that it has become a preserve of those people only who can afford their expenses, as if there is no place for the poor in the acquisition of the modern education. But in our old system of education educational expenses have been made the liability of the educational institutions rather than of the students. In this system of education no fees are charged for education. And not only this, text - books are provided gratis for the students , rather , the indigent and poor students are given even cash stipends by the institu tions for food , clothes and other necessities. In the Dar al - Ulum this matter has been paid special attention to ab initio that the burden of meeting the expenses of the boarding and lodging, clothing , medical treatment and other inevitable needs should be borne by the Dar al - Ulum rather than by the students , save those who may afford to be self - sufficient. But in the issuing of stipends due regard to it is inescapable that dis inclination in matters educational and the eleemosyrary or parasitic habit may not develop in the students, and that they remain all absorbed in educational works. Hence all the stipends are issued for one year only, to be renewed next year. Whenever the student fails in the examination, the stipend is stopped and is not reissued as long as he does not obtain , in accordance with the rule of the issue of stipend , success in the examina tion in the medium class. However, accommodation for stay in the hostel and text - books from the library for the relevant year are given temporarily without charge to every student , deserving or undeserving. The following conditions are necessary for obtaining a stipend - ( A ) The student may have studied books like Al - Nahv al - Wazeh, Sharh - e Tehzib , etc. ( which are being taught in the second year ). ( B ) He may have obtained out of 50 at least 37 marks, which is the medium class of success. ( C ) He may be asking for aid because of poverty. The stipend is of two kinds : food - and - cash. For the provision of food there is the Kitchen, from which each student , at each meal , is given two tandoori ( i.e. , Tannuri ; a kind of bread which is baked inside the oven ) breads the ( ary ) flour of which weighs 250 grams. Dal dish is given at lunch - time and meat - dish in the evening '. Besides meals, cash stipends are also given in different quantities , upto fifty rupees per month. In the terminology of the Dar al - Ulum, both these kinds of stipends are called " imdad " ( " aid " ). Those students whom " aid " is issued, are also given four pairs of clothes , two pairs of shoes in one year and a quilt also in the winter season. A monthly stipend is fixed for lighting in the rooms and for the washing of clothes. Physicians are appointed for the treatment of sick students. Medicines are provided gratis to the students and they are also supplied regimen ( medically prescribed diet ). Besides these matters, arrangement of light in the passages of the Dar al - Ulum , water - taps in the hostels , and tepid water in the mosque of the Dar al - Ulum in the winter season , is done necessarily. All the students admitted in the Dar al - Ulum are given text - books on loan from the library for one year without charge. Whether or not a student gets financial aid, he is not charged rent for the hostel - room.