Lok Sabha Question No. 3211 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-16
Subject: Madarsas under Vocational Scheme
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: E. T. MOHAMMED BASHEER, NEELAM SONKER, SHIVKUMAR CHANABASAPPA UDASI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3211 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16/03/2016

## MADARSAS UNDER VOCATIONAL SCHEME

## 3211.  SHRI E.T. MOHAMMED BASHEER: SHRIMATI NEELAM SONKER: SHRI SHIVKUMAR UDASI:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  taken  steps  to  cover  Madarsas/Maktabs  under  the vocational scheme for +2 level of schools;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  status  of  the  same  in  different  States  and  Union Territories and the subjects likely to be taught under this scheme;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to approve Madarsas/Maktabs as the centres for skill development scheme; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

- (a) No Madam.
- (b) Does not arise.
- (c) and (d) There is no such proposal to approve Madarsas/ Maktabs as the centres under Skill development  schemes  of  Ministry  of  Minority  Affairs.  However,  students  studying  in community institutions like Madarsas are also being covered under the skill development programmes being implemented by Maulana Azad National Academy for Skills (MANAS), a special purpose vehicle established through National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation (NMDFC) on 11.11.2014 by the Ministry of Minority Affairs. It provides  an  integrated  institutional  arrangement,  to  meet  all  skill  development  /skill upgradation needs of the minority communities and sustainable livelihood options in terms of self-employment/wage employment opportunities with primary focus of selfemployment with credit linkages.  MANAS, under its innovative scheme  has established temporary Skill Development Centres in traditional educational institutions of minorities, such as madarsas and other institutions, on voluntary basis, for imparting training to their students,  along  with  other  marginalized  sections  of  minority  communities,  living  in  its neighbourhood,  to  provide  'door  step'  access  to  skill  development  leading  to  their economic  empowerment  through  self/  wages  employment.  Under  this  initiative,  since inception altogether 19,400 trainees have been enrolled in 18 madarsas i.e. 3 madarsas in Bihar,  1  madarsa  in  Maharastra,  6  Madarasas  in  Jammu  &  Kashmir  and  8  madarsas  in Assam and other institutions in 4 states.

Further,  the  Ministry  has  launched  a  new  scheme  'Nai  Manzil'  in  2015-16,  an integrated  educational  and  livelihood  initiative,  which  also  aims  for  the  benefit  of  the minority  youth  who  do  not  have  a  formal  school  leaving  certificate, i.e., those  in  the category of school-dropouts or educated in the community education institutions like the Madarsas , which do not give formal school certificates, with a view to educate them along with skills and enable them to seek better employment.

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