By: Ajay Tomar Published in: *The Wire* Date: March 4, 2024 Source: https://thewire.in/education/muslim-higher-education-enrolment-southern-states-outperform-hindi-heartland-says-study *Please access source (above) to read the complete news report.*
Quote: "The southern states have by far a bigger rate of enrolment in higher education of students from Muslim communities as compared to their peers in other parts of India – particularly Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, where the community’s population is significant. This has been stated in a study titled “State of Muslim Education in India” compiled and analysed by former professor Arun C Mehta, who was heading the Educational Management Information System (EMIS) at the National University of Educational Planning & Administration (NIEPA). “The teaching quality and regular monitoring are also comparatively better, as we found in several studies,” Ziyauddin [K. M., a professor at the Department of Sociology of the Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU)],told *South First*. The professor also pointed out that the state’s support system was regarded relatively better among its southern counterparts. “Whether it’s entrepreneurship, independent employment, or skill-based works, the opportunities are more there in general as a result of which consciousness among Muslim communities is also more. Teaching children is kind of an aspiration,” he explained. Imtiaz Ahmad, a sociology professor at Delhi’s Jamia Milia (sic) Islamia University, said the southern states were more tolerant and inclusive towards minority communities."
