"..One can go on enumerating instances where minorities have got a
rough deal at the hands of the powers that be or how the articulate
sections not bothered to ensure building of a more inclusive,
non-discriminatory atmosphere at every pores of our society.
An outcome of this situation is very much visible on the educational
front. A recent report by the National Sample Survey Organisation
(NSSO), a central government body, tends to confirm this. Its surveys
show that Muslims, India’s largest religious minority is the most
backward community on the educational front. According to it Muslims
ratio in higher education is lower than even Scheduled Tribes (STs),
who are considered to be the most backward community.
A letter circulated by Mr Faisal Khan, an activist of the National
Alliance of People’s Movements provides vivid details of the unfolding
situation.
..[A]ttached to the Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme
Implementation, NSSO, in its report titled Education in India,
2007-08: Participation and Expenditure, says that of 100 Muslims in
the education system, just 10 are enrolled in high school and above.
Similar ratio for STs is 11, Scheduled Castes (SCs) 12 and Other
Backward Classes (OBCs) 14.
The report also says that higher education among urban Muslims is
lower than their counterparts in rural areas. This despite the fact
that urban areas have better educational facilities. According to the
NSSO report published on May 19, just seven out of 100 urban Muslims
in the education system were enrolled in high school or above as
compared to 12 in rural areas.."
http://kafila.org/2010/06/13/social-profiling-indian-style/
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You cannot build anything on the foundations of caste. You cannot
build up a nation, you cannot build up a morality. Anything that you
will build on the foundations of caste will crack and will never be a
whole.
-AMBEDKAR
http://venukm.blogspot.com
http://www.shelfari.com/kmvenuannur
http://kmvenuannur.livejournal.com
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