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Milli Council for motivating the youth to take up technical and vocational education

JAIPUR: The Rajasthan unit of All India Milli Council will organise a one-day educational conference here on January 28 to deliberate on the challenges of promoting education in the Muslim community and evolve an action plan to link education with economic empowerment.

The Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Arjun Singh, will be the chief guest in the conference and the Gujarat Governor, Nawal Kishore Sharma, will preside over.

Among others, P.A. Inamdar, vice-chairman, Maulana Azad Foundation, New Delhi, Hyderabad-based educationist, Fakhruddin, and Kamal Farooqui, general secretary, Confederation of Muslim Educational Institutions of India, will participate in the event and address two technical sessions.

The Milli Council's State general secretary, Abdul Qayoom Akhtar, told reporters here on Monday that a recent survey undertaken by Action Aid India for the Prime Minister's Committee on Muslims had revealed a "depressing picture'' of the community vis-a-vis education, employment and getting benefits of the Government's schemes.

Mr. Qayoom Akhtar pointed out that preliminary findings of the survey -- launched in five States, including Rajasthan -- had stated that 61.3 per cent of Muslims were landless, merely 3 per cent of them were in the Government jobs and 5.3 per cent in private employment, and 54.6 per cent of their population in cities and 60.2 per cent in villages had never attended schools.

In view of these disturbing figures, the Milli Council will call upon the community elders to motivate the younger generation to take up technical and vocational education and strive for excellence in their chosen fields. About 300 persons running schools and madrassas across the State and 200 "observers'' will attend the conference.

Mr. Qayoom Akhtar said a five-point memorandum to be submitted to Mr. Arjun Singh on the occasion would place the demand for preserving the minority character of Muslim institutions.

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