Bareilly :
Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti Urdu, Arabi-Farsi University in Lucknow has approved the recognition to degrees offered by Manzar-E-Islam Madrassa of Dargah Ala Hazrat. With this affiliation, children studying at the Dargah Ala Hazrat madrassa in Bareilly can go on to study at a university.
As madrassa marksheets are not accepted as valid at universities, students of the madrassa seldom make the transition to modern universities. Officials of Dargah Ala Hazrat are seeking similar affiliation from Jamia Millia Islamia University, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule (MJP) Rohilkhand University and Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). This madrassa is already affiliated to Jamia Hamdard University, Delhi.
“Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti Urdu, Arabi-Farsi University has now given affiliation to our madrassa. As the focus of the madrassa is more on religious teachings, the students do not get proper modern education, including lessons on English, Mathematics, Science, Computer Applications and other subjects,” said Mufti Mohammed Salim Noori of Manzar-E-Islam madrassa.
He added that at this madrassa, students get “alim” (considered to be of intermediate level) degree to students who pass out from here. However, as it is not accepted in most of the varsities, the children of the madrassa are seldom able to take admission in universities for modern education. For moving to modern universities, these students are required to take enrolment in a proper school and have to clear an intermediate exam. “Appearing for intermediate exams from school is a long and tedious process. However, as we have entered into tie-up with this varsity, the students holding alim degree of our madrassa will directly get admission and they need not to again give intermediate exams from a school,” said Maulana Subhan Raza Khan alias Subhani Miyan, chairperson of Dargah Ala Hazrat.
For seeking admission in varied courses of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti Urdu, Arabi-Farsi University and Jamia Hamdard University, the madrassa students will have to either come in the merit list or clear the entrance exams.
The officials of the shrine added that after Ramzan, they will also approach authorities at Jamia Millia Islamia University, MJP Rohilkhand University and AMU for similar affiliation for the betterment of students studying in madrassa. The affiliation has made the madrassa students happy. “I am excited to study in a university as I will get an opportunity to become part of nation’s mainstream. We will be in a better position to take on the world,” said Mohd Khalid, a student.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Bareilly / by Priyangi Agarwal, TNN / June 28th, 2015