In a memorandum, president of the academy T Basheeruddin said that district level officers would be able to address various issues faced by Muslims in education and social development. The State government should also allocate adequate funds from the Tamil Nadu Minorities Economic Development fund for meeting educational scholarships for all Muslim students while financial and welfare assistance through the district Muslim Development Committee should be disbursed to Muslim women.
The Academy has also urged the Thiruvalluvar University to establish a dedicated department for the promotion of Urdu since many colleges in the district of Vellore were offering Urdu as first language to Muslim students.
The State government should also provide ‘First Language Status’ to Urdu by amending the Tamil Nadu Tamil Learning act. The insistence on learning Tamil for Urdu students should be postponed to 2020 while learning Science through Tamil could be made compulsory for these students.
Basheeruddin also appealed to the State government to fill up all vacant posts of Urdu teachers in Vellore district while appointing more Urdu teachers for the Urdu medium schools based on the student population. Since Pernambut area housed a large number of Muslim population, at least one eligible candidate from the Muslim community could be recruited for the Pernambut police station. The town municipality should also establish vocational training centres for the development of Muslim community.
The district administration should take steps to start a Urdu medium elementary school in Tharaikadu area in Pernambut town to benefit a large number of children in this locality.
Due to a lack of a school, many children are being forced to become child-labourers to assist their beedi-rolling parents, Basheeruddin pointed out.
Similarly the existing Urdu medium elementary school at Quaid-e-Millath Nagar should be upgraded to Middle school.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Tamil Nadu / by Express News Service / March 20th, 2015