Madrasas are the institution for any time of education either secular or religious.

1. Presented by; Syeda Gohar Sultana
Assigned by; Dr. Amjad Ali Arain
Mainstreaming
Madrasa Education
April 19, 2016

2. • Definition
• Types of madrasa
• Numbers of Madrasas
• Madrasa reforms initiative
• Challenges
• Mainstreaming of Madrasa
Overview

3. Arabic
• Madrasa is
the Arabic
word for
any type of
educational
institution,
whether
secular or
religion
Literature
• Those
institutions
which
impart
religious
education
through
their own
curriculum
instead of
one
prescribed
by the
Ministry of
Education,
Governmen
t of
Pakistan”
(Andrabi et
al., 2006).
Global/Political
• It a
mindset
that
madrasas
are the
institutions
to
radicalize
peoples
Mainstreaming
• The
practice of
educating
students
with the
special
needs the
main
current of
a river or
stream
Madrasa+Mainstreaming

4. Types of Madrasas
The following schools of thought exist :
1. Wafaq ul Madaaris al Arabia (Deobandi)
2. Tanzeem ul Madaaris (Barelvi)
3. Wafaq ul Madaaris al Salafia (Ahl-e-Hadith)
4. Wafaq ul Madaaris al Shia (Shia)
5. Rabita ul Madaaris al Islamia (Jamaat-e-Islami)

5. Number of Madrasas in Pakistan
No. of…
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5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
30000
year 1947
year 2002
year 2007
year 2011
year 2015

6. Madrasa Reforms Initiative
Reform period
Musharraf
Period
Zia ul
Haq
Period

7. International
networking of
madrasa
Financial
support from
foreign
bodies
Esteem to
traditional
curriculum of
madrasas
Number
game
Madrasas’
Registration
To radicalise
Muslim
community &
train them as
Islamic
warriors
What are
Challenge?

8. Mainstreaming
Madrasas
Registration
Monitoring of
Madrasas
Record
Shut-down
Illegal
Madrasas
Employability
of Madrasa
Graduates
Allocate
Educational
Funds
Curriculum
(Incorporating
Secular
Subjects)

9. Model
madrasas
Recruitme
nt process
of Madrasa
teachers
Cont…

10. How
What
Why
Q & A Session

11. • http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/node/1663#sthash.5KSV46Tm.d
puf
• http://www.countercurrents.org/engineer040209.htm
• http://www.aiou.edu.pk/gmj/Religious_Madrassas_in_pk.asp
• http://www.slideshare.net/htareen1/what-are-madaris-20280983
• http://www.sheir.org/new-education-policy.html
• PAKISTAN’S MADRASSAS: THE NEED FOR INTERNAL REFORM AND THE
ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE by Saleem H. Ali, Visiting
Fellow, Brookings Doha Center Associate Professor, University of
Vermont
References