Najma Heptullah, the Union minister for minority affairs said that Centre is keen on providing quality education exclusively for minorities pointing out the need for making educational facilities available to them in the State.
She said "Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked us to implement suitable schemes for the development of minorities, especially Muslims who are pushed to extreme backwardness over a period" when she spoke at a conference on 'Taleem ki Taquat' (power of education) at the Maulana Azad National Urdu University (Manuu).
With specific bearing on the Muslim community she further stressed on the need of skill development among the Muslim girls and said that it is also on the priority list of the central government. She called upon the youth from the Muslim community to contribute towards nation building by all means. The other speakers also dwelt at length on the urgent need for education and skill development of Muslims.
Deputy Chief Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali said that the state government would work along with the Centre to develop people-friendly schemes in the education sector. He said that he was in receipt of a representation from Karimnagar parliamentarian B Vinod seeking a sanction of land for Manuu study center in the latter's constituency.
Zafar Sareshwala, the Chancellor of Manuu said: "There is no difference between religious and modern education. Today, technology is educating people in remote areas through satellite connections." He mentioned the work of the virtual education imparted to the madrassas in various parts of the Mumbai and said that it has been enabling a chunk of people to learn new things.
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