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Students who have been educated at madrassas go against all myths and conventions and secure ranks in various competitive exams. Several coaching institutes help to educate these madrassa students to crack exams of UPSC, NEET, JEE, etc.
Shahid Raza Khan is a 27 years old man who cracked the UPSC exams this year and secured the 751st rank in the third attempt. He was shifted from a private school to a madrassa (also known as Madarsa) in the Gaya district of Bihar when he was in class 2. He is a great example of how madrassas are not limited to imparting only classic Islamic education now.
Students studying in madrassas have often been at a disadvantage when competitive exams are concerned. The education provided to them is mostly related to Islamic studies which is the reason they lag behind in various competitive exams like UPSC, JEE, NEET, etc. However, the madrassas in many states like Uttar Pradesh have not only modernised their curriculum but they also get assistance from several non-profit coaching institutes that pitch in for creating civil servants, doctors, and engineers of tomorrow.
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Sahid Raza Khan was coached at an NGO based in Delhi, Zakat Foundation of India. This coaching institute provides subsidised and free tuition to madrassa students and it has taught 18 out of the total 27 Muslim candidates who managed to clear the civil services exams this year.
The Shaheen Group of Institutions in Bidar, Karnataka, has also produced many engineers and doctors through its bridge course in the last two decades for students that have been educated in madrassas. Hafiz Waheed Abdullah, a student from Gorakhpur, had joined the Shaheen coaching at the age of 15 and he went on to obtain 579 marks in NEET.
The Zakat Foundation was started by Syed Zafar Mahmood and he told that the institute takes sixty-five aspirants of civil services exams every year out of which five or six are madrassa educated. The entry into the Zakat coaching is done based on an entrance exam which ensures that all students are more or less on the same level despite their schooling.
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The success stories of these students who have received education from madrassas and are qualifying competitive exams like UPSC and NEET is inspirational for many others of their community. The myth of these people about not being able to crack these exams has been broken.
Inputs From THE TIMES OF INDIA
