Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities
Year : 2017, Volume : 7, Issue : 5
First page : ( 1) Last page : ( 17)
Online ISSN : 2249-7315.
Article DOI : 10.5958/2249-7315.2017.00293.3

Maktabs and Madrasas in India: A Look at Statistics based on 8th All India School Education Survey

Pajankar Vishal D

NCERT, New Delhi, India

Online published on 12 May, 2017.

Abstract

During British rule in India, these institutions were targets of tirade of Trevelyan in that Macaulay's recommendations of 1835 envisaged stopping of the printing of Arabic books and abolition of the Madrasas and the Sanskrit pathashalas. During the period, the Persian, Arabic and Urdu Maktabs and Madrasas and Sanskrit Pathshalas were succeed without expansion, but found a congenial atmosphere for expansion in the post-Independence era however, post independence government had not shown keen interest in the expansion of Maktabs and Madrasas. Under 8th AISES (2009), information on Oriental School in the country has been collected. As per 8th AISES report, only Maktabs (816) and Madrasas (3, 879) are functioning in the country. Present paper is focusing on some more statistics on various parameter of Maktabs and Madrasas status in the country.

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Keywords

Maktabs, Madrasas, Macaulay, Schools, Enrolment, Teachers.

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