[Reader-list] A national seminar on the Madrasa Reform by Ark Foundation

[arshad amanullah]

A National Seminar
On
"MADRASAS AND EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF THE INDIAN MUSLIMS"

Organised By
Ark Foundation
With Support From
National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA)
On
Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th March, 2008
 Timings: 9:00am- 05:30pm
Venue: Arts and Aesthetics Auditorium, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi
Programme
SESSION –I:      09:00 – 10:00 AM

INAUGURATION
Chief Guest:      Dr. Karimi Najfi, Cultural Councilor, Islamic Republic of
Iran, New Delhi
Chair:         Prof. Basir Ahmad Khan, PVC, IGNOU, New Delhi
Welcome Note:     JNU, New Delhi
Presentation:     "Evolution of Madrasa Education System in India" by Ark
Research Team
Prof. Shahid Mahdi: Prof. Shahid Mahdi, Deputy Chairperson, ICCR, New Delhi
Vote of Thanks: NUEPA, New Delhi

------------Tea Break: 10:00 AM -10:30 AM---------

SESSION –II:      10:30 AM- 1:00 PM

Theme:        SCOPE AND RELEVANCE OF MADRASA REFORM
Chair:        Prof. M .H. Qureshi, JNU, New Delhi
Presentations –

Prof. Imtiyaz Ahmad:    The State, the Madrasa  and the Need for Reform
Maulana Saud Alam Qasmi:Need for Introduction of Modern Education in Madrasa
Dr. Yogender Sikand: Relevance of Reform in Madrasa Education System in
Present Socio-Economic Context
Dr Ishtiaq Danish: Reforms in Madrasa Education System: Problems and
Prospects

-------Lunch Break: 1: 00 PM - 2: 00 PM-----------

SESSION –III:  2:00 PM- 3:30 PM

Theme:    MODERNIZATION OF MADRASAS: STATE & OTHER AGENCIES' INTERVENTION
Chair & Discussant:Dr. S. Irfan Habib, NISTADS, Delhi
Presentations:

Justice M.S. A. Siddique: Government Initiatives to Modernize Madrasa
Education System & to Central Madrasa
Board.
Prof. Basir Ahmad Khan:    IGNOU's Initiatives to Promote Modern Education
In Most Backward Areas & Offering of Professional Courses to Madrasa
Graduates.
Dr. Nirja Shukla:NCERT's Initiatives Towards Modernization of Madrasa
Education System
Deepika:Jan Vikas and Jamiat-Ulama-I-Hind's Experiment in Gujarat
Daya Ram:The Agha Khan Foundation Initiatives

------------Tea Break: 03:30 PM -03:45 PM---------

SESSION –IV:     3:45 PM – 5:30 PM

Theme:     EXPERIMENTS WITH REFORMS WITHIN MADRASA INSTITUTIONS: VOICES FROM
THE GROUND
Chair:    Dr. Yogender Sikand, Expert and Freelance Writer
Presentations:

Dr. Roger Jeffery:  Need to Update Madrasa Curriculum: The Bijnor Experience

Maulana Haziq:     Experiments in Higher Islamic Education
Maulana Fazlur Rahim Mojaddidi: Combining Religious and Technical
Education:  A Cases Study of Jamiatul Hidaya Jaipur
Qasim Rasool Falahi: Experiences and Challenges in Educating Isolated
Communities
Qazi Shirajudin: Experiments in the Mewaat Region
Zubair Hudwai:     Participatory approach of Ulama in Madrasa reform: Kerala
experience

Day -2

SESSION –V:     9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Theme:    EXPLORING UNIFORMITY IN THE MADRASA EDUCATION & CURRICULUM CHANGES
Chair:          Prof. Akhtar Mahdi, JNU, New Delhi
Presentations:

Prof. Aktharul Wasey:    Relevance and scope of uniformity in Madrasa
Education & Curriculum Changes in Present Socio-Economic Context
Maulana Salman Nadvi:     Hamara Talimi Nisab Kaisa Ho?: In Search of a New
Curriculum
Dr Mohmad Arshad: Major Trends in Madrasa Education and possibility of
Reform
Arshad Alam:     Understanding Madrasa Curriculum in The Present Time
Dr. Fauzan Ahmad: Madrasa Curriculum: An Overview

------------Tea Break: 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM---------

SESSION –VI:     11:15 AM – 01:00 PM

Theme:        MEDIA AND REFORM IN MADRASA EDUCATION SYSTEM
Chair:        Nilofar Sohrawardi, Freelance Journalist
Presentations:

Zafar Agha: What &  Why of  Madrasa Reform and Indifference Of Media
Waris Mazhari: The Recent Deoband Conclave On Terrorism And Its Echo In The
Media
Arshad Amanullah: The Madrasa Media: What Ails Them?


------------Lunch Break: 01:00 PM – 2:00 AM---------

NATIONAL CONSULTATION
 On
MADRASA EDUCATION SYSTEM: TOWARDS DRAFTING A ROADMAP FOR REFORM
2:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Chair:    Dr. Ali Jawed, Director, NCPUL, New Delhi
Agenda:
i.  Recommendations of the Seminar
        ii.  A New Syllabus for Madrasa Education System
        iii.  Identifying Problems and Setting Goals
iv.  A Time-bound Action Plan
v.  Any other issue related to the development of Roadmap

Discussant:Dr.  Rizwan Qaiser, Associate Professor, JMI, New Delhi

Concluding Remark:Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Khan, Director General, NYKS, New Delhi

Vote of Thanks:    Dr. Shaheen Ansari, Chairman, Ark Foundation, New Delhi.

For detailas, contact:Sneha (09868086702), Ifat (9868512776),  Farfat
(09212759122), Ather (09810939748) & Arshad Amanullah (09911194488)