Reforming Madrasa Education during the 21st Century; A Case Study of South Punjab

Authors

  • Syed Raheem Abbas Naqvi Assistant Professor at the Government Postgraduate College Bhakkar
  • Muhammad Asim Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, Government Graduate College Asghar Mall, Rawalpindi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8873-5711
  • Razia Mussarat Professor at the Department of Political Science, the Islamia University of Bahawalpur

Keywords:

Dars, ISIS, War against Terrorism, American School in Dubai, PMEB, 25th Pearson Medal of Peace

Abstract

Madrasa system of education with a long history is providing religious education in Pakistan. For some students, the only source of formal education is Madrasas, while they are serving supplementary for others. In the current criticism by western media, the perceptions of students towards the Madrasa system of education carry great significance. For this purpose, such king of pilot study consisting of a sample of 454 students is randomly selected and data is collected through the survey method from twelve Deoband and four Shia madrasas in different regions of Southern Punjab. Impacts of previous madrasa education reforms after the establishment of the Pakistan Madrasa Education Board (PMEB) in 2001 and contemporary proposed madrasa education reforms during the War against Terrorism are also analyzed in this study. Findings and suggestions by the author are given in the last.

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01-01-2023

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Syed Raheem Abbas Naqvi, Muhammad Asim, & Razia Mussarat. (2023). Reforming Madrasa Education during the 21st Century; A Case Study of South Punjab. Insights of Mystical, Spiritual and Theological Studies, 2(1), 27–45. Retrieved from http://imsts.rmrpublishers.org/index.php/files/article/view/17

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