Centre for Promotion of Educational and Cultural Advancement of Muslims of India (CEPECAMI)

Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

National Seminar on Professionalization of Education: Problems and Opportunities for Indian Muslims. November 30 & st !ecember" #0 3
The Aligarh Muslims University, Aligarh an esteemed institution of learning is the vision of Aligarh movement launched by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, a great visionary and educationist of the country. With his uncanny abilities and devotion Sir Syed Ahmad Khan founded MAO College in !"# and had a firm conviction to built it u$ a university li%e o&ford and Cambridge. Contributions of AMU to $romote reasonable thin%ing and modern education in the country and $articularly among Muslims that 'as e&$licitly been recogni(ed by the $arliament of )ndia 'hen it $assed the AMU Amendment Act, *! . +ence the University is em$o'ered under section #,-.,c. of the act /to $romote es$ecially the educational and cultural advancement of Muslims of )ndia0. Modern a$e is the age of s%illful %no'ledge that can serve the society, organi(ation 1 either in educational institutions or service organi(ations. Since the last many decades there has been a cry that %no'ledge 'ithout use is useless. This is the scenario of the 'orld at large irres$ective of the nations 22 develo$ed, develo$ing or underdevelo$ed. )n s$ite of this fact, it has been seen that there are still a large number of institutions es$ecially run by Muslims, are generally focusing on traditional ty$e of education that has little to do in 3uest of rendering services to the community $eo$le and subse3uently may become the source of their lo' 3uality living. )t is indeed, true that traditional education is time2consuming and do not $rovide o$$ortunities for getting early be2fitting 4ob 'hereas, vocational or $rofessional education is a 'ell2directed and $lanned 'ay of $erusing education that $rovide am$le o$$ortunity for getting early and befitting 4obs and subse3uently 'ill %ee$ 4ob see%ers to en4oy high 3uality of life. With regard to $rofessionali(ation of education, it is to say that educational institutions must have there fingers on the nerves of the mar%et 'here most demanded 4obs are available or li%ely to be created in near future because if in accordance 'ith the 4ob mar%et conditions if education and training are $rovided then there are most li%ely enhances that $eo$le 'ill get em$loyment at the earliest 'ithout losing their career tenure. )n fact, in this modern age there is a fast $ace of technological develo$ment and for that reason every moment ne' courses are coming u$ to cater the re3uirements of the ne' 4obs. +o'ever, it is observed that Muslim institutions lag behind in visuali(ing the changing scenario of the 'orld of 'or% 'ith regard to the conditions and nature of 4ob o$$ortunities attracting the $eo$le in the 4ob mar%et hence, as a result generally Muslim students are $ursuing traditional education 'hich has no or little direction as 'ell as involves a time2consuming $rocess in getting

$ro$er 4ob for 'hich youngsters are 'ell suited. )n vie' to such observation, it is conceived that there must be an o$en deliberations among Muslim educationists5$lanners and various other +eads of Muslim Minority )nstitutions of both Madrasas and university5colleges for thin%ing over the issue of $rofessional and vocational courses for the benefits of Muslim students. The educationists, e&$erts and other $artici$ants may deliberate on the $resent $attern of the Muslims educational institutions and the $roblems they are facing in o$ening $rofessional5vocational courses and lin%ing these courses 'ith the o$$ortunities in the 4ob mar%et through interaction during the course of Seminar 'hich may be highly fruitful for motivating and $romoting Muslim )nstitutions to go for vocational5$rofessional courses that may subse3uently $romote and enhance the 3uality of life of Muslim youths in )ndia by getting be2fitting 4ob at the early age. 6or this $ur$ose, it has been $lanned to organi(e a 7ational Seminar on %Professionalization of Education: Problems and Opportunities for Indian Muslims&.

'ision of t(e Seminar: The vision of the Seminar is to deliberate on the follo'ing sub2themes to %no' and identify the $roblems, o$$ortunities and remedial strategies to motivate the )nstitutional +eads for giving main focus on 4ob2oriented courses and Muslim students to $ursue such ty$e of courses, 'hich are given as under82 . 9roblems and limitations in o$ening vocational5$rofessional courses. -. Muslim:s attitude to'ards female education es$ecially $rofessional5vocational courses. ;. <ole of $rofessional5vocational education for the cultural advancement of Muslims of )ndia. =. Utility2oriented education and Muslims. #. Motivation of Muslims students to'ards education in general and $rofessional education in $articular. >. 9ersonal and financial $roblems as barriers in $ursuing $rofessional education8 Challenges and remedies ". )nformation dissemination mechanisms $ertaining to the benefits of $rofessional5vocational courses !. Motivating mechanisms for Muslim students for $ursuing vocational5$rofessional courses *. Any other relevant issue 'ith regard to the theme. +aving deliberated on the above theme5sub2themes, it is visuali(ed that Muslim )nstitutions may come2out to thin% of focusing much more on to vocational courses of studies. Moreover, better strategies may also be designed for attracting Muslim students to'ards such courses through effective information dissemination techni3ues. )ast !ate for *bstract Submission: 30t( October" #0 3 )ast date for +ull Paper Submission ,t( November" #0 3 Send -our *bstract & Paper at : cepecami.amu/rediffmail.com