Policy Perspective vs. Field View: An Analysis of Madrasas in India

This paper examines the policy prescriptions that seek to address the educational backwardness of Muslim minorities in India. In particular, it highlights the flawed focus on madrasa reform in these documents and the linearism reflected in policy recommendations on madrasa modernisation. It draws on...

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Published in:	Journal of Muslim minority affairs Vol. 40; no. 3; pp. 457 - 469
Main Author:	Borker, Hem
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Abingdon Routledge 02-07-2020 Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:	Education policy girls' madrasas India madrasa madrasa modernisation policy madrasa reform Minority groups Modernization Muslim education Prescription drugs Reforms Secularism India
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Summary:	This paper examines the policy prescriptions that seek to address the educational backwardness of Muslim minorities in India. In particular, it highlights the flawed focus on madrasa reform in these documents and the linearism reflected in policy recommendations on madrasa modernisation. It draws on field-based narratives to challenge the flawed binaries of traditional and modern, religious and secular, which underpin the policy initiatives of madrasa reform in India. It argues that policy prescriptions like madrasa modernisation, framed with little understanding of the everyday lives of madrasa students and their families, risk remaining empty phrases.
ISSN:	1360-2004 1469-9591
DOI:	10.1080/13602004.2020.1819128