Impact of Financial Aid as Scholarships on Educational Attainment & Quality of Life Among Muslim Adolescent Girls in Madrasas

Abstract

The Madarsa system of education has been an important institution for education in India. However, the relevance of the import system education as per the changing needs of the society has been still a debate topic in India. The majority of the Muslim girls are illiterate and low educated while their living conditions are poor. Moreover, most of the Muslim families cannot afford modern education and thus they are forced to send their wards to traditional educational institutions where fee charges are normal or free education is being provided. Which also correlates directly to their quality of life. The government has realize the weakness of the system in terms of expediently to provide education to Muslim children  which relevant from day to day needs of the society as result government has initiative Madrasa modernization programme. Many Scholarship and fellowship programmes have been redesigned to bring it at par with mainstream educational system in the country. Scholarships to the students of Madrasas are being provided to enhance their good self. In the light of these facts the present study is designed to explore the impact of financial aid as scholarships on educational attainment & quality of life amongst Muslim adolescent girls in Madrasas. The present study is empirical in nature and based on mainly primary data. The field survey has been conducted in 3 districts of Uttar Pradesh. The sample covers Gonda, Rampur and Aligarh districts from Uttar Pradesh. In each Institution 15 scholarship awarded students have been randomly selected and interviewed. The sample size includes 3 districts, 20 Institutions and 300 adolescent girls. Our survey highlights that the scholarships significantly affect the educational attainment and their quality of life. Government tried their best to enhance the educational standard of Muslim girls. For this purpose government initiated scholarship programmes to uplift the status of Muslim adolescent girls in the societ