Assessing the Need of Modern Education in Madrassa System: A Lahore Case

Abstract

After the changing situations of peace across the globe along with the advent of 9/11, Madrassa educational system has gained much attention because of purported relationship between the Madrassa students and terrorism. Different research reports revolve around the facts and figures related to the education dimensions of Madrassas especially in the context of Pakistan. Relationship between the educational prospects of madrassas and terrorism has become an igneous argument. Especially western world is completely in favor of doctrine that these educational institutions are generating large number of terrorists. Madrassa system of education is actually providing religious education in Pakistan. For some students, the only basis of formal education is madrassa. There is lot of criticism which contains augmented and false perceptions about the madrassa system of education. Educational system of madrassa does not provide job opportunities equal to that of modern education system due to which many students are involved in illegitimate activities after the completion of their education from the prospective Madrassas. Educational curriculums taught at madrassas are not according to the needs of modern world. Although the curriculum taught at the madrassas is purely religious, but the students have desire that this curriculum should be incorporated with modern system of education so that graduates from these institutions can also get the same job opportunities as the rest of graduates do. Current research will focus on the importance of fact that madrassa education system should be incorporated with the latest studies which are according to the modern world challenges so that misconception about these institutions can be dematerialized from the minds of people all across the world. Modern education will play vital role in the contraption of madrassa graduates and they are able to present and justify them properly in front of world, and the misconception of West that these students are only terrorists will fade away. So modern education incorporated with the religious education will play a vital role to clarify the concepts of people about Islam, terrorism and different prospects of madrassa educational system.