Peoples’ Perception and the Role of Government towards Madrassha Education System after 9.11 in Pakistan

Abstract

In Arabic literature the word madrassha means a place for the promotion
of education. However, the contemporary world uses the term madrassha
for a religious seminary. In Muslim world madrassha plays an important
role in providing free education, food and lodging to poor students. In
Muslim countries these madrasshas are custodians of Islamic core values.
Madrasshas became a hot and imperative topic for world after 9/11
attacks on twin’s towers of America that resulted in the death of 2700.
Western media, policy makers and analysts blamed madrassha having
links with militant organizations and deemed Madrassahs as nurseries for
the production and growth of mujahdeen, who were the countering groups
in war on terror post 9/11. Certain think tanks demanded reform in
madrassha structure. The aim of present study was to know people
perception about madrassha education and role of government regarding
reform in madrassha education system. The locale of present study was
Quetta city and 384 respondents were selected via Yamane formula for
population calculation. Simple random sampling was used for collecting
primary data in field. A close ended survey questionnaire and focus group
discussion were used as tool for data collection. The collected data was
statistically analyzed through cross tabulation and Chi-square test was
applied to analyses the data. The present study reveals that madrasshas in
Balochistan play vital role education in education in rural area than
government school. The study further highlights that introduction of new
subject like English, Science and computer in madrassha syllabus and
adoption of modern educational techniques for teaching will bring
madrasshas to mainstream education of country