Question : Setting up of Panel for Minority Communities

(a) whether due to lack of affordable and quality school education for children of minority communities especially of Muslims, a panel has been set up by the Government which has recommended setting up of 211 Central Schools on the lines of Kendriya Vidyalayas and Navodaya Vidyalayas in the minority concentrated districts;

(b) if so, the details thereof and other recommendations made by the said panel;

(c) whether the Government has accepted the recommendations of the said panel; and

(d) if so, the details thereof and the time by which a final decision is likely to be taken in this regard?

MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS
(SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

(a) & (b): No, Sir. However, Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAEF) an autonomous body under the administrative control of this Ministry, in its 52nd Meeting held on 29.12.2016, had constituted a committee to go into the modalities for establishment of institutions in different parts of the country with a view to facilitate educational empowerment of minorities especially girls.
The Committee has submitted its report and has recommended for three tier model of educational institutions for minorities having:
(i) 211 Central Schools at the bottom.
(ii) 25 Community Colleges at the middle; and
(iii) 05 National Institutes at the top level.

(c ) & (d): The said committee has submitted its report on 06.07.2017 to the General Body of MAEF, which has adopted the said report. Upon the recommendation of the said committee, on request of MAEF, the Government of Rajasthan, has allotted 15 acre land at Village Kohrapipli, Tehsil - Kishangarhbas, District - Alwar for setting up a National Institute of eminence.

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