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In order to equip madrasa education to meet the modern challenges, Maulana Azad National Urdu University has organized a three-day workshop to discuss the educational conditions of Islamic Madrasas. 

Addressing the workshop, Additional Chief Secretary Home, Dr Amir Subhani emphasised the need to provide primary education to our children as he noted that the main reason for the backwardness of the community is the weak primary education.  

According to media reports, the workshop was organized for Madrasa of Bihar under the Multi-Partner Project at Hotel Charkia, Patna. Intellectuals from Bihar and Scholars from Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi and Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad discussed the educational conditions of Islamic Madrasas. They went on to highlight the various aspects of the resource centres, proposed to be established by the Bihar government and termed it as the realization of the dreams of the madrassa students.

In his address, Dr Mohammad Nadeem Noor, Chief, UNFPA, Bihar said that to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing world, artificial and emotional intelligence would have to be relied upon and madrassas should be equipped with the capabilities to solve the problems of the 21st century.

Prof. Ejaz Masih, Jamia Millia Islamia said that the JMI has developed a training module on adolescent education, a blend of science and culture, which enhances the skills of students through practical training.

The Project Director, Prof. Mohd Shahid (MANUU) said that the project is becoming popular among teachers and students of Madrasas and has gone far beyond traditional adolescent education. The novel pilot programme, funded by UNFPA being implemented by MANUU, JMI & Bihar Madarsa Board has caught the attention of Madrasas from other states also.

The workshop is a part of Adolescents Education Programme of MAANU which has highlighted many aspects of the madrasa education in the state and works for improving the standard of education in these madrasas spread across the state.