People like Talha and institutions like the one for girls in a dingy by-lane of Ghonda that is impatiently waiting to lay its hands on the first computer are a symbol of how the purdah is slowly but surely lifting in madrasas across the city. Responding to a recently-announced Delhi government scheme to give aid for starting computer education in madrasas, 100-odd of the close to 350 madrasas in Delhi have already applied to the Urdu Academy.
But lurking underneath is also a fear that taking aid from the government could also entail a risk that a '' change of dispensation'' would result in a '' takeover' ' bid over madrasas - something that the academy and its three-member team that is assessing madrasas on their computer readiness are actively trying to dispel. Voicing the concerns of many madrasa teachers, the principal of the Faiz-e-Azam Madrasa in Seelampur said: '' It is okay if the government is giving us only computers because their giving us teachers or starting to pay the salaries of our teachers makes us vulnerable to any future overtures by the establishment to hinder our religious education.''
http://newageislam.com/winds-of-change--english-enters-madrasas/islamic-society/d/478
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