THE MADRASAS
The entire credit of any progress in religious education of Kerala Muslims compared to other states of India is entitled to the novel idea of Madrasa run by All Kerala Muslim Educational Board (Samastha Kerala Islam Matha Vidyabhyasa Board). A fully systematic style and a constructive method of education was followed and strictly practiced by the Board and the result was a giant leap in the field. The run-up to the formation of the board started when Marhoom Sayyed Abdur Rahman Bafaqi Tangal drew the attention of the ulama in 1945, at the 16th conference of Samastha held at Karyavattam, to the urgent need of the organisation to take up a leading and active role in setting up Madrasas across the state. He suggested Samastha leaders to prepare a syllabus for primary religious education to be taught in One to Ten classes of Madrasa along with regular schooling. Later Mushawara meets and Ulama gatherings all seriously discussed Bafaqi Tangal’s suggestion. Finally, the 19th Samastha Conference held in March 1951 at Badagara, passed the historic resolution forming the educational board to meet the urgent need for a centralised Madrasa system.
Marhoom Paravanna KPA Muhyiddin Kutty Moulavi was the founding chairman of the board. Six months later on September 17, 1951, at an important meeting at Valakkulam Puthupparamba Juma Masjid in the patronage of Moulana Abul Haqq Abdul Bari Musliyar Al-Baqawi (1981-1965) a 33-member first working committee of the SKIVB was constituted being Paravanna K.P.A. Muhyuddeen Kutty Musliyar the president and K.P. Usman Sahib the general secretary. In March 1952, the board called for application for Madrasa recognition, and the board working committee held on August 26, 1952 recognised first 10 Madrasas. The number of recognised Madrasas has been on an amazing increase since then. The Executive Council of the board meets second Saturday of every month and reviews the applications of Madrasa for recognition among others. The numbers given below will help understand the progress of the unique Madrasa System set up by Samastha for primary religious education; 1956 (149), 1961 (746), 1966 (1838), 1971 (2694), 1976 (3586), 1986 (5648), 1991 (6440), 1996 (7003), 2001 (7865), 11/09/2006 (8491). All the Madrasas have classes at least until fifth standard. Many Madrasas have classes up to 7th, 10th and even +1 and +2 classes.
The board has spread the message of its model Madrasas to states and nations like Andaman Nicobar Islands, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Lakshadeep, Maharashtra, Malaysia, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Oman. It conducts systematic training classes, Hizb, Lower, Higher and Secondary examinations to make the teachers more capable and well equipped. There are Inspectors named as Mufatish to visit each and every Madrasa, they examine the standard of education check up the physical condition and atmosphere of Madrasa, give necessary recommendations to teachers and Madrasa managing committee and report the functioning of each Madrasa to the board. There are 86 inspectors, seven tutors to train the teachers, and six Qura’n reciters to conduct Hizb classes. There is also an association of Madrasa inspectors named Samastha Kerala Jam’eyyat ul-Mufathisheen. The board directly hold centralised Public Examinations in the 5th, 7th, and 10th classes. It has so far issued 2,039,021 fifth class certificates, while the number is 603,524 in 7th and 45,994 in 10th.
PRESENT STATISTICS
Total Area Covered:
Nations : Malaysia, U.A.E., Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, and, Qatar.
In India : Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamilnadu, Pondichery, Lakhdweeps and Andhman Nicobar Islands.
Total Number of Madrasas: 8491
Ranges: 385
Inspectors (Mufathish): 85
Qari`us (Quran Reciters): 06
Training Tutors: 07
Muballigs: 04
Total Number of Muallims (Registered in Muallim Service Register): 79003
Total Number of Students in Registered Madrasas:
Boys: 505978
Girls: 498672
Total: 1004650
Total Number of Students Passed in Public Examinations:
5th std: 203669
7th std: 601865
10th std: 45729
Total Number of Muallims Passed in Muallim Examinations:
Lower: 16933
Higher: 3695
Secondary: 288
Hizb: 32122
Training: 22525 |
