Muslim institutions should offer education through distance learning as it is the most economical way to reach out to large segments of poor students and women, said Syed Iqbal Hasnain, Vice-Chancellor of Calicut University at a seminar orgainsed by the organisation of Muslim Educational Institutions and Associations of Tamil Nadu in Chennai.
At a seminar on current trends in education of Muslims, Mr. Hasnain said "There are hardly any Muslim institutions offering distance education courses... The fees collected during the regular courses can be used to subsidise the distance education fees for very poor students."
He urged Muslim educators to start job-relevant courses in tourism, hotel management, information technology and health service. The veteran academic said Muslim institutions in South India had shown far more progress than those in the North.
Women's education was also crucial to the development of the community, Mr Hasnain said. Terming the rate of illiteracy among the Muslim women in many States "quite shocking", he called for a time-bound agenda for education of every girl at her highest potential.
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