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The Jamat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) has launched an association of the management bodies of Muslim educational institutes in order to modernise the community's educational centres, including the Madrasas (religious schools).

The new Federation of Muslim Educational Institutes (India) will be an umbrella body of these institutes.

Jamat-e-Islami Hind is a prominent Muslim body working for the welfare of the community, especially in the field of education.

"The idea is to improve the quality of education and make it uniform to match the modern day needs. Besides, there are a lot of government schemes for the welfare of minorities that the managing bodies usually are unaware of," said JIH spokesperson Mujtaba Farooq.

The federation will also provide training to teachers serving in Madrasas and schools to equip them with modern education, he said.

About 2,000 NGOs running schools and colleges in various states have already registered as members. However, among the leading madrasas, only Jamiatul Falah in Azamgarh has come on board.

"Modernisation of Madrasas is a part of this programme, not its only aim," he added.

Prominent Muslim leaders, including former parliamentarian Syed Shahabuddin, retired bureaucrat and chancellor of Jamia Hamdard University Syed Hamid and Justice Sohail Siddiqui, participated in the proceedings.

Source: igovernment