1. Introduction
Contents
2. Islam, Education and Dynamics of
Islamic Tradition
3. Islam, Education and Contemporary
Muslim Umma
4. Education and Muslim Community in
Bengal—A Historical Retrospect
5. Social Situation of the Muslims in
Contemporary West Bengal
6. Research Setting—The Villages and
the Villagers
7. Educational Facilities in the Villages
8. Educationl Status of the Muslim Villagers
9. Religious and Informal Education
10. Education and the Muslim Women
11. Muslim Education : Problems,
Prospects and Priorities
References
Index
14 Educational Status of Muslims
8.7 Children's Regularity at School According
to the Guardian
8.8 Opinion of the Parents/Guardians
Regarding Inducement of Children in
Education
8.9 Distribution of the Interviewed
Students According to Keeping-up of
their Studies in Classes
8.10 Distribution of Students According to
Subject-wise Difficulty
8.11 Educational Plans for the Children
(Parents' view)
8.12 Educational Plans of the Students
8.13 Prime Motivation For Study
• (Students' view)
8.14 Attitude of the Parents Toward
Chidlren's Education (Students' view)
8.15 Occuptional Aspiration of Children
(Parents' view)
8.16 Occupational Aspiration of the Muslim
Students
8.17 Parents' Educational Status and
Children's Education
8.18 Differential Literacy Status of
Parents and Children's Education
8.19 Distribution of Guardians According to
Difficulty Faced by them to Continue
their Children's Education
8.20 Nature of the last Year's Expenditure on
Education (Parents/Guardians' view)
9.1 State of Religious Education Among the
Muslims of Six Villages
9.2 Educational Institutions and Types of
Education Desired by the Parents/
Guardians for Children
List of Tables
9.3 Necessity and Levels of Religious
Education Desired by the Parents/
Guardians
9.4 Students' Participation in Religious
Education in Six Villages
9.5 Madarshas in West Bengal
(Recognised upto 1987)
10.1 Distribution of Female Population
According to their Literacy Status
10.2 Educational Standard of the Village
Females
10.3 State of Religious Education Among the
Muslim Women of Six Villages
10.4 Educational Accomplishment of the
School-going age Girls and Distribution
of the Girl Students According to Class
10.5 Drop-out of the Female Students at
Various Levels in Six Villages
10.6 Sex-wise Preference of the Children's
Education in the view of Parents
10.7 Aims of Women 'Education :
The Parents' view
10.8 Occupation of the Parents and their
Perception Towards Higher Education
of the Girls
10.9 Reasons for not Providing Higher
Education to the Girls : Parents' View