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Pradhan Mantri Nai Manzil Scheme Yojana

The scheme “Nai Manzil” scheme is launched to address the educational and livelihood needs of minority communities in general and Muslims in particular as it lags behind other minority communities in terms of educational attainments.
This scheme has been designed to help minority youth (17-35 age group) from poorer backgrounds. It is particularly aimed at school dropouts and those who lack the necessary skills to find jobs even after completing their education.
Under a two-pronged approach, help will be afforded to those who sign up for the programme by providing them an opportunity to complete their education through open schooling, followed by hands-on vocational training that will equip them for the job market.
The programme mainly aimed at reaching out to Muslim students who have studied in madrassas and need help with formal schooling—and vocational skills.
The education in Madrasas is good in terms of religious teaching, however, it often misses on the contemporary education system and does not help students get a job or earn a living out of it.
This scheme will enable students of madrasas to cope up with the contemporary education system and provide them skill training so that they could earn their leaving once they move out of the madrasas.
As per the government’s statistics, a total of more than 3 lakhs big and small madrasas are operating in India and this scheme would benefit all of them. There is an average of about hundred students in all these madrasas and thus this scheme is going to benefit a total of more than three crore students.
Central government is providing a gross of Rs 3,738 crore for this purpose and the scheme would be applied on a pan India basis.
For those students who would not be willing to take on the academic training, the scheme would provide an option for skill training so that they are skilled enough to work as skilled labor or get a job directly. These skill based training may range from driving to security guards, to carpentry to tailoring to nursing assistants, etc.
To boost the education system in Madrasas through Nai Manzil scheme, the World Bank has agreed to give $50 million to the government of India.

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This would act as a rescue to thousands of Muslim students who somehow get their education from Madrasas, however fail to get an admission or a job in universities just because they do not have any standardized form certification.
Such schemes would only enhance the productivity of youths studying in the madrasas. This would ensure that they are not left behind in this competitive world just because of lack of any formal training or education.
However, one weakness has emerged in this scheme. The scheme appears to focus almost entirely on men and neglecting women from the Muslim community.
There's a serious point to 'Nai Manzil' given the scale of the problem of lack of proper education and unemployment among minorities, especially Muslims, and it is important for both the government and minorities to work together to make a success of it.

By: Vishal

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