BENGALURU: A recent survey conducted by the Ministry of Education has pointed out that Arabic schools in the state are not following the regulations laid down by the state. This has underlined the notion that the students studying in such schools are not being prepared enough to compete with students from other schools.
Primary Education Minister B C Nagesh said, “We decided to conduct a survey of those schools and found that a majority of Arabic schools aren’t following whatever is prescribed by the Education Department. We asked the Assistant Commissioner to review it and will take action after getting the report.”
According to Nagesh, complaints have surfaced over the quality of education in Arabic schools in Karnataka. “We received complaints that students of these schools aren’t capable of competing with students of other schools as they don’t have a proper standard of education,” Nagesh told ANI.
As per the survey, there are a total of 203 aided and unaided schools and pre-university colleges that teach Arabic in the state. Most of them are located in northern Karnataka and the coastal regions. They have all registered under the Education Department.
According to Naresh, these schools have to follow the regulations given by the ministry, but a majority of the schools are not following them. The survey also found out that the students of these Arabic schools are not taught other languages and Science.
Nagesh said there are very few Arabic schools that are following the prescribed norms and, as a result, the students are unable to compete with other students. (ANI)