EDUCATION OF SCs/STs AND MINORITIES

National Monitoring Committee for Minorities Education (NMCME)

The NMCME which was first constituted on the 7th August, 2004 has been reconstituted again on expiry of its term w.e.f. 23rd Aguust, 2007. The committee is Chaired by the Minister of Human Resource Development and has representations from eminent educationists, scholars from the minority communities and other representatives of minority community, Members of Parliament and representatives of State Governments. The reconstituted Committee has met on the 16th January, 2008. A Standing Committee of the NMCME has also been constituted to attend to issues relating to the education of minorities on an ongoing basis. The Standing Committee has visited as many as sixteen States to interact with the minority communities, managements of educational institutions and other stakeholders. A Groups of Experts was also constituted by the NMCME to make recommendations on revising the Scheme of Introduction of Modern Subjects in Madarsas for increasing its reach. Recommendations made by the said Group of Experts have been endorsed by the NMCME and have formed valuable inputs into the redesigning of the existing scheme of madarsa modernization, which is being finalized in consultation with the Planning Commission for the 11th Plan.