By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net,
Hojai (Nagaon): Prominent leaders from different walks of life especially of academics from across the country expressed their view on the importance of educating women for the development in the real sense who gathered at Ajmal CSR Education Conclave at Hojai in Assam.
They are a bunch of entrepreneurs who solely believe in providing power to women as they pronounced famous American leader Brigham Young’s quote, “You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.”
Managing Trustee of Ajmal CSR Badruddin Ajmal and Chairman Amiruddin Ajmal among others during the event.
“Educating the girls is more important and it can solve many problems in the society. India is such a huge country and development is not possible if we won’t be able to provide quality education to our women,” said Chairperson of the National Commission on Girls Education Shabistan Gaffar addressing the gathering at Ajmal CSR Education Conclave at Hojai in Assam.
The conclave which was organized by Ajmal group felicitated teachers, students and others who have been instrumental in bringing the mission of education and healthcare forward.
Appreciating the move of Ajmal group in providing education to underprivileged and especially girls, she said that the more girls get education the more society will step forward towards development.
Chairman of the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions Justice M.S.A.Siddiqui who was also a part of the event rued at the poor status of education among the minority communities in the country as a whole. Siddiqui who has also been the Registrar General of Supreme Court urged the people of the community to avail all the facilities given by the constitution to get their rights.
Rueing at the poor representatives of minorities at the parliament, former vice chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University Professor PK Abdul Aziz said that it does not reflect the population of the community in the country and this is due to lack of education.
Member of Parliament and the managing trustee of Ajmal CSR Badruddin Ajmal and Chairman Amiruddin Ajmal said that they are going to give special focus on women education in the state.
Citing the example of child education activist Malala Yousafzai, noted author Bedabrata Sharma said that Islam has always advocating education for women. “Some-anti social elements in the name of religion try to suppress women in the society. But Malala has proved in front of the globe. We have to take revenge against all the injustice done to us by taking books instead of guns,” Sharma said. There is a chain of educational institutes for higher education and others besides several health care centres are run by the group.