RAHBAR-e-Banaat School and Madrasa: FREE Holistic Education, Guidance and Training [For Girls only]
A Glimpse of Group Marriage (Nikah) Organized by Rahbar-e-Banat on 1st and 2nd March 2024 along with Annual Program of the Institution:
Watch a video of the madrasa building under construction - Help complete it, please!
EMPOWER A GIRL, to EMPOWER A Family: JOIN this Movement to Empower the Nation
Bihar Anjuman is Connecting Muslims from Bihar & Jharkhand, to bring about Empowerment of Muslims, to Serve India Better
Imparting FREE Education to 250 Residential GIRLS among 700 GIRLS from the weakest section of society in this scool-cum-madarsa imparting Quality Education. To help educate these girls from weakest sections, please Write to school@biharanjuman.org for account details.
Budget for Finishing of 2nd Floor (8,900 sq.ft.): Rs. 29.9 lakhs with Finishes (Walls completed, Internal & External plaster of 2nd Floor is pending. Ground floor and First Floor internal finishes are completed).
Watch the Video of Ground Floor Completed on 01-06-2020
Personality
Development Program arranged by Bihar Anjuman, in Rahbar-e-Banat @ Samastipur
Sayyed Saeed Ahmed, Pune-based famous personality development trainer
and motivator, took thousands of Bihar young and old through a
life-changing experience. The program was sponsored by Dr. Khursheed
Mallick Sb, Chicago-based renowned social activist and founder chairman
of IMEFNA (better known for its Upward Bound programs of scholarship
and grants, throughout India, and Self Study Learning Centers in Patna
and Delhi). The details of the programs and a large collection of
photographs covering all
the places where the same program was conducted, are available here
>> click here.
Islamic Library
launched with 255 books, from Darus Salam
2 sets of Uniform
and
1 Sweater provided, every year, to all girl students
of
RAHBAR-e-Banat
Age-wise
breakdown
of students, in November 2011
13-14 yrs
11
11-12 yrs
23
9-10 yrs
32
7-8 yrs
22
5-6 yrs
23
Total
111
The
madrasa, which started in a thatched temporary facility in 2009,
has established a new trend in the region by providing free uniforms
and sweaters to all of its students, starting 2011-12 session.
Insha-Allah, the students would receive the free uniforms and sweaters
every year. Primary classes started, here, in the year 2009, and
classes are being extended as the students move forward. A campaign was
launched in September 2011 to raise funds for uniforms and sweaters.
Following is the details of
donations received and expenses incurred:
Donations
received: Rs. 1,00,521/=
Total 111 (One Hundred
Eleven) students received one set each of uniform and sweater in
session 2011-12; one more set of uniform to be given in
March 2012, insha-Allah.
Item
Description
For
111 students
Uniform (Salwar Suit
+ Dupatta)
Rs. 39,238
Sweater @ Rs. 300
per pc
Rs. 33,100
Tailor's charges @
Rs. 42 per uniform
Rs. 4,662
Total
Rs. 77,000
Amount received from RAHBAR:
Rs. 100,000/=
Amount spent: Rs. 77,000/=
Amount remaining in
RAHBAR-e-Banat account: Rs.23,000/=. This amount will be
used for providing another set of uniform + scarf to all students,
insha-Allah.
Casting of 3rd
Storey
Roof (2nd floor's roof) on 29th October
2011
Donations:
all kinds of donations are acceptable
Willing to donate for this
noble cause? Write to school@biharanjuman.org
to commit your donation
Read this article,
please: Letter
and Spirit of Zakat (Zakah)
The
students in this madarsa will be from poor families, most of whom are
not going to any schools or madrasas, at all. Therefore, zakah
funds may be used
to impart literacy to them. Yateem girls will be accommodated in a
hostel which is the first buidling being built [structure of 2
floors are ready, thus 16 rooms cab be used once finishing work is
completed]. Hostel is
planned to become functional in October 2011, insha-Allah.
You
may
donate (from any funds at your
disposal) for:
Regular
(monthly, quarterly, annual) contribution:
(a) Sponsor the principal s salary @ Rs. 10,000 per month,
(b) Sponsor a teaching staff for the madarsa: Rs. 5,000 to
6,000 per month,
(c)
Sponsor a non-teaching staff (matron, peon, muhassil,
etc.): Rs. 3,000 to 4,000 per month
(d)
sponsor a student's expenses (non-resident): Rs. 200 per month
(e) sponsor a student's expenses (resident): Rs. 300 per month, without
food
(f) sponsor a student's expenses (resident): Rs. 800 per month, with
food
Sponsor
construction cost for eisal-e-sawab and sadaqa-e-jaariya:
(a)
construction of class-rooms (one classroom: Rs. 4 lakhs): total number of classrooms planned = 15 (architectural dwg @ http://bit.ly/eFUnHI)
(b) Finishing and furnishing of hostel rooms: Rs. 50,000 per room): total number of rooms planned = 24 (architectural dwg @ http://bit.ly/eFUnHI)). Rooms are ready, finishing work is required. Furnishing of classrooms (running on temporary basis in the hostel rooms) is reqd (White Boards, benches, tables, chairs, grill in windows, plaster, painting, etc.)
(c) Construction of a library-cum-reading room @ Rs. 5 lakhs + furniture @ Rs. 1 lakh
(d) Construction of the office room @ Rs. 3.5 lakhs + finishing + office furniture, almirah, locker, computer, printer, etc. @ Rs. 1.5 lakhs
(e) Construction of a dining hall, and a kitchen @ Rs. 6.0 lakhs + kitchen furniture and equipment,
(f) Hand pump for drinking water, Rs. 20,000/= (with platform), near hostel building deep drilling is required, by the rock-driller.
(g) 2 Overhead water-tanks + 1 electric submersible pump + plumbing work for hostel building s bath-rooms on every floor, Rs. 2.5 lakhs (including inside finishing).
(h) doors and windows per hostel room @ Rs. 10,000/= (1 door + 1
window), total 24 rooms
(i) doors and windows per Class room @ Rs. 35,000/= (1 door + 4 to 7
windows), total 15 rooms
(j) Sanitary fittings for bathrooms on each floor of hostel building: Rs. 100,000/=
(k) Electric bulbs + fans for 24 hostel rooms: Rs. 60,000/= or/ and for
classroom building: Rs. 215,000/=
(l) Electrical wiring works for hostel building: Rs. 25,000/= or/ and
for classroom building: Rs. 100,000/=
Miscellaneous
Contribution:
(j) books
to the
children,
(k) books
and other
facilities (e.g., cassettes, CDs,
cassette-player, CD-players, etc) in the library.
Those
interested in making any kind of
donation may please write to school@biharanjuman.org,
with subject line "Donation for Madarsa RAHBAR-e-Banat" - your
commitment will not be disclosed without your permission.
Casting of 2nd
Storey
Roof (1st floor's roof) on 23rd March
2011
Casting of 1st
storey
roof (Ground floor's roof) on 5th
August
2010
Plinth Construction
Completed, 15th June 2010
Vision:
Educational empowerment of Muslim women, by making holistic education
& guidance accessible to them.
Mission:
Comprehensive Holistic Education [Islamic + Contemporary] &
Training to every female of Bihar and Jharkhand, by establishing one
girl's school in every district of the two states.
Contact for donations: Send email to myrahbar@gmail.com
[Subject line: "Donation for Madarsa RAHBAR-e-Banaat"], or
just fill-up an online form (it will not take more than 2 minutes
> please click here).
Apply
Now: Lady
teachers are
immediately required, for all subjects (CBSE + Islamic curriculum).
Send CVs of deserving female
teachers to school@biharanjuman.org; for more
details of these
vacancies, click here.
Location:
Rahimabad
village, near Tajpur block, district: Samastipur,
State: Bihar
Rahimabad
is the birth place of Maulana (Shaykh) Abdul Aziz Rahimabadi, RA, who
was a great alim and muhaddith, and a student of Shaykh Nadhir Husain
of Delhi
(http://www.islamicawakening.com/viewarticle.php?articleID=1300). He
was the founder of Mdarsa Darul Uloom Ahmadiya Salafiya, Laheriasarai,
Darbhanga. He is among the earliest ulemas to have written extensively
on the need for reforms in madarsa education (refer to the book
"Pakistan 2000" By Charles H. Kennedy, Craig Baxter, American Institute
of Pakistan Studies).
Your
suggestions can make this project more beneficial for the target
students, and for the community, as a whole. Please take 2 minutes to
submit your suggestions, by clicking
here, or writing to school@biharanjuman.org
Introduction:
Why girls only?
There is no girls-only educational centre for Muslim girls. Existing
schools and madarsas provide education to boys and girls, both.
Unfortunately, both sit in the same classroom (even in higher classes)
- yes, even madarsas do the same. Girls must be educated, as they form
the core of our society's culture. Mother's lap is not just the first
school for each one of us, it also leaves its permanent impression on
our personality. Illiteracy among women may be the main reason for the
degradation of our culture and our value system. We send our daughters
and sisters to another family, as an ambassador of our culture. It's
like exporting our culture to another household. What should we export?
The values do not get inculcated in a day, and we are responsible for
the habits of our girls. If our upbringing and education can make them
true ambassadors of Islam, jannah will become easily accessible to us.
On the other hand, if our upbringing and education take them in the
opposite direction, we would be the source of destruction for our
society. The choice is ours! That's why they say, "teach a boy and you
teach only a man; teach a girl and you teach an entire family".
What kind of education? Deeni
Ta'aleem is inclusive and comprehensive, as every education and
training is deeni, and there is no other type of education in Islam.
The types we know may be sub-sections, but placing them parallel to
deeni ta'aleem is a fallacy. So, asri (contemporary) ta'aleem
(education) may be considered as a subdivision within the spectrum of
deeni (Islamic) educational system. So, this madarsa will provide
holistic education by including in its curriculum science along with
Islam, Arabic along with English, Urdu and Hindi. Vocational training
centre will, insha-Allah, be established soon to enhance the skills of
those whose parents wish their children to acquire these. Ultimate goal
is to take this institution to the highest levels (college, jaamiya,
university, and so on) where research facilities can also be provided,
insha-Allah. As of now, we just intend to make a humble beginning with
primary education - the first baby step.
Why another educational
institution?
This is not just going to be another institution, but as explained
above, a girl's education centre - one of its kind in the area. Boys
and girls of the area go to no educational institution at all, and if
they go, they go to government schools or madarsas, which do not care
for quality education. Pulling away poor children from their homes is,
in fact, pulling away an earning hand. If quality education is not
provided, the whole family is being cheated along with the child's
future being ruined. There is need to impart quality education which
really serves the purpose of educational empowerment. There is even
greater need to impart education to the girls, that's why this
institution has been conceived.
Maulana
Waris Mazhari (editor of Urdu monthly magazine 'Tarjuman Dar ul-Uloom',
the official organ of the Deoband Madrasa's Graduates'
Association):
Personally,
I believe that Muslim women should receive an equal education as Muslim
boys. There is nothing in Islam that prohibits this. Why shouldn t we
have Muslim women engineers, doctors, journalists, lawyers and social
workers? We need Muslim women in all these sorts of occupations. They
need to have a presence in all necessary social sectors. A woman can be
a good Muslim, a good wife, a good mother, and a good professional at
the same time. Such a woman can provide a good role model for others to
emulate. To deny Muslim women this possibility, ironically in the name
of Islam, would mean only to further reinforce ultra-secularism, in the
sense of hostility to, or absence of, religion in the public sphere.
Progress
Update
(1) Land acquisition:
6 katha land has already been acquired, and Rs. 20,000 arranged for
land-development and temporary class-rooms (thatched roof on bamboo
supports ... 4 classrooms for 20 stduents each plus an office room
built, as in the picture, above).
(2) Appointment of Teachers:
two teachers (one for Islamic studies, and another for contemporary
education) are already appointed, and sposnorship of their salaries has
been arranged.
(3) Head of the institution: Maulana
Atiqur Rahman Sb, who has Alim and Fazil degrees from Madarasa
Darus Salam, Umarabad,
Distt: Vellore (Tamil Nadu) [Ph: +91-4171 258322, Fax :
+91-4171 255451] , served as head-mudarris of Madrasa Aziziya Salafia, Rahimabad;
belongs to the same village.
(4) Approval from Islamic
istitutions and authorities : Maulana Anisur Rahman
Qasmi Sb, Nazim
of Imarat Sharia and Chairman, Bihar
State Haj Committee , and Maulana Sanaul Hoda Qasmi Sb, Naib
Nazim of Imarat
Sharia, Patna visited the site and approved it. Approvals and
recommendations from other institutions and idaraas are being sought.
(5) Classes for primary
sections started on 1st December 2009.
More classes will be added as more funds become available. Total 60
students got enrolled in the first month ... enrollments have been
stopped after that, considering lack of taching staff.
(6)
Foundation stone laid for
construction of permament hostel buidling, on 3rd Jan
2010, by Janab Md Ali Ashraf Fatmi Sb, ex-minister of state for HRD,
govt of India.
Members
of the management committee:
a. Maulana Atiqur Rahman Sb,
Fazil from Madarsa
Darus Salam, Umarabad (Tamil Nadu), native of from Rahimanad
b. Janab Nizam Ahmad Sb, resident of
village Bherokhra,
and a member of the Samastipur District Board. He is also a member of
the management committee in Madarsa Islamia, Shahpur
Baghauni.
c. Janab Mohd Shazif Ahmad Sb, resident
of village Bherokhra,
retired (1984) deputy director of Agriculture (statistics), government
of Bihar.
d. one more person from Rahimabad village ....
to be selected ... pls suggest names
e. two members to be selected from Baghauni
village ... pls suggest names
f. one member to be selected from Rajwa village
... pls suggest names
g. One member to be selected from Tajpur ...
pls suggest names
Financial
requirements (estimate) for the madarsa:
Phase-1
(Ground Floor), Year 2011
Phase-2
(1st Floor), Year 2013
Phase-3
(2nd Floor), Year 2015
Temporary
rooms and temp. boundary wall
Rs.
50,000
------
------
Hostel
building, G+2 (1,920 ft2)
Rs.
1,000,000
Rs.
800,000
Rs.
800,000
Combined
building (Classroom + Office + Kitchen + Dining hall, etc.
>> 3,696 ft2)
Rs.
2,000,000
Rs.
1,600,000
Rs.
1,600,000
Laboratory
building and equipment
Rs.
1,000,000
Rs.
2,000,000
Common
Room + Library (separate building)
---------
Rs.
600,000
Rs.
500,000
Total
cost of construction [Rs. 11.95 million or 1 crore 19.5 lakhs]
Rs.
3,050,000 (Rs. 30.5 lakhs)
Rs.
4,000,000 (Rs. 40 lakhs)
Rs.
4,900,000 (Rs. 49 lakhs)
Operational
Expenses (estimate) for
the madarsa:
Phase-1
Phase-2
Phase-3
a.
Salary (teachers) @ Rs. 5, 000 per month
Rs.
30,000
Rs.
60,000
Rs.
90,000
b.
Salary of Admin staff @ Rs. 4,000 monthly
Rs.
8,000
Rs.
16,000
Rs.
24,000
c.
Food for resident students, teachers, etc.
Rs.
30,000
Rs.
75,000
Rs.
150,000
d.
Maintenance [cleaning, washing, etc]
Rs.
4,000
Rs.
8,000
Rs.
12,000
e.
Medical expenses
Rs.
4,000
Rs.
10,000
Rs.
20,000
f.
Total monthly Expenses
Rs.
72,000
Rs.
169,000
Rs.
296,000
Total
annual Expenses [12 x (f) + Rs. 600 per student (for new clothes and
toiletries, etc.)]
Rs.
864,000 + Rs.
36,000
=
Rs. 900,000
Rs.
2,028,000 + Rs.
90,000
=
Rs. 2,118,000
Rs.
3,552,000 + Rs.
180,000
=
Rs. 3,732,000
Architectural
Drawings (download pdf files):
Plan
of Ground floor || Plan
of Typical floors (1st and 2nd floors) || Plan
of Roof floor
Elevation
1 & 2 || Elevations
3 &4 || Section
A-A & B-B (Combined Building)
Sections
A-A & B-B (Hostel Building) || Schedule
of Doors and Windows || Layout
Plan
Demography
of the area:
Samastipur district consists
of 16.53% Muslims, as per census
figures of government of India
(2001), i.e., it has a Muslim population of 13,722,048 (13.72 million).
The female literacy in the district (for all religious groups) was
recorded as 32.69%, compared with 52.17% of Patna. Tajpur block has the
highest concentration of Muslim population, in the Samastipur district
- as per government reports, it is more than 20%, and this was the
reason for choosing Tajpur as the only centre (in Samastipur) for
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (read the guidelines for this school
at http://www.education.nic.in/kgbv_guidelines.asp).
This madarsa is situated about 80 km away from the state capital,
Patna, by road.
Tuition
Fees: No fees to be charged to students (absolutely free education)
The
tuition is absolutely free to students. They are to be drawn from the
families that are not in a position to pay for their education most
of them would either not be going to any educational institution or may
be going to government schools or madarsas, which do not care for
quality education. Pulling away poor children from their homes is, in
fact, pulling away an earning hand. If quality education is not
provided, the whole family is being cheated along with the child's
future being ruined. If we decide to make the project open for
fees-based tuition, there is a chance to divert from the main focus on
motivating the deprived sections to continue their studies and turn
towards generating income from the project.
Operational
Mechanism:
1. No
collection of zakah money by teachers:
Teachers will not be asked to runaround for donations, so there will be
no sharing by them from the amounts contributed by donors - the madarsa
culture of giving away 50% to the teacher-collector would not be
followed. Teachers will be paid a higher salary than those in other
madarsa - this will compensate them for the loss of income from zakah
collections (50% of all collections). Teachers (mudarriseen) would just
focus on teaching. This is also important, because we would have only
female teachers, in the long run.
2. Primary
classes started
in December 2009, with 2 teachers and 60 students.
3. Middle
school and Secondary Classes
(including Wastania and Fauqania):
Classes will be added, every year, and new teachers would be appointed,
giving preference to female teachers. At the end of five years, i.e.,
by 2014, all teachers will be females only.
4. Residential
facility
will start by September 2010, with accommodation for 50 students, and
every year residential facility for 50 more students will be added.
Residential facility will be allotted mostly to orphan girls
(preference will be given to them). Destitute girls will get the next
preference.
5. Warden
(Matron): A
warden for the hostel will stay within the madarsa campus. She will be
a mature, educated practicing Muslim lady, from good cultural
background, who can exercise the required control.
6. Prayer
facilities
will be provided from the beginning, and training will be provided to
students on all aspects of practicing Islam in daily life.
Monitoring
mechanism:
Bihar Anjuman has chapters in
various places, and a
three-layer monitoring will happen.
First layer of
monitoring: Local
chapters would monitor the project, as first layer.
Second layer of
monitoring:
Patna, Delhi and Aligarh chapters would monitor the project, as second
layer.
Third layer of
monitoring:
Mentors from online group visiting their native places will visit the
centres, check the account-books, academic performance, and other
arrangements, etc, apart from teaching the students on a short-term
basis, and guiding students, teachers as well as the organizing teams.
What would be the scale of
success?
Continuous
improvement in academic performance will be targeted, to be assessed
through weekly, monthly tests, and through annual exams, in the school.
The results of their annual exam will be considered as the scale of
success (for continuous improvement)..
Student's scale
of success:
Incremental improvement (percent increase w.r.t. previous exam) in
scores at the half-yearly and annual exams.
Centre's scale
of success:
Incremental improvement (percent increase w.r.t. previous exam) in
average scores of all students at the school, in the half-yearly and
annual exams..
Account-keeping:
Account
will be handled by the accountant of the school/ madarsa (employed
part-time or full-time). Initially, the responsibility may be handed
over to some volunteer from the local community or to one of the
teachers appointed for the centre.
Audit:
Account-books
would be made available, for audit, to any member of Bihar Anjuman, or
partner organizations, whenever they approach the centre, with such a
request. Visiting members would be requested to audit the entire
operations of these centres, including the academic processes.
Counselling:
Regular
counseling programs would be conducted by engaging respectable figures
from the local community. Visiting members of online forums would be
requested to inform about their visit of the region, so that their
services may be availed of. Services of some reputed counsellers may be
availed of, at least once-a-year, on a payment basis or otherwise.
Shikwa-e-zulmat-e-shab
se to kahin behtar tha;
Apne hissey ki koi shamm'a jalaate jaatey. [Ahmad Faraz]
Better light a candle than curse the darkness
Watch the Video of Ground Floor Completed on 01-06-2020
Personality
Development Program arranged by Bihar Anjuman, in Rahbar-e-Banat @ Samastipur
Sayyed Saeed Ahmed, Pune-based famous personality development trainer
and motivator, took thousands of Bihar young and old through a
life-changing experience. The program was sponsored by Dr. Khursheed
Mallick Sb, Chicago-based renowned social activist and founder chairman
of IMEFNA (better known for its Upward Bound programs of scholarship
and grants, throughout India, and Self Study Learning Centers in Patna
and Delhi). The details of the programs and a large collection of
photographs covering all
the places where the same program was conducted, are available here
>> click here.
Islamic Library
launched with 255 books, from Darus Salam
2 sets of Uniform
and
1 Sweater provided, every year, to all girl students
of
RAHBAR-e-Banat
Age-wise
breakdown
of students, in November 2011
13-14 yrs
11
11-12 yrs
23
9-10 yrs
32
7-8 yrs
22
5-6 yrs
23
Total
111
The
madrasa, which started in a thatched temporary facility in 2009,
has established a new trend in the region by providing free uniforms
and sweaters to all of its students, starting 2011-12 session.
Insha-Allah, the students would receive the free uniforms and sweaters
every year. Primary classes started, here, in the year 2009, and
classes are being extended as the students move forward. A campaign was
launched in September 2011 to raise funds for uniforms and sweaters.
Following is the details of
donations received and expenses incurred:
Donations
received: Rs. 1,00,521/=
Total 111 (One Hundred
Eleven) students received one set each of uniform and sweater in
session 2011-12; one more set of uniform to be given in
March 2012, insha-Allah.
Item
Description
For
111 students
Uniform (Salwar Suit
+ Dupatta)
Rs. 39,238
Sweater @ Rs. 300
per pc
Rs. 33,100
Tailor's charges @
Rs. 42 per uniform
Rs. 4,662
Total
Rs. 77,000
Amount received from RAHBAR:
Rs. 100,000/=
Amount spent: Rs. 77,000/=
Amount remaining in
RAHBAR-e-Banat account: Rs.23,000/=. This amount will be
used for providing another set of uniform + scarf to all students,
insha-Allah.
Casting of 3rd
Storey
Roof (2nd floor's roof) on 29th October
2011
Donations:
all kinds of donations are acceptable
Willing to donate for this
noble cause? Write to school@biharanjuman.org
to commit your donation
Read this article,
please: Letter
and Spirit of Zakat (Zakah)
The
students in this madarsa will be from poor families, most of whom are
not going to any schools or madrasas, at all. Therefore, zakah
funds may be used
to impart literacy to them. Yateem girls will be accommodated in a
hostel which is the first buidling being built [structure of 2
floors are ready, thus 16 rooms cab be used once finishing work is
completed]. Hostel is
planned to become functional in October 2011, insha-Allah.
You
may
donate (from any funds at your
disposal) for:
Regular
(monthly, quarterly, annual) contribution:
(a) Sponsor the principal s salary @ Rs. 10,000 per month,
(b) Sponsor a teaching staff for the madarsa: Rs. 5,000 to
6,000 per month,
(c)
Sponsor a non-teaching staff (matron, peon, muhassil,
etc.): Rs. 3,000 to 4,000 per month
(d)
sponsor a student's expenses (non-resident): Rs. 200 per month
(e) sponsor a student's expenses (resident): Rs. 300 per month, without
food
(f) sponsor a student's expenses (resident): Rs. 800 per month, with
food
Sponsor
construction cost for eisal-e-sawab and sadaqa-e-jaariya:
(a)
construction of class-rooms (one classroom: Rs. 4 lakhs): total number of classrooms planned = 15 (architectural dwg @ http://bit.ly/eFUnHI)
(b) Finishing and furnishing of hostel rooms: Rs. 50,000 per room): total number of rooms planned = 24 (architectural dwg @ http://bit.ly/eFUnHI)). Rooms are ready, finishing work is required. Furnishing of classrooms (running on temporary basis in the hostel rooms) is reqd (White Boards, benches, tables, chairs, grill in windows, plaster, painting, etc.)
(c) Construction of a library-cum-reading room @ Rs. 5 lakhs + furniture @ Rs. 1 lakh
(d) Construction of the office room @ Rs. 3.5 lakhs + finishing + office furniture, almirah, locker, computer, printer, etc. @ Rs. 1.5 lakhs
(e) Construction of a dining hall, and a kitchen @ Rs. 6.0 lakhs + kitchen furniture and equipment,
(f) Hand pump for drinking water, Rs. 20,000/= (with platform), near hostel building deep drilling is required, by the rock-driller.
(g) 2 Overhead water-tanks + 1 electric submersible pump + plumbing work for hostel building s bath-rooms on every floor, Rs. 2.5 lakhs (including inside finishing).
(h) doors and windows per hostel room @ Rs. 10,000/= (1 door + 1
window), total 24 rooms
(i) doors and windows per Class room @ Rs. 35,000/= (1 door + 4 to 7
windows), total 15 rooms
(j) Sanitary fittings for bathrooms on each floor of hostel building: Rs. 100,000/=
(k) Electric bulbs + fans for 24 hostel rooms: Rs. 60,000/= or/ and for
classroom building: Rs. 215,000/=
(l) Electrical wiring works for hostel building: Rs. 25,000/= or/ and
for classroom building: Rs. 100,000/=
Miscellaneous
Contribution:
(j) books
to the
children,
(k) books
and other
facilities (e.g., cassettes, CDs,
cassette-player, CD-players, etc) in the library.
Those
interested in making any kind of
donation may please write to school@biharanjuman.org,
with subject line "Donation for Madarsa RAHBAR-e-Banat" - your
commitment will not be disclosed without your permission.
Casting of 2nd
Storey
Roof (1st floor's roof) on 23rd March
2011
Casting of 1st
storey
roof (Ground floor's roof) on 5th
August
2010
Plinth Construction
Completed, 15th June 2010
Vision:
Educational empowerment of Muslim women, by making holistic education
& guidance accessible to them.
Mission:
Comprehensive Holistic Education [Islamic + Contemporary] &
Training to every female of Bihar and Jharkhand, by establishing one
girl's school in every district of the two states.
Contact for donations: Send email to myrahbar@gmail.com
[Subject line: "Donation for Madarsa RAHBAR-e-Banaat"], or
just fill-up an online form (it will not take more than 2 minutes
> please click here).
Apply
Now: Lady
teachers are
immediately required, for all subjects (CBSE + Islamic curriculum).
Send CVs of deserving female
teachers to school@biharanjuman.org; for more
details of these
vacancies, click here.
Location:
Rahimabad
village, near Tajpur block, district: Samastipur,
State: Bihar
Rahimabad
is the birth place of Maulana (Shaykh) Abdul Aziz Rahimabadi, RA, who
was a great alim and muhaddith, and a student of Shaykh Nadhir Husain
of Delhi
(http://www.islamicawakening.com/viewarticle.php?articleID=1300). He
was the founder of Mdarsa Darul Uloom Ahmadiya Salafiya, Laheriasarai,
Darbhanga. He is among the earliest ulemas to have written extensively
on the need for reforms in madarsa education (refer to the book
"Pakistan 2000" By Charles H. Kennedy, Craig Baxter, American Institute
of Pakistan Studies).
Your
suggestions can make this project more beneficial for the target
students, and for the community, as a whole. Please take 2 minutes to
submit your suggestions, by clicking
here, or writing to school@biharanjuman.org
Introduction:
Why girls only?
There is no girls-only educational centre for Muslim girls. Existing
schools and madarsas provide education to boys and girls, both.
Unfortunately, both sit in the same classroom (even in higher classes)
- yes, even madarsas do the same. Girls must be educated, as they form
the core of our society's culture. Mother's lap is not just the first
school for each one of us, it also leaves its permanent impression on
our personality. Illiteracy among women may be the main reason for the
degradation of our culture and our value system. We send our daughters
and sisters to another family, as an ambassador of our culture. It's
like exporting our culture to another household. What should we export?
The values do not get inculcated in a day, and we are responsible for
the habits of our girls. If our upbringing and education can make them
true ambassadors of Islam, jannah will become easily accessible to us.
On the other hand, if our upbringing and education take them in the
opposite direction, we would be the source of destruction for our
society. The choice is ours! That's why they say, "teach a boy and you
teach only a man; teach a girl and you teach an entire family".
What kind of education? Deeni
Ta'aleem is inclusive and comprehensive, as every education and
training is deeni, and there is no other type of education in Islam.
The types we know may be sub-sections, but placing them parallel to
deeni ta'aleem is a fallacy. So, asri (contemporary) ta'aleem
(education) may be considered as a subdivision within the spectrum of
deeni (Islamic) educational system. So, this madarsa will provide
holistic education by including in its curriculum science along with
Islam, Arabic along with English, Urdu and Hindi. Vocational training
centre will, insha-Allah, be established soon to enhance the skills of
those whose parents wish their children to acquire these. Ultimate goal
is to take this institution to the highest levels (college, jaamiya,
university, and so on) where research facilities can also be provided,
insha-Allah. As of now, we just intend to make a humble beginning with
primary education - the first baby step.
Why another educational
institution?
This is not just going to be another institution, but as explained
above, a girl's education centre - one of its kind in the area. Boys
and girls of the area go to no educational institution at all, and if
they go, they go to government schools or madarsas, which do not care
for quality education. Pulling away poor children from their homes is,
in fact, pulling away an earning hand. If quality education is not
provided, the whole family is being cheated along with the child's
future being ruined. There is need to impart quality education which
really serves the purpose of educational empowerment. There is even
greater need to impart education to the girls, that's why this
institution has been conceived.
Maulana
Waris Mazhari (editor of Urdu monthly magazine 'Tarjuman Dar ul-Uloom',
the official organ of the Deoband Madrasa's Graduates'
Association):
Personally,
I believe that Muslim women should receive an equal education as Muslim
boys. There is nothing in Islam that prohibits this. Why shouldn t we
have Muslim women engineers, doctors, journalists, lawyers and social
workers? We need Muslim women in all these sorts of occupations. They
need to have a presence in all necessary social sectors. A woman can be
a good Muslim, a good wife, a good mother, and a good professional at
the same time. Such a woman can provide a good role model for others to
emulate. To deny Muslim women this possibility, ironically in the name
of Islam, would mean only to further reinforce ultra-secularism, in the
sense of hostility to, or absence of, religion in the public sphere.
Progress
Update
(1) Land acquisition:
6 katha land has already been acquired, and Rs. 20,000 arranged for
land-development and temporary class-rooms (thatched roof on bamboo
supports ... 4 classrooms for 20 stduents each plus an office room
built, as in the picture, above).
(2) Appointment of Teachers:
two teachers (one for Islamic studies, and another for contemporary
education) are already appointed, and sposnorship of their salaries has
been arranged.
(3) Head of the institution: Maulana
Atiqur Rahman Sb, who has Alim and Fazil degrees from Madarasa
Darus Salam, Umarabad,
Distt: Vellore (Tamil Nadu) [Ph: +91-4171 258322, Fax :
+91-4171 255451] , served as head-mudarris of Madrasa Aziziya Salafia, Rahimabad;
belongs to the same village.
(4) Approval from Islamic
istitutions and authorities : Maulana Anisur Rahman
Qasmi Sb, Nazim
of Imarat Sharia and Chairman, Bihar
State Haj Committee , and Maulana Sanaul Hoda Qasmi Sb, Naib
Nazim of Imarat
Sharia, Patna visited the site and approved it. Approvals and
recommendations from other institutions and idaraas are being sought.
(5) Classes for primary
sections started on 1st December 2009.
More classes will be added as more funds become available. Total 60
students got enrolled in the first month ... enrollments have been
stopped after that, considering lack of taching staff.
(6)
Foundation stone laid for
construction of permament hostel buidling, on 3rd Jan
2010, by Janab Md Ali Ashraf Fatmi Sb, ex-minister of state for HRD,
govt of India.
Members
of the management committee:
a. Maulana Atiqur Rahman Sb,
Fazil from Madarsa
Darus Salam, Umarabad (Tamil Nadu), native of from Rahimanad
b. Janab Nizam Ahmad Sb, resident of
village Bherokhra,
and a member of the Samastipur District Board. He is also a member of
the management committee in Madarsa Islamia, Shahpur
Baghauni.
c. Janab Mohd Shazif Ahmad Sb, resident
of village Bherokhra,
retired (1984) deputy director of Agriculture (statistics), government
of Bihar.
d. one more person from Rahimabad village ....
to be selected ... pls suggest names
e. two members to be selected from Baghauni
village ... pls suggest names
f. one member to be selected from Rajwa village
... pls suggest names
g. One member to be selected from Tajpur ...
pls suggest names
Financial
requirements (estimate) for the madarsa:
Phase-1
(Ground Floor), Year 2011
Phase-2
(1st Floor), Year 2013
Phase-3
(2nd Floor), Year 2015
Temporary
rooms and temp. boundary wall
Rs.
50,000
------
------
Hostel
building, G+2 (1,920 ft2)
Rs.
1,000,000
Rs.
800,000
Rs.
800,000
Combined
building (Classroom + Office + Kitchen + Dining hall, etc.
>> 3,696 ft2)
Rs.
2,000,000
Rs.
1,600,000
Rs.
1,600,000
Laboratory
building and equipment
Rs.
1,000,000
Rs.
2,000,000
Common
Room + Library (separate building)
---------
Rs.
600,000
Rs.
500,000
Total
cost of construction [Rs. 11.95 million or 1 crore 19.5 lakhs]
Rs.
3,050,000 (Rs. 30.5 lakhs)
Rs.
4,000,000 (Rs. 40 lakhs)
Rs.
4,900,000 (Rs. 49 lakhs)
Operational
Expenses (estimate) for
the madarsa:
Phase-1
Phase-2
Phase-3
a.
Salary (teachers) @ Rs. 5, 000 per month
Rs.
30,000
Rs.
60,000
Rs.
90,000
b.
Salary of Admin staff @ Rs. 4,000 monthly
Rs.
8,000
Rs.
16,000
Rs.
24,000
c.
Food for resident students, teachers, etc.
Rs.
30,000
Rs.
75,000
Rs.
150,000
d.
Maintenance [cleaning, washing, etc]
Rs.
4,000
Rs.
8,000
Rs.
12,000
e.
Medical expenses
Rs.
4,000
Rs.
10,000
Rs.
20,000
f.
Total monthly Expenses
Rs.
72,000
Rs.
169,000
Rs.
296,000
Total
annual Expenses [12 x (f) + Rs. 600 per student (for new clothes and
toiletries, etc.)]
Rs.
864,000 + Rs.
36,000
=
Rs. 900,000
Rs.
2,028,000 + Rs.
90,000
=
Rs. 2,118,000
Rs.
3,552,000 + Rs.
180,000
=
Rs. 3,732,000
Architectural
Drawings (download pdf files):
Plan
of Ground floor || Plan
of Typical floors (1st and 2nd floors) || Plan
of Roof floor
Elevation
1 & 2 || Elevations
3 &4 || Section
A-A & B-B (Combined Building)
Sections
A-A & B-B (Hostel Building) || Schedule
of Doors and Windows || Layout
Plan
Demography
of the area:
Samastipur district consists
of 16.53% Muslims, as per census
figures of government of India
(2001), i.e., it has a Muslim population of 13,722,048 (13.72 million).
The female literacy in the district (for all religious groups) was
recorded as 32.69%, compared with 52.17% of Patna. Tajpur block has the
highest concentration of Muslim population, in the Samastipur district
- as per government reports, it is more than 20%, and this was the
reason for choosing Tajpur as the only centre (in Samastipur) for
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (read the guidelines for this school
at http://www.education.nic.in/kgbv_guidelines.asp).
This madarsa is situated about 80 km away from the state capital,
Patna, by road.
Tuition
Fees: No fees to be charged to students (absolutely free education)
The
tuition is absolutely free to students. They are to be drawn from the
families that are not in a position to pay for their education most
of them would either not be going to any educational institution or may
be going to government schools or madarsas, which do not care for
quality education. Pulling away poor children from their homes is, in
fact, pulling away an earning hand. If quality education is not
provided, the whole family is being cheated along with the child's
future being ruined. If we decide to make the project open for
fees-based tuition, there is a chance to divert from the main focus on
motivating the deprived sections to continue their studies and turn
towards generating income from the project.
Operational
Mechanism:
1. No
collection of zakah money by teachers:
Teachers will not be asked to runaround for donations, so there will be
no sharing by them from the amounts contributed by donors - the madarsa
culture of giving away 50% to the teacher-collector would not be
followed. Teachers will be paid a higher salary than those in other
madarsa - this will compensate them for the loss of income from zakah
collections (50% of all collections). Teachers (mudarriseen) would just
focus on teaching. This is also important, because we would have only
female teachers, in the long run.
2. Primary
classes started
in December 2009, with 2 teachers and 60 students.
3. Middle
school and Secondary Classes
(including Wastania and Fauqania):
Classes will be added, every year, and new teachers would be appointed,
giving preference to female teachers. At the end of five years, i.e.,
by 2014, all teachers will be females only.
4. Residential
facility
will start by September 2010, with accommodation for 50 students, and
every year residential facility for 50 more students will be added.
Residential facility will be allotted mostly to orphan girls
(preference will be given to them). Destitute girls will get the next
preference.
5. Warden
(Matron): A
warden for the hostel will stay within the madarsa campus. She will be
a mature, educated practicing Muslim lady, from good cultural
background, who can exercise the required control.
6. Prayer
facilities
will be provided from the beginning, and training will be provided to
students on all aspects of practicing Islam in daily life.
Monitoring
mechanism:
Bihar Anjuman has chapters in
various places, and a
three-layer monitoring will happen.
First layer of
monitoring: Local
chapters would monitor the project, as first layer.
Second layer of
monitoring:
Patna, Delhi and Aligarh chapters would monitor the project, as second
layer.
Third layer of
monitoring:
Mentors from online group visiting their native places will visit the
centres, check the account-books, academic performance, and other
arrangements, etc, apart from teaching the students on a short-term
basis, and guiding students, teachers as well as the organizing teams.
What would be the scale of
success?
Continuous
improvement in academic performance will be targeted, to be assessed
through weekly, monthly tests, and through annual exams, in the school.
The results of their annual exam will be considered as the scale of
success (for continuous improvement)..
Student's scale
of success:
Incremental improvement (percent increase w.r.t. previous exam) in
scores at the half-yearly and annual exams.
Centre's scale
of success:
Incremental improvement (percent increase w.r.t. previous exam) in
average scores of all students at the school, in the half-yearly and
annual exams..
Account-keeping:
Account
will be handled by the accountant of the school/ madarsa (employed
part-time or full-time). Initially, the responsibility may be handed
over to some volunteer from the local community or to one of the
teachers appointed for the centre.
Audit:
Account-books
would be made available, for audit, to any member of Bihar Anjuman, or
partner organizations, whenever they approach the centre, with such a
request. Visiting members would be requested to audit the entire
operations of these centres, including the academic processes.
Counselling:
Regular
counseling programs would be conducted by engaging respectable figures
from the local community. Visiting members of online forums would be
requested to inform about their visit of the region, so that their
services may be availed of. Services of some reputed counsellers may be
availed of, at least once-a-year, on a payment basis or otherwise.
Shikwa-e-zulmat-e-shab
se to kahin behtar tha;
Apne hissey ki koi shamm'a jalaate jaatey. [Ahmad Faraz]
Better light a candle than curse the darkness
Watch the Video of Ground Floor Completed on 01-06-2020
Personality
Development Program arranged by Bihar Anjuman, in Rahbar-e-Banat @ Samastipur
Sayyed Saeed Ahmed, Pune-based famous personality development trainer
and motivator, took thousands of Bihar young and old through a
life-changing experience. The program was sponsored by Dr. Khursheed
Mallick Sb, Chicago-based renowned social activist and founder chairman
of IMEFNA (better known for its Upward Bound programs of scholarship
and grants, throughout India, and Self Study Learning Centers in Patna
and Delhi). The details of the programs and a large collection of
photographs covering all
the places where the same program was conducted, are available here
>> click here.
Islamic Library
launched with 255 books, from Darus Salam
2 sets of Uniform
and
1 Sweater provided, every year, to all girl students
of
RAHBAR-e-Banat
Age-wise
breakdown
of students, in November 2011
13-14 yrs
11
11-12 yrs
23
9-10 yrs
32
7-8 yrs
22
5-6 yrs
23
Total
111
The
madrasa, which started in a thatched temporary facility in 2009,
has established a new trend in the region by providing free uniforms
and sweaters to all of its students, starting 2011-12 session.
Insha-Allah, the students would receive the free uniforms and sweaters
every year. Primary classes started, here, in the year 2009, and
classes are being extended as the students move forward. A campaign was
launched in September 2011 to raise funds for uniforms and sweaters.
Following is the details of
donations received and expenses incurred:
Donations
received: Rs. 1,00,521/=
Total 111 (One Hundred
Eleven) students received one set each of uniform and sweater in
session 2011-12; one more set of uniform to be given in
March 2012, insha-Allah.
Item
Description
For
111 students
Uniform (Salwar Suit
+ Dupatta)
Rs. 39,238
Sweater @ Rs. 300
per pc
Rs. 33,100
Tailor's charges @
Rs. 42 per uniform
Rs. 4,662
Total
Rs. 77,000
Amount received from RAHBAR:
Rs. 100,000/=
Amount spent: Rs. 77,000/=
Amount remaining in
RAHBAR-e-Banat account: Rs.23,000/=. This amount will be
used for providing another set of uniform + scarf to all students,
insha-Allah.
Casting of 3rd
Storey
Roof (2nd floor's roof) on 29th October
2011
Donations:
all kinds of donations are acceptable
Willing to donate for this
noble cause? Write to school@biharanjuman.org
to commit your donation
Read this article,
please: Letter
and Spirit of Zakat (Zakah)
The
students in this madarsa will be from poor families, most of whom are
not going to any schools or madrasas, at all. Therefore, zakah
funds may be used
to impart literacy to them. Yateem girls will be accommodated in a
hostel which is the first buidling being built [structure of 2
floors are ready, thus 16 rooms cab be used once finishing work is
completed]. Hostel is
planned to become functional in October 2011, insha-Allah.
You
may
donate (from any funds at your
disposal) for:
Regular
(monthly, quarterly, annual) contribution:
(a) Sponsor the principal s salary @ Rs. 10,000 per month,
(b) Sponsor a teaching staff for the madarsa: Rs. 5,000 to
6,000 per month,
(c)
Sponsor a non-teaching staff (matron, peon, muhassil,
etc.): Rs. 3,000 to 4,000 per month
(d)
sponsor a student's expenses (non-resident): Rs. 200 per month
(e) sponsor a student's expenses (resident): Rs. 300 per month, without
food
(f) sponsor a student's expenses (resident): Rs. 800 per month, with
food
Sponsor
construction cost for eisal-e-sawab and sadaqa-e-jaariya:
(a)
construction of class-rooms (one classroom: Rs. 4 lakhs): total number of classrooms planned = 15 (architectural dwg @ http://bit.ly/eFUnHI)
(b) Finishing and furnishing of hostel rooms: Rs. 50,000 per room): total number of rooms planned = 24 (architectural dwg @ http://bit.ly/eFUnHI)). Rooms are ready, finishing work is required. Furnishing of classrooms (running on temporary basis in the hostel rooms) is reqd (White Boards, benches, tables, chairs, grill in windows, plaster, painting, etc.)
(c) Construction of a library-cum-reading room @ Rs. 5 lakhs + furniture @ Rs. 1 lakh
(d) Construction of the office room @ Rs. 3.5 lakhs + finishing + office furniture, almirah, locker, computer, printer, etc. @ Rs. 1.5 lakhs
(e) Construction of a dining hall, and a kitchen @ Rs. 6.0 lakhs + kitchen furniture and equipment,
(f) Hand pump for drinking water, Rs. 20,000/= (with platform), near hostel building deep drilling is required, by the rock-driller.
(g) 2 Overhead water-tanks + 1 electric submersible pump + plumbing work for hostel building s bath-rooms on every floor, Rs. 2.5 lakhs (including inside finishing).
(h) doors and windows per hostel room @ Rs. 10,000/= (1 door + 1
window), total 24 rooms
(i) doors and windows per Class room @ Rs. 35,000/= (1 door + 4 to 7
windows), total 15 rooms
(j) Sanitary fittings for bathrooms on each floor of hostel building: Rs. 100,000/=
(k) Electric bulbs + fans for 24 hostel rooms: Rs. 60,000/= or/ and for
classroom building: Rs. 215,000/=
(l) Electrical wiring works for hostel building: Rs. 25,000/= or/ and
for classroom building: Rs. 100,000/=
Miscellaneous
Contribution:
(j) books
to the
children,
(k) books
and other
facilities (e.g., cassettes, CDs,
cassette-player, CD-players, etc) in the library.
Those
interested in making any kind of
donation may please write to school@biharanjuman.org,
with subject line "Donation for Madarsa RAHBAR-e-Banat" - your
commitment will not be disclosed without your permission.
Casting of 2nd
Storey
Roof (1st floor's roof) on 23rd March
2011
Casting of 1st
storey
roof (Ground floor's roof) on 5th
August
2010
Plinth Construction
Completed, 15th June 2010
Vision:
Educational empowerment of Muslim women, by making holistic education
& guidance accessible to them.
Mission:
Comprehensive Holistic Education [Islamic + Contemporary] &
Training to every female of Bihar and Jharkhand, by establishing one
girl's school in every district of the two states.
Contact for donations: Send email to myrahbar@gmail.com
[Subject line: "Donation for Madarsa RAHBAR-e-Banaat"], or
just fill-up an online form (it will not take more than 2 minutes
> please click here).
Apply
Now: Lady
teachers are
immediately required, for all subjects (CBSE + Islamic curriculum).
Send CVs of deserving female
teachers to school@biharanjuman.org; for more
details of these
vacancies, click here.
Location:
Rahimabad
village, near Tajpur block, district: Samastipur,
State: Bihar
Rahimabad
is the birth place of Maulana (Shaykh) Abdul Aziz Rahimabadi, RA, who
was a great alim and muhaddith, and a student of Shaykh Nadhir Husain
of Delhi
(http://www.islamicawakening.com/viewarticle.php?articleID=1300). He
was the founder of Mdarsa Darul Uloom Ahmadiya Salafiya, Laheriasarai,
Darbhanga. He is among the earliest ulemas to have written extensively
on the need for reforms in madarsa education (refer to the book
"Pakistan 2000" By Charles H. Kennedy, Craig Baxter, American Institute
of Pakistan Studies).
Your
suggestions can make this project more beneficial for the target
students, and for the community, as a whole. Please take 2 minutes to
submit your suggestions, by clicking
here, or writing to school@biharanjuman.org
Introduction:
Why girls only?
There is no girls-only educational centre for Muslim girls. Existing
schools and madarsas provide education to boys and girls, both.
Unfortunately, both sit in the same classroom (even in higher classes)
- yes, even madarsas do the same. Girls must be educated, as they form
the core of our society's culture. Mother's lap is not just the first
school for each one of us, it also leaves its permanent impression on
our personality. Illiteracy among women may be the main reason for the
degradation of our culture and our value system. We send our daughters
and sisters to another family, as an ambassador of our culture. It's
like exporting our culture to another household. What should we export?
The values do not get inculcated in a day, and we are responsible for
the habits of our girls. If our upbringing and education can make them
true ambassadors of Islam, jannah will become easily accessible to us.
On the other hand, if our upbringing and education take them in the
opposite direction, we would be the source of destruction for our
society. The choice is ours! That's why they say, "teach a boy and you
teach only a man; teach a girl and you teach an entire family".
What kind of education? Deeni
Ta'aleem is inclusive and comprehensive, as every education and
training is deeni, and there is no other type of education in Islam.
The types we know may be sub-sections, but placing them parallel to
deeni ta'aleem is a fallacy. So, asri (contemporary) ta'aleem
(education) may be considered as a subdivision within the spectrum of
deeni (Islamic) educational system. So, this madarsa will provide
holistic education by including in its curriculum science along with
Islam, Arabic along with English, Urdu and Hindi. Vocational training
centre will, insha-Allah, be established soon to enhance the skills of
those whose parents wish their children to acquire these. Ultimate goal
is to take this institution to the highest levels (college, jaamiya,
university, and so on) where research facilities can also be provided,
insha-Allah. As of now, we just intend to make a humble beginning with
primary education - the first baby step.
Why another educational
institution?
This is not just going to be another institution, but as explained
above, a girl's education centre - one of its kind in the area. Boys
and girls of the area go to no educational institution at all, and if
they go, they go to government schools or madarsas, which do not care
for quality education. Pulling away poor children from their homes is,
in fact, pulling away an earning hand. If quality education is not
provided, the whole family is being cheated along with the child's
future being ruined. There is need to impart quality education which
really serves the purpose of educational empowerment. There is even
greater need to impart education to the girls, that's why this
institution has been conceived.
Maulana
Waris Mazhari (editor of Urdu monthly magazine 'Tarjuman Dar ul-Uloom',
the official organ of the Deoband Madrasa's Graduates'
Association):
Personally,
I believe that Muslim women should receive an equal education as Muslim
boys. There is nothing in Islam that prohibits this. Why shouldn t we
have Muslim women engineers, doctors, journalists, lawyers and social
workers? We need Muslim women in all these sorts of occupations. They
need to have a presence in all necessary social sectors. A woman can be
a good Muslim, a good wife, a good mother, and a good professional at
the same time. Such a woman can provide a good role model for others to
emulate. To deny Muslim women this possibility, ironically in the name
of Islam, would mean only to further reinforce ultra-secularism, in the
sense of hostility to, or absence of, religion in the public sphere.
Progress
Update
(1) Land acquisition:
6 katha land has already been acquired, and Rs. 20,000 arranged for
land-development and temporary class-rooms (thatched roof on bamboo
supports ... 4 classrooms for 20 stduents each plus an office room
built, as in the picture, above).
(2) Appointment of Teachers:
two teachers (one for Islamic studies, and another for contemporary
education) are already appointed, and sposnorship of their salaries has
been arranged.
(3) Head of the institution: Maulana
Atiqur Rahman Sb, who has Alim and Fazil degrees from Madarasa
Darus Salam, Umarabad,
Distt: Vellore (Tamil Nadu) [Ph: +91-4171 258322, Fax :
+91-4171 255451] , served as head-mudarris of Madrasa Aziziya Salafia, Rahimabad;
belongs to the same village.
(4) Approval from Islamic
istitutions and authorities : Maulana Anisur Rahman
Qasmi Sb, Nazim
of Imarat Sharia and Chairman, Bihar
State Haj Committee , and Maulana Sanaul Hoda Qasmi Sb, Naib
Nazim of Imarat
Sharia, Patna visited the site and approved it. Approvals and
recommendations from other institutions and idaraas are being sought.
(5) Classes for primary
sections started on 1st December 2009.
More classes will be added as more funds become available. Total 60
students got enrolled in the first month ... enrollments have been
stopped after that, considering lack of taching staff.
(6)
Foundation stone laid for
construction of permament hostel buidling, on 3rd Jan
2010, by Janab Md Ali Ashraf Fatmi Sb, ex-minister of state for HRD,
govt of India.
Members
of the management committee:
a. Maulana Atiqur Rahman Sb,
Fazil from Madarsa
Darus Salam, Umarabad (Tamil Nadu), native of from Rahimanad
b. Janab Nizam Ahmad Sb, resident of
village Bherokhra,
and a member of the Samastipur District Board. He is also a member of
the management committee in Madarsa Islamia, Shahpur
Baghauni.
c. Janab Mohd Shazif Ahmad Sb, resident
of village Bherokhra,
retired (1984) deputy director of Agriculture (statistics), government
of Bihar.
d. one more person from Rahimabad village ....
to be selected ... pls suggest names
e. two members to be selected from Baghauni
village ... pls suggest names
f. one member to be selected from Rajwa village
... pls suggest names
g. One member to be selected from Tajpur ...
pls suggest names
Financial
requirements (estimate) for the madarsa:
Phase-1
(Ground Floor), Year 2011
Phase-2
(1st Floor), Year 2013
Phase-3
(2nd Floor), Year 2015
Temporary
rooms and temp. boundary wall
Rs.
50,000
------
------
Hostel
building, G+2 (1,920 ft2)
Rs.
1,000,000
Rs.
800,000
Rs.
800,000
Combined
building (Classroom + Office + Kitchen + Dining hall, etc.
>> 3,696 ft2)
Rs.
2,000,000
Rs.
1,600,000
Rs.
1,600,000
Laboratory
building and equipment
Rs.
1,000,000
Rs.
2,000,000
Common
Room + Library (separate building)
---------
Rs.
600,000
Rs.
500,000
Total
cost of construction [Rs. 11.95 million or 1 crore 19.5 lakhs]
Rs.
3,050,000 (Rs. 30.5 lakhs)
Rs.
4,000,000 (Rs. 40 lakhs)
Rs.
4,900,000 (Rs. 49 lakhs)
Operational
Expenses (estimate) for
the madarsa:
Phase-1
Phase-2
Phase-3
a.
Salary (teachers) @ Rs. 5, 000 per month
Rs.
30,000
Rs.
60,000
Rs.
90,000
b.
Salary of Admin staff @ Rs. 4,000 monthly
Rs.
8,000
Rs.
16,000
Rs.
24,000
c.
Food for resident students, teachers, etc.
Rs.
30,000
Rs.
75,000
Rs.
150,000
d.
Maintenance [cleaning, washing, etc]
Rs.
4,000
Rs.
8,000
Rs.
12,000
e.
Medical expenses
Rs.
4,000
Rs.
10,000
Rs.
20,000
f.
Total monthly Expenses
Rs.
72,000
Rs.
169,000
Rs.
296,000
Total
annual Expenses [12 x (f) + Rs. 600 per student (for new clothes and
toiletries, etc.)]
Rs.
864,000 + Rs.
36,000
=
Rs. 900,000
Rs.
2,028,000 + Rs.
90,000
=
Rs. 2,118,000
Rs.
3,552,000 + Rs.
180,000
=
Rs. 3,732,000
Architectural
Drawings (download pdf files):
Plan
of Ground floor || Plan
of Typical floors (1st and 2nd floors) || Plan
of Roof floor
Elevation
1 & 2 || Elevations
3 &4 || Section
A-A & B-B (Combined Building)
Sections
A-A & B-B (Hostel Building) || Schedule
of Doors and Windows || Layout
Plan
Demography
of the area:
Samastipur district consists
of 16.53% Muslims, as per census
figures of government of India
(2001), i.e., it has a Muslim population of 13,722,048 (13.72 million).
The female literacy in the district (for all religious groups) was
recorded as 32.69%, compared with 52.17% of Patna. Tajpur block has the
highest concentration of Muslim population, in the Samastipur district
- as per government reports, it is more than 20%, and this was the
reason for choosing Tajpur as the only centre (in Samastipur) for
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (read the guidelines for this school
at http://www.education.nic.in/kgbv_guidelines.asp).
This madarsa is situated about 80 km away from the state capital,
Patna, by road.
Tuition
Fees: No fees to be charged to students (absolutely free education)
The
tuition is absolutely free to students. They are to be drawn from the
families that are not in a position to pay for their education most
of them would either not be going to any educational institution or may
be going to government schools or madarsas, which do not care for
quality education. Pulling away poor children from their homes is, in
fact, pulling away an earning hand. If quality education is not
provided, the whole family is being cheated along with the child's
future being ruined. If we decide to make the project open for
fees-based tuition, there is a chance to divert from the main focus on
motivating the deprived sections to continue their studies and turn
towards generating income from the project.
Operational
Mechanism:
1. No
collection of zakah money by teachers:
Teachers will not be asked to runaround for donations, so there will be
no sharing by them from the amounts contributed by donors - the madarsa
culture of giving away 50% to the teacher-collector would not be
followed. Teachers will be paid a higher salary than those in other
madarsa - this will compensate them for the loss of income from zakah
collections (50% of all collections). Teachers (mudarriseen) would just
focus on teaching. This is also important, because we would have only
female teachers, in the long run.
2. Primary
classes started
in December 2009, with 2 teachers and 60 students.
3. Middle
school and Secondary Classes
(including Wastania and Fauqania):
Classes will be added, every year, and new teachers would be appointed,
giving preference to female teachers. At the end of five years, i.e.,
by 2014, all teachers will be females only.
4. Residential
facility
will start by September 2010, with accommodation for 50 students, and
every year residential facility for 50 more students will be added.
Residential facility will be allotted mostly to orphan girls
(preference will be given to them). Destitute girls will get the next
preference.
5. Warden
(Matron): A
warden for the hostel will stay within the madarsa campus. She will be
a mature, educated practicing Muslim lady, from good cultural
background, who can exercise the required control.
6. Prayer
facilities
will be provided from the beginning, and training will be provided to
students on all aspects of practicing Islam in daily life.
Monitoring
mechanism:
Bihar Anjuman has chapters in
various places, and a
three-layer monitoring will happen.
First layer of
monitoring: Local
chapters would monitor the project, as first layer.
Second layer of
monitoring:
Patna, Delhi and Aligarh chapters would monitor the project, as second
layer.
Third layer of
monitoring:
Mentors from online group visiting their native places will visit the
centres, check the account-books, academic performance, and other
arrangements, etc, apart from teaching the students on a short-term
basis, and guiding students, teachers as well as the organizing teams.
What would be the scale of
success?
Continuous
improvement in academic performance will be targeted, to be assessed
through weekly, monthly tests, and through annual exams, in the school.
The results of their annual exam will be considered as the scale of
success (for continuous improvement)..
Student's scale
of success:
Incremental improvement (percent increase w.r.t. previous exam) in
scores at the half-yearly and annual exams.
Centre's scale
of success:
Incremental improvement (percent increase w.r.t. previous exam) in
average scores of all students at the school, in the half-yearly and
annual exams..
Account-keeping:
Account
will be handled by the accountant of the school/ madarsa (employed
part-time or full-time). Initially, the responsibility may be handed
over to some volunteer from the local community or to one of the
teachers appointed for the centre.
Audit:
Account-books
would be made available, for audit, to any member of Bihar Anjuman, or
partner organizations, whenever they approach the centre, with such a
request. Visiting members would be requested to audit the entire
operations of these centres, including the academic processes.
Counselling:
Regular
counseling programs would be conducted by engaging respectable figures
from the local community. Visiting members of online forums would be
requested to inform about their visit of the region, so that their
services may be availed of. Services of some reputed counsellers may be
availed of, at least once-a-year, on a payment basis or otherwise.
Shikwa-e-zulmat-e-shab
se to kahin behtar tha;
Apne hissey ki koi shamm'a jalaate jaatey. [Ahmad Faraz]
Better light a candle than curse the darkness
Personality
Development Program arranged by Bihar Anjuman, in Rahbar-e-Banat @ Samastipur
Sayyed Saeed Ahmed, Pune-based famous personality development trainer
and motivator, took thousands of Bihar young and old through a
life-changing experience. The program was sponsored by Dr. Khursheed
Mallick Sb, Chicago-based renowned social activist and founder chairman
of IMEFNA (better known for its Upward Bound programs of scholarship
and grants, throughout India, and Self Study Learning Centers in Patna
and Delhi). The details of the programs and a large collection of
photographs covering all
the places where the same program was conducted, are available here
>> click here.
Islamic Library
launched with 255 books, from Darus Salam
2 sets of Uniform
and
1 Sweater provided, every year, to all girl students
of
RAHBAR-e-Banat
Age-wise
breakdown
of students, in November 2011
13-14 yrs
11
11-12 yrs
23
9-10 yrs
32
7-8 yrs
22
5-6 yrs
23
Total
111
The
madrasa, which started in a thatched temporary facility in 2009,
has established a new trend in the region by providing free uniforms
and sweaters to all of its students, starting 2011-12 session.
Insha-Allah, the students would receive the free uniforms and sweaters
every year. Primary classes started, here, in the year 2009, and
classes are being extended as the students move forward. A campaign was
launched in September 2011 to raise funds for uniforms and sweaters.
Following is the details of
donations received and expenses incurred:
Donations
received: Rs. 1,00,521/=
Total 111 (One Hundred
Eleven) students received one set each of uniform and sweater in
session 2011-12; one more set of uniform to be given in
March 2012, insha-Allah.
Item
Description
For
111 students
Uniform (Salwar Suit
+ Dupatta)
Rs. 39,238
Sweater @ Rs. 300
per pc
Rs. 33,100
Tailor's charges @
Rs. 42 per uniform
Rs. 4,662
Total
Rs. 77,000
Amount received from RAHBAR:
Rs. 100,000/=
Amount spent: Rs. 77,000/=
Amount remaining in
RAHBAR-e-Banat account: Rs.23,000/=. This amount will be
used for providing another set of uniform + scarf to all students,
insha-Allah.
Casting of 3rd
Storey
Roof (2nd floor's roof) on 29th October
2011
Donations:
all kinds of donations are acceptable
Willing to donate for this
noble cause? Write to school@biharanjuman.org
to commit your donation
Read this article,
please: Letter
and Spirit of Zakat (Zakah)
The
students in this madarsa will be from poor families, most of whom are
not going to any schools or madrasas, at all. Therefore, zakah
funds may be used
to impart literacy to them. Yateem girls will be accommodated in a
hostel which is the first buidling being built [structure of 2
floors are ready, thus 16 rooms cab be used once finishing work is
completed]. Hostel is
planned to become functional in October 2011, insha-Allah.
You
may
donate (from any funds at your
disposal) for:
Regular
(monthly, quarterly, annual) contribution:
(a) Sponsor the principal s salary @ Rs. 10,000 per month,
(b) Sponsor a teaching staff for the madarsa: Rs. 5,000 to
6,000 per month,
(c)
Sponsor a non-teaching staff (matron, peon, muhassil,
etc.): Rs. 3,000 to 4,000 per month
(d)
sponsor a student's expenses (non-resident): Rs. 200 per month
(e) sponsor a student's expenses (resident): Rs. 300 per month, without
food
(f) sponsor a student's expenses (resident): Rs. 800 per month, with
food
Sponsor
construction cost for eisal-e-sawab and sadaqa-e-jaariya:
(a)
construction of class-rooms (one classroom: Rs. 4 lakhs): total number of classrooms planned = 15 (architectural dwg @ http://bit.ly/eFUnHI)
(b) Finishing and furnishing of hostel rooms: Rs. 50,000 per room): total number of rooms planned = 24 (architectural dwg @ http://bit.ly/eFUnHI)). Rooms are ready, finishing work is required. Furnishing of classrooms (running on temporary basis in the hostel rooms) is reqd (White Boards, benches, tables, chairs, grill in windows, plaster, painting, etc.)
(c) Construction of a library-cum-reading room @ Rs. 5 lakhs + furniture @ Rs. 1 lakh
(d) Construction of the office room @ Rs. 3.5 lakhs + finishing + office furniture, almirah, locker, computer, printer, etc. @ Rs. 1.5 lakhs
(e) Construction of a dining hall, and a kitchen @ Rs. 6.0 lakhs + kitchen furniture and equipment,
(f) Hand pump for drinking water, Rs. 20,000/= (with platform), near hostel building deep drilling is required, by the rock-driller.
(g) 2 Overhead water-tanks + 1 electric submersible pump + plumbing work for hostel building s bath-rooms on every floor, Rs. 2.5 lakhs (including inside finishing).
(h) doors and windows per hostel room @ Rs. 10,000/= (1 door + 1
window), total 24 rooms
(i) doors and windows per Class room @ Rs. 35,000/= (1 door + 4 to 7
windows), total 15 rooms
(j) Sanitary fittings for bathrooms on each floor of hostel building: Rs. 100,000/=
(k) Electric bulbs + fans for 24 hostel rooms: Rs. 60,000/= or/ and for
classroom building: Rs. 215,000/=
(l) Electrical wiring works for hostel building: Rs. 25,000/= or/ and
for classroom building: Rs. 100,000/=
Miscellaneous
Contribution:
(j) books
to the
children,
(k) books
and other
facilities (e.g., cassettes, CDs,
cassette-player, CD-players, etc) in the library.
Those
interested in making any kind of
donation may please write to school@biharanjuman.org,
with subject line "Donation for Madarsa RAHBAR-e-Banat" - your
commitment will not be disclosed without your permission.
Casting of 2nd
Storey
Roof (1st floor's roof) on 23rd March
2011
Casting of 1st
storey
roof (Ground floor's roof) on 5th
August
2010
Plinth Construction
Completed, 15th June 2010
Vision:
Educational empowerment of Muslim women, by making holistic education
& guidance accessible to them.
Mission:
Comprehensive Holistic Education [Islamic + Contemporary] &
Training to every female of Bihar and Jharkhand, by establishing one
girl's school in every district of the two states.
Contact for donations: Send email to myrahbar@gmail.com
[Subject line: "Donation for Madarsa RAHBAR-e-Banaat"], or
just fill-up an online form (it will not take more than 2 minutes
> please click here).
Apply
Now: Lady
teachers are
immediately required, for all subjects (CBSE + Islamic curriculum).
Send CVs of deserving female
teachers to school@biharanjuman.org; for more
details of these
vacancies, click here.
Location:
Rahimabad
village, near Tajpur block, district: Samastipur,
State: Bihar
Rahimabad
is the birth place of Maulana (Shaykh) Abdul Aziz Rahimabadi, RA, who
was a great alim and muhaddith, and a student of Shaykh Nadhir Husain
of Delhi
(http://www.islamicawakening.com/viewarticle.php?articleID=1300). He
was the founder of Mdarsa Darul Uloom Ahmadiya Salafiya, Laheriasarai,
Darbhanga. He is among the earliest ulemas to have written extensively
on the need for reforms in madarsa education (refer to the book
"Pakistan 2000" By Charles H. Kennedy, Craig Baxter, American Institute
of Pakistan Studies).
Your
suggestions can make this project more beneficial for the target
students, and for the community, as a whole. Please take 2 minutes to
submit your suggestions, by clicking
here, or writing to school@biharanjuman.org
Introduction:
Why girls only?
There is no girls-only educational centre for Muslim girls. Existing
schools and madarsas provide education to boys and girls, both.
Unfortunately, both sit in the same classroom (even in higher classes)
- yes, even madarsas do the same. Girls must be educated, as they form
the core of our society's culture. Mother's lap is not just the first
school for each one of us, it also leaves its permanent impression on
our personality. Illiteracy among women may be the main reason for the
degradation of our culture and our value system. We send our daughters
and sisters to another family, as an ambassador of our culture. It's
like exporting our culture to another household. What should we export?
The values do not get inculcated in a day, and we are responsible for
the habits of our girls. If our upbringing and education can make them
true ambassadors of Islam, jannah will become easily accessible to us.
On the other hand, if our upbringing and education take them in the
opposite direction, we would be the source of destruction for our
society. The choice is ours! That's why they say, "teach a boy and you
teach only a man; teach a girl and you teach an entire family".
What kind of education? Deeni
Ta'aleem is inclusive and comprehensive, as every education and
training is deeni, and there is no other type of education in Islam.
The types we know may be sub-sections, but placing them parallel to
deeni ta'aleem is a fallacy. So, asri (contemporary) ta'aleem
(education) may be considered as a subdivision within the spectrum of
deeni (Islamic) educational system. So, this madarsa will provide
holistic education by including in its curriculum science along with
Islam, Arabic along with English, Urdu and Hindi. Vocational training
centre will, insha-Allah, be established soon to enhance the skills of
those whose parents wish their children to acquire these. Ultimate goal
is to take this institution to the highest levels (college, jaamiya,
university, and so on) where research facilities can also be provided,
insha-Allah. As of now, we just intend to make a humble beginning with
primary education - the first baby step.
Why another educational
institution?
This is not just going to be another institution, but as explained
above, a girl's education centre - one of its kind in the area. Boys
and girls of the area go to no educational institution at all, and if
they go, they go to government schools or madarsas, which do not care
for quality education. Pulling away poor children from their homes is,
in fact, pulling away an earning hand. If quality education is not
provided, the whole family is being cheated along with the child's
future being ruined. There is need to impart quality education which
really serves the purpose of educational empowerment. There is even
greater need to impart education to the girls, that's why this
institution has been conceived.
Maulana
Waris Mazhari (editor of Urdu monthly magazine 'Tarjuman Dar ul-Uloom',
the official organ of the Deoband Madrasa's Graduates'
Association):
Personally,
I believe that Muslim women should receive an equal education as Muslim
boys. There is nothing in Islam that prohibits this. Why shouldn t we
have Muslim women engineers, doctors, journalists, lawyers and social
workers? We need Muslim women in all these sorts of occupations. They
need to have a presence in all necessary social sectors. A woman can be
a good Muslim, a good wife, a good mother, and a good professional at
the same time. Such a woman can provide a good role model for others to
emulate. To deny Muslim women this possibility, ironically in the name
of Islam, would mean only to further reinforce ultra-secularism, in the
sense of hostility to, or absence of, religion in the public sphere.
Progress
Update
(1) Land acquisition:
6 katha land has already been acquired, and Rs. 20,000 arranged for
land-development and temporary class-rooms (thatched roof on bamboo
supports ... 4 classrooms for 20 stduents each plus an office room
built, as in the picture, above).
(2) Appointment of Teachers:
two teachers (one for Islamic studies, and another for contemporary
education) are already appointed, and sposnorship of their salaries has
been arranged.
(3) Head of the institution: Maulana
Atiqur Rahman Sb, who has Alim and Fazil degrees from Madarasa
Darus Salam, Umarabad,
Distt: Vellore (Tamil Nadu) [Ph: +91-4171 258322, Fax :
+91-4171 255451] , served as head-mudarris of Madrasa Aziziya Salafia, Rahimabad;
belongs to the same village.
(4) Approval from Islamic
istitutions and authorities : Maulana Anisur Rahman
Qasmi Sb, Nazim
of Imarat Sharia and Chairman, Bihar
State Haj Committee , and Maulana Sanaul Hoda Qasmi Sb, Naib
Nazim of Imarat
Sharia, Patna visited the site and approved it. Approvals and
recommendations from other institutions and idaraas are being sought.
(5) Classes for primary
sections started on 1st December 2009.
More classes will be added as more funds become available. Total 60
students got enrolled in the first month ... enrollments have been
stopped after that, considering lack of taching staff.
(6)
Foundation stone laid for
construction of permament hostel buidling, on 3rd Jan
2010, by Janab Md Ali Ashraf Fatmi Sb, ex-minister of state for HRD,
govt of India.
Members
of the management committee:
a. Maulana Atiqur Rahman Sb,
Fazil from Madarsa
Darus Salam, Umarabad (Tamil Nadu), native of from Rahimanad
b. Janab Nizam Ahmad Sb, resident of
village Bherokhra,
and a member of the Samastipur District Board. He is also a member of
the management committee in Madarsa Islamia, Shahpur
Baghauni.
c. Janab Mohd Shazif Ahmad Sb, resident
of village Bherokhra,
retired (1984) deputy director of Agriculture (statistics), government
of Bihar.
d. one more person from Rahimabad village ....
to be selected ... pls suggest names
e. two members to be selected from Baghauni
village ... pls suggest names
f. one member to be selected from Rajwa village
... pls suggest names
g. One member to be selected from Tajpur ...
pls suggest names
Financial
requirements (estimate) for the madarsa:
Phase-1
(Ground Floor), Year 2011
Phase-2
(1st Floor), Year 2013
Phase-3
(2nd Floor), Year 2015
Temporary
rooms and temp. boundary wall
Rs.
50,000
------
------
Hostel
building, G+2 (1,920 ft2)
Rs.
1,000,000
Rs.
800,000
Rs.
800,000
Combined
building (Classroom + Office + Kitchen + Dining hall, etc.
>> 3,696 ft2)
Rs.
2,000,000
Rs.
1,600,000
Rs.
1,600,000
Laboratory
building and equipment
Rs.
1,000,000
Rs.
2,000,000
Common
Room + Library (separate building)
---------
Rs.
600,000
Rs.
500,000
Total
cost of construction [Rs. 11.95 million or 1 crore 19.5 lakhs]
Rs.
3,050,000 (Rs. 30.5 lakhs)
Rs.
4,000,000 (Rs. 40 lakhs)
Rs.
4,900,000 (Rs. 49 lakhs)
Operational
Expenses (estimate) for
the madarsa:
Phase-1
Phase-2
Phase-3
a.
Salary (teachers) @ Rs. 5, 000 per month
Rs.
30,000
Rs.
60,000
Rs.
90,000
b.
Salary of Admin staff @ Rs. 4,000 monthly
Rs.
8,000
Rs.
16,000
Rs.
24,000
c.
Food for resident students, teachers, etc.
Rs.
30,000
Rs.
75,000
Rs.
150,000
d.
Maintenance [cleaning, washing, etc]
Rs.
4,000
Rs.
8,000
Rs.
12,000
e.
Medical expenses
Rs.
4,000
Rs.
10,000
Rs.
20,000
f.
Total monthly Expenses
Rs.
72,000
Rs.
169,000
Rs.
296,000
Total
annual Expenses [12 x (f) + Rs. 600 per student (for new clothes and
toiletries, etc.)]
Rs.
864,000 + Rs.
36,000
=
Rs. 900,000
Rs.
2,028,000 + Rs.
90,000
=
Rs. 2,118,000
Rs.
3,552,000 + Rs.
180,000
=
Rs. 3,732,000
Architectural
Drawings (download pdf files):
Plan
of Ground floor || Plan
of Typical floors (1st and 2nd floors) || Plan
of Roof floor
Elevation
1 & 2 || Elevations
3 &4 || Section
A-A & B-B (Combined Building)
Sections
A-A & B-B (Hostel Building) || Schedule
of Doors and Windows || Layout
Plan
Demography
of the area:
Samastipur district consists
of 16.53% Muslims, as per census
figures of government of India
(2001), i.e., it has a Muslim population of 13,722,048 (13.72 million).
The female literacy in the district (for all religious groups) was
recorded as 32.69%, compared with 52.17% of Patna. Tajpur block has the
highest concentration of Muslim population, in the Samastipur district
- as per government reports, it is more than 20%, and this was the
reason for choosing Tajpur as the only centre (in Samastipur) for
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (read the guidelines for this school
at http://www.education.nic.in/kgbv_guidelines.asp).
This madarsa is situated about 80 km away from the state capital,
Patna, by road.
Tuition
Fees: No fees to be charged to students (absolutely free education)
The
tuition is absolutely free to students. They are to be drawn from the
families that are not in a position to pay for their education most
of them would either not be going to any educational institution or may
be going to government schools or madarsas, which do not care for
quality education. Pulling away poor children from their homes is, in
fact, pulling away an earning hand. If quality education is not
provided, the whole family is being cheated along with the child's
future being ruined. If we decide to make the project open for
fees-based tuition, there is a chance to divert from the main focus on
motivating the deprived sections to continue their studies and turn
towards generating income from the project.
Operational
Mechanism:
1. No
collection of zakah money by teachers:
Teachers will not be asked to runaround for donations, so there will be
no sharing by them from the amounts contributed by donors - the madarsa
culture of giving away 50% to the teacher-collector would not be
followed. Teachers will be paid a higher salary than those in other
madarsa - this will compensate them for the loss of income from zakah
collections (50% of all collections). Teachers (mudarriseen) would just
focus on teaching. This is also important, because we would have only
female teachers, in the long run.
2. Primary
classes started
in December 2009, with 2 teachers and 60 students.
3. Middle
school and Secondary Classes
(including Wastania and Fauqania):
Classes will be added, every year, and new teachers would be appointed,
giving preference to female teachers. At the end of five years, i.e.,
by 2014, all teachers will be females only.
4. Residential
facility
will start by September 2010, with accommodation for 50 students, and
every year residential facility for 50 more students will be added.
Residential facility will be allotted mostly to orphan girls
(preference will be given to them). Destitute girls will get the next
preference.
5. Warden
(Matron): A
warden for the hostel will stay within the madarsa campus. She will be
a mature, educated practicing Muslim lady, from good cultural
background, who can exercise the required control.
6. Prayer
facilities
will be provided from the beginning, and training will be provided to
students on all aspects of practicing Islam in daily life.
Monitoring
mechanism:
Bihar Anjuman has chapters in
various places, and a
three-layer monitoring will happen.
First layer of
monitoring: Local
chapters would monitor the project, as first layer.
Second layer of
monitoring:
Patna, Delhi and Aligarh chapters would monitor the project, as second
layer.
Third layer of
monitoring:
Mentors from online group visiting their native places will visit the
centres, check the account-books, academic performance, and other
arrangements, etc, apart from teaching the students on a short-term
basis, and guiding students, teachers as well as the organizing teams.
What would be the scale of
success?
Continuous
improvement in academic performance will be targeted, to be assessed
through weekly, monthly tests, and through annual exams, in the school.
The results of their annual exam will be considered as the scale of
success (for continuous improvement)..
Student's scale
of success:
Incremental improvement (percent increase w.r.t. previous exam) in
scores at the half-yearly and annual exams.
Centre's scale
of success:
Incremental improvement (percent increase w.r.t. previous exam) in
average scores of all students at the school, in the half-yearly and
annual exams..
Account-keeping:
Account
will be handled by the accountant of the school/ madarsa (employed
part-time or full-time). Initially, the responsibility may be handed
over to some volunteer from the local community or to one of the
teachers appointed for the centre.
Audit:
Account-books
would be made available, for audit, to any member of Bihar Anjuman, or
partner organizations, whenever they approach the centre, with such a
request. Visiting members would be requested to audit the entire
operations of these centres, including the academic processes.
Counselling:
Regular
counseling programs would be conducted by engaging respectable figures
from the local community. Visiting members of online forums would be
requested to inform about their visit of the region, so that their
services may be availed of. Services of some reputed counsellers may be
availed of, at least once-a-year, on a payment basis or otherwise.
Shikwa-e-zulmat-e-shab
se to kahin behtar tha;
Apne hissey ki koi shamm'a jalaate jaatey. [Ahmad Faraz]
Better light a candle than curse the darkness
Personality
Development Program arranged by Bihar Anjuman, in Rahbar-e-Banat @ Samastipur
Sayyed Saeed Ahmed, Pune-based famous personality development trainer
and motivator, took thousands of Bihar young and old through a
life-changing experience. The program was sponsored by Dr. Khursheed
Mallick Sb, Chicago-based renowned social activist and founder chairman
of IMEFNA (better known for its Upward Bound programs of scholarship
and grants, throughout India, and Self Study Learning Centers in Patna
and Delhi). The details of the programs and a large collection of
photographs covering all
the places where the same program was conducted, are available here
>> click here.
Islamic Library
launched with 255 books, from Darus Salam
2 sets of Uniform
and
1 Sweater provided, every year, to all girl students
of
RAHBAR-e-Banat
Age-wise
breakdown
of students, in November 2011
13-14 yrs
11
11-12 yrs
23
9-10 yrs
32
7-8 yrs
22
5-6 yrs
23
Total
111
The
madrasa, which started in a thatched temporary facility in 2009,
has established a new trend in the region by providing free uniforms
and sweaters to all of its students, starting 2011-12 session.
Insha-Allah, the students would receive the free uniforms and sweaters
every year. Primary classes started, here, in the year 2009, and
classes are being extended as the students move forward. A campaign was
launched in September 2011 to raise funds for uniforms and sweaters.
Following is the details of
donations received and expenses incurred:
Donations
received: Rs. 1,00,521/=
Total 111 (One Hundred
Eleven) students received one set each of uniform and sweater in
session 2011-12; one more set of uniform to be given in
March 2012, insha-Allah.
Item
Description
For
111 students
Uniform (Salwar Suit
+ Dupatta)
Rs. 39,238
Sweater @ Rs. 300
per pc
Rs. 33,100
Tailor's charges @
Rs. 42 per uniform
Rs. 4,662
Total
Rs. 77,000
Amount received from RAHBAR:
Rs. 100,000/=
Amount spent: Rs. 77,000/=
Amount remaining in
RAHBAR-e-Banat account: Rs.23,000/=. This amount will be
used for providing another set of uniform + scarf to all students,
insha-Allah.
Casting of 3rd
Storey
Roof (2nd floor's roof) on 29th October
2011
Donations:
all kinds of donations are acceptable
Willing to donate for this
noble cause? Write to school@biharanjuman.org
to commit your donation
Read this article,
please: Letter
and Spirit of Zakat (Zakah)
The
students in this madarsa will be from poor families, most of whom are
not going to any schools or madrasas, at all. Therefore, zakah
funds may be used
to impart literacy to them. Yateem girls will be accommodated in a
hostel which is the first buidling being built [structure of 2
floors are ready, thus 16 rooms cab be used once finishing work is
completed]. Hostel is
planned to become functional in October 2011, insha-Allah.
You
may
donate (from any funds at your
disposal) for:
Regular
(monthly, quarterly, annual) contribution:
(a) Sponsor the principal s salary @ Rs. 10,000 per month,
(b) Sponsor a teaching staff for the madarsa: Rs. 5,000 to
6,000 per month,
(c)
Sponsor a non-teaching staff (matron, peon, muhassil,
etc.): Rs. 3,000 to 4,000 per month
(d)
sponsor a student's expenses (non-resident): Rs. 200 per month
(e) sponsor a student's expenses (resident): Rs. 300 per month, without
food
(f) sponsor a student's expenses (resident): Rs. 800 per month, with
food
Sponsor
construction cost for eisal-e-sawab and sadaqa-e-jaariya:
(a)
construction of class-rooms (one classroom: Rs. 4 lakhs): total number of classrooms planned = 15 (architectural dwg @ http://bit.ly/eFUnHI)
(b) Finishing and furnishing of hostel rooms: Rs. 50,000 per room): total number of rooms planned = 24 (architectural dwg @ http://bit.ly/eFUnHI)). Rooms are ready, finishing work is required. Furnishing of classrooms (running on temporary basis in the hostel rooms) is reqd (White Boards, benches, tables, chairs, grill in windows, plaster, painting, etc.)
(c) Construction of a library-cum-reading room @ Rs. 5 lakhs + furniture @ Rs. 1 lakh
(d) Construction of the office room @ Rs. 3.5 lakhs + finishing + office furniture, almirah, locker, computer, printer, etc. @ Rs. 1.5 lakhs
(e) Construction of a dining hall, and a kitchen @ Rs. 6.0 lakhs + kitchen furniture and equipment,
(f) Hand pump for drinking water, Rs. 20,000/= (with platform), near hostel building deep drilling is required, by the rock-driller.
(g) 2 Overhead water-tanks + 1 electric submersible pump + plumbing work for hostel building s bath-rooms on every floor, Rs. 2.5 lakhs (including inside finishing).
(h) doors and windows per hostel room @ Rs. 10,000/= (1 door + 1
window), total 24 rooms
(i) doors and windows per Class room @ Rs. 35,000/= (1 door + 4 to 7
windows), total 15 rooms
(j) Sanitary fittings for bathrooms on each floor of hostel building: Rs. 100,000/=
(k) Electric bulbs + fans for 24 hostel rooms: Rs. 60,000/= or/ and for
classroom building: Rs. 215,000/=
(l) Electrical wiring works for hostel building: Rs. 25,000/= or/ and
for classroom building: Rs. 100,000/=
Miscellaneous
Contribution:
(j) books
to the
children,
(k) books
and other
facilities (e.g., cassettes, CDs,
cassette-player, CD-players, etc) in the library.
Those
interested in making any kind of
donation may please write to school@biharanjuman.org,
with subject line "Donation for Madarsa RAHBAR-e-Banat" - your
commitment will not be disclosed without your permission.
Casting of 2nd
Storey
Roof (1st floor's roof) on 23rd March
2011
Casting of 1st
storey
roof (Ground floor's roof) on 5th
August
2010
Plinth Construction
Completed, 15th June 2010
Vision:
Educational empowerment of Muslim women, by making holistic education
& guidance accessible to them.
Mission:
Comprehensive Holistic Education [Islamic + Contemporary] &
Training to every female of Bihar and Jharkhand, by establishing one
girl's school in every district of the two states.
Contact for donations: Send email to myrahbar@gmail.com
[Subject line: "Donation for Madarsa RAHBAR-e-Banaat"], or
just fill-up an online form (it will not take more than 2 minutes
> please click here).
Apply
Now: Lady
teachers are
immediately required, for all subjects (CBSE + Islamic curriculum).
Send CVs of deserving female
teachers to school@biharanjuman.org; for more
details of these
vacancies, click here.
Location:
Rahimabad
village, near Tajpur block, district: Samastipur,
State: Bihar
Rahimabad
is the birth place of Maulana (Shaykh) Abdul Aziz Rahimabadi, RA, who
was a great alim and muhaddith, and a student of Shaykh Nadhir Husain
of Delhi
(http://www.islamicawakening.com/viewarticle.php?articleID=1300). He
was the founder of Mdarsa Darul Uloom Ahmadiya Salafiya, Laheriasarai,
Darbhanga. He is among the earliest ulemas to have written extensively
on the need for reforms in madarsa education (refer to the book
"Pakistan 2000" By Charles H. Kennedy, Craig Baxter, American Institute
of Pakistan Studies).
Your
suggestions can make this project more beneficial for the target
students, and for the community, as a whole. Please take 2 minutes to
submit your suggestions, by clicking
here, or writing to school@biharanjuman.org
Introduction:
Why girls only?
There is no girls-only educational centre for Muslim girls. Existing
schools and madarsas provide education to boys and girls, both.
Unfortunately, both sit in the same classroom (even in higher classes)
- yes, even madarsas do the same. Girls must be educated, as they form
the core of our society's culture. Mother's lap is not just the first
school for each one of us, it also leaves its permanent impression on
our personality. Illiteracy among women may be the main reason for the
degradation of our culture and our value system. We send our daughters
and sisters to another family, as an ambassador of our culture. It's
like exporting our culture to another household. What should we export?
The values do not get inculcated in a day, and we are responsible for
the habits of our girls. If our upbringing and education can make them
true ambassadors of Islam, jannah will become easily accessible to us.
On the other hand, if our upbringing and education take them in the
opposite direction, we would be the source of destruction for our
society. The choice is ours! That's why they say, "teach a boy and you
teach only a man; teach a girl and you teach an entire family".
What kind of education? Deeni
Ta'aleem is inclusive and comprehensive, as every education and
training is deeni, and there is no other type of education in Islam.
The types we know may be sub-sections, but placing them parallel to
deeni ta'aleem is a fallacy. So, asri (contemporary) ta'aleem
(education) may be considered as a subdivision within the spectrum of
deeni (Islamic) educational system. So, this madarsa will provide
holistic education by including in its curriculum science along with
Islam, Arabic along with English, Urdu and Hindi. Vocational training
centre will, insha-Allah, be established soon to enhance the skills of
those whose parents wish their children to acquire these. Ultimate goal
is to take this institution to the highest levels (college, jaamiya,
university, and so on) where research facilities can also be provided,
insha-Allah. As of now, we just intend to make a humble beginning with
primary education - the first baby step.
Why another educational
institution?
This is not just going to be another institution, but as explained
above, a girl's education centre - one of its kind in the area. Boys
and girls of the area go to no educational institution at all, and if
they go, they go to government schools or madarsas, which do not care
for quality education. Pulling away poor children from their homes is,
in fact, pulling away an earning hand. If quality education is not
provided, the whole family is being cheated along with the child's
future being ruined. There is need to impart quality education which
really serves the purpose of educational empowerment. There is even
greater need to impart education to the girls, that's why this
institution has been conceived.
Maulana
Waris Mazhari (editor of Urdu monthly magazine 'Tarjuman Dar ul-Uloom',
the official organ of the Deoband Madrasa's Graduates'
Association):
Personally,
I believe that Muslim women should receive an equal education as Muslim
boys. There is nothing in Islam that prohibits this. Why shouldn t we
have Muslim women engineers, doctors, journalists, lawyers and social
workers? We need Muslim women in all these sorts of occupations. They
need to have a presence in all necessary social sectors. A woman can be
a good Muslim, a good wife, a good mother, and a good professional at
the same time. Such a woman can provide a good role model for others to
emulate. To deny Muslim women this possibility, ironically in the name
of Islam, would mean only to further reinforce ultra-secularism, in the
sense of hostility to, or absence of, religion in the public sphere.
Progress
Update
(1) Land acquisition:
6 katha land has already been acquired, and Rs. 20,000 arranged for
land-development and temporary class-rooms (thatched roof on bamboo
supports ... 4 classrooms for 20 stduents each plus an office room
built, as in the picture, above).
(2) Appointment of Teachers:
two teachers (one for Islamic studies, and another for contemporary
education) are already appointed, and sposnorship of their salaries has
been arranged.
(3) Head of the institution: Maulana
Atiqur Rahman Sb, who has Alim and Fazil degrees from Madarasa
Darus Salam, Umarabad,
Distt: Vellore (Tamil Nadu) [Ph: +91-4171 258322, Fax :
+91-4171 255451] , served as head-mudarris of Madrasa Aziziya Salafia, Rahimabad;
belongs to the same village.
(4) Approval from Islamic
istitutions and authorities : Maulana Anisur Rahman
Qasmi Sb, Nazim
of Imarat Sharia and Chairman, Bihar
State Haj Committee , and Maulana Sanaul Hoda Qasmi Sb, Naib
Nazim of Imarat
Sharia, Patna visited the site and approved it. Approvals and
recommendations from other institutions and idaraas are being sought.
(5) Classes for primary
sections started on 1st December 2009.
More classes will be added as more funds become available. Total 60
students got enrolled in the first month ... enrollments have been
stopped after that, considering lack of taching staff.
(6)
Foundation stone laid for
construction of permament hostel buidling, on 3rd Jan
2010, by Janab Md Ali Ashraf Fatmi Sb, ex-minister of state for HRD,
govt of India.
Members
of the management committee:
a. Maulana Atiqur Rahman Sb,
Fazil from Madarsa
Darus Salam, Umarabad (Tamil Nadu), native of from Rahimanad
b. Janab Nizam Ahmad Sb, resident of
village Bherokhra,
and a member of the Samastipur District Board. He is also a member of
the management committee in Madarsa Islamia, Shahpur
Baghauni.
c. Janab Mohd Shazif Ahmad Sb, resident
of village Bherokhra,
retired (1984) deputy director of Agriculture (statistics), government
of Bihar.
d. one more person from Rahimabad village ....
to be selected ... pls suggest names
e. two members to be selected from Baghauni
village ... pls suggest names
f. one member to be selected from Rajwa village
... pls suggest names
g. One member to be selected from Tajpur ...
pls suggest names
Financial
requirements (estimate) for the madarsa:
Phase-1
(Ground Floor), Year 2011
Phase-2
(1st Floor), Year 2013
Phase-3
(2nd Floor), Year 2015
Temporary
rooms and temp. boundary wall
Rs.
50,000
------
------
Hostel
building, G+2 (1,920 ft2)
Rs.
1,000,000
Rs.
800,000
Rs.
800,000
Combined
building (Classroom + Office + Kitchen + Dining hall, etc.
>> 3,696 ft2)
Rs.
2,000,000
Rs.
1,600,000
Rs.
1,600,000
Laboratory
building and equipment
Rs.
1,000,000
Rs.
2,000,000
Common
Room + Library (separate building)
---------
Rs.
600,000
Rs.
500,000
Total
cost of construction [Rs. 11.95 million or 1 crore 19.5 lakhs]
Rs.
3,050,000 (Rs. 30.5 lakhs)
Rs.
4,000,000 (Rs. 40 lakhs)
Rs.
4,900,000 (Rs. 49 lakhs)
Operational
Expenses (estimate) for
the madarsa:
Phase-1
Phase-2
Phase-3
a.
Salary (teachers) @ Rs. 5, 000 per month
Rs.
30,000
Rs.
60,000
Rs.
90,000
b.
Salary of Admin staff @ Rs. 4,000 monthly
Rs.
8,000
Rs.
16,000
Rs.
24,000
c.
Food for resident students, teachers, etc.
Rs.
30,000
Rs.
75,000
Rs.
150,000
d.
Maintenance [cleaning, washing, etc]
Rs.
4,000
Rs.
8,000
Rs.
12,000
e.
Medical expenses
Rs.
4,000
Rs.
10,000
Rs.
20,000
f.
Total monthly Expenses
Rs.
72,000
Rs.
169,000
Rs.
296,000
Total
annual Expenses [12 x (f) + Rs. 600 per student (for new clothes and
toiletries, etc.)]
Rs.
864,000 + Rs.
36,000
=
Rs. 900,000
Rs.
2,028,000 + Rs.
90,000
=
Rs. 2,118,000
Rs.
3,552,000 + Rs.
180,000
=
Rs. 3,732,000
Architectural
Drawings (download pdf files):
Plan
of Ground floor || Plan
of Typical floors (1st and 2nd floors) || Plan
of Roof floor
Elevation
1 & 2 || Elevations
3 &4 || Section
A-A & B-B (Combined Building)
Sections
A-A & B-B (Hostel Building) || Schedule
of Doors and Windows || Layout
Plan
Demography
of the area:
Samastipur district consists
of 16.53% Muslims, as per census
figures of government of India
(2001), i.e., it has a Muslim population of 13,722,048 (13.72 million).
The female literacy in the district (for all religious groups) was
recorded as 32.69%, compared with 52.17% of Patna. Tajpur block has the
highest concentration of Muslim population, in the Samastipur district
- as per government reports, it is more than 20%, and this was the
reason for choosing Tajpur as the only centre (in Samastipur) for
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (read the guidelines for this school
at http://www.education.nic.in/kgbv_guidelines.asp).
This madarsa is situated about 80 km away from the state capital,
Patna, by road.
Tuition
Fees: No fees to be charged to students (absolutely free education)
The
tuition is absolutely free to students. They are to be drawn from the
families that are not in a position to pay for their education most
of them would either not be going to any educational institution or may
be going to government schools or madarsas, which do not care for
quality education. Pulling away poor children from their homes is, in
fact, pulling away an earning hand. If quality education is not
provided, the whole family is being cheated along with the child's
future being ruined. If we decide to make the project open for
fees-based tuition, there is a chance to divert from the main focus on
motivating the deprived sections to continue their studies and turn
towards generating income from the project.
Operational
Mechanism:
1. No
collection of zakah money by teachers:
Teachers will not be asked to runaround for donations, so there will be
no sharing by them from the amounts contributed by donors - the madarsa
culture of giving away 50% to the teacher-collector would not be
followed. Teachers will be paid a higher salary than those in other
madarsa - this will compensate them for the loss of income from zakah
collections (50% of all collections). Teachers (mudarriseen) would just
focus on teaching. This is also important, because we would have only
female teachers, in the long run.
2. Primary
classes started
in December 2009, with 2 teachers and 60 students.
3. Middle
school and Secondary Classes
(including Wastania and Fauqania):
Classes will be added, every year, and new teachers would be appointed,
giving preference to female teachers. At the end of five years, i.e.,
by 2014, all teachers will be females only.
4. Residential
facility
will start by September 2010, with accommodation for 50 students, and
every year residential facility for 50 more students will be added.
Residential facility will be allotted mostly to orphan girls
(preference will be given to them). Destitute girls will get the next
preference.
5. Warden
(Matron): A
warden for the hostel will stay within the madarsa campus. She will be
a mature, educated practicing Muslim lady, from good cultural
background, who can exercise the required control.
6. Prayer
facilities
will be provided from the beginning, and training will be provided to
students on all aspects of practicing Islam in daily life.
Monitoring
mechanism:
Bihar Anjuman has chapters in
various places, and a
three-layer monitoring will happen.
First layer of
monitoring: Local
chapters would monitor the project, as first layer.
Second layer of
monitoring:
Patna, Delhi and Aligarh chapters would monitor the project, as second
layer.
Third layer of
monitoring:
Mentors from online group visiting their native places will visit the
centres, check the account-books, academic performance, and other
arrangements, etc, apart from teaching the students on a short-term
basis, and guiding students, teachers as well as the organizing teams.
What would be the scale of
success?
Continuous
improvement in academic performance will be targeted, to be assessed
through weekly, monthly tests, and through annual exams, in the school.
The results of their annual exam will be considered as the scale of
success (for continuous improvement)..
Student's scale
of success:
Incremental improvement (percent increase w.r.t. previous exam) in
scores at the half-yearly and annual exams.
Centre's scale
of success:
Incremental improvement (percent increase w.r.t. previous exam) in
average scores of all students at the school, in the half-yearly and
annual exams..
Account-keeping:
Account
will be handled by the accountant of the school/ madarsa (employed
part-time or full-time). Initially, the responsibility may be handed
over to some volunteer from the local community or to one of the
teachers appointed for the centre.
Audit:
Account-books
would be made available, for audit, to any member of Bihar Anjuman, or
partner organizations, whenever they approach the centre, with such a
request. Visiting members would be requested to audit the entire
operations of these centres, including the academic processes.
Counselling:
Regular
counseling programs would be conducted by engaging respectable figures
from the local community. Visiting members of online forums would be
requested to inform about their visit of the region, so that their
services may be availed of. Services of some reputed counsellers may be
availed of, at least once-a-year, on a payment basis or otherwise.
Shikwa-e-zulmat-e-shab
se to kahin behtar tha;
Apne hissey ki koi shamm'a jalaate jaatey. [Ahmad Faraz]
Better light a candle than curse the darkness
Personality
Development Program arranged by Bihar Anjuman, in Rahbar-e-Banat @ Samastipur
Sayyed Saeed Ahmed, Pune-based famous personality development trainer
and motivator, took thousands of Bihar young and old through a
life-changing experience. The program was sponsored by Dr. Khursheed
Mallick Sb, Chicago-based renowned social activist and founder chairman
of IMEFNA (better known for its Upward Bound programs of scholarship
and grants, throughout India, and Self Study Learning Centers in Patna
and Delhi). The details of the programs and a large collection of
photographs covering all
the places where the same program was conducted, are available here
>> click here.
Islamic Library
launched with 255 books, from Darus Salam
2 sets of Uniform
and
1 Sweater provided, every year, to all girl students
of
RAHBAR-e-Banat
Age-wise
breakdown
of students, in November 2011
13-14 yrs
11
11-12 yrs
23
9-10 yrs
32
7-8 yrs
22
5-6 yrs
23
Total
111
The
madrasa, which started in a thatched temporary facility in 2009,
has established a new trend in the region by providing free uniforms
and sweaters to all of its students, starting 2011-12 session.
Insha-Allah, the students would receive the free uniforms and sweaters
every year. Primary classes started, here, in the year 2009, and
classes are being extended as the students move forward. A campaign was
launched in September 2011 to raise funds for uniforms and sweaters.
Following is the details of
donations received and expenses incurred:
Donations
received: Rs. 1,00,521/=
Total 111 (One Hundred
Eleven) students received one set each of uniform and sweater in
session 2011-12; one more set of uniform to be given in
March 2012, insha-Allah.
Item
Description
For
111 students
Uniform (Salwar Suit
+ Dupatta)
Rs. 39,238
Sweater @ Rs. 300
per pc
Rs. 33,100
Tailor's charges @
Rs. 42 per uniform
Rs. 4,662
Total
Rs. 77,000
Amount received from RAHBAR:
Rs. 100,000/=
Amount spent: Rs. 77,000/=
Amount remaining in
RAHBAR-e-Banat account: Rs.23,000/=. This amount will be
used for providing another set of uniform + scarf to all students,
insha-Allah.
Casting of 3rd
Storey
Roof (2nd floor's roof) on 29th October
2011
Donations:
all kinds of donations are acceptable
Willing to donate for this
noble cause? Write to school@biharanjuman.org
to commit your donation
Read this article,
please: Letter
and Spirit of Zakat (Zakah)
The
students in this madarsa will be from poor families, most of whom are
not going to any schools or madrasas, at all. Therefore, zakah
funds may be used
to impart literacy to them. Yateem girls will be accommodated in a
hostel which is the first buidling being built [structure of 2
floors are ready, thus 16 rooms cab be used once finishing work is
completed]. Hostel is
planned to become functional in October 2011, insha-Allah.
You
may
donate (from any funds at your
disposal) for:
Regular
(monthly, quarterly, annual) contribution:
(a) Sponsor the principal s salary @ Rs. 10,000 per month,
(b) Sponsor a teaching staff for the madarsa: Rs. 5,000 to
6,000 per month,
(c)
Sponsor a non-teaching staff (matron, peon, muhassil,
etc.): Rs. 3,000 to 4,000 per month
(d)
sponsor a student's expenses (non-resident): Rs. 200 per month
(e) sponsor a student's expenses (resident): Rs. 300 per month, without
food
(f) sponsor a student's expenses (resident): Rs. 800 per month, with
food
Sponsor
construction cost for eisal-e-sawab and sadaqa-e-jaariya:
(a)
construction of class-rooms (one classroom: Rs. 4 lakhs): total number of classrooms planned = 15 (architectural dwg @ http://bit.ly/eFUnHI)
(b) Finishing and furnishing of hostel rooms: Rs. 50,000 per room): total number of rooms planned = 24 (architectural dwg @ http://bit.ly/eFUnHI)). Rooms are ready, finishing work is required. Furnishing of classrooms (running on temporary basis in the hostel rooms) is reqd (White Boards, benches, tables, chairs, grill in windows, plaster, painting, etc.)
(c) Construction of a library-cum-reading room @ Rs. 5 lakhs + furniture @ Rs. 1 lakh
(d) Construction of the office room @ Rs. 3.5 lakhs + finishing + office furniture, almirah, locker, computer, printer, etc. @ Rs. 1.5 lakhs
(e) Construction of a dining hall, and a kitchen @ Rs. 6.0 lakhs + kitchen furniture and equipment,
(f) Hand pump for drinking water, Rs. 20,000/= (with platform), near hostel building deep drilling is required, by the rock-driller.
(g) 2 Overhead water-tanks + 1 electric submersible pump + plumbing work for hostel building s bath-rooms on every floor, Rs. 2.5 lakhs (including inside finishing).
(h) doors and windows per hostel room @ Rs. 10,000/= (1 door + 1
window), total 24 rooms
(i) doors and windows per Class room @ Rs. 35,000/= (1 door + 4 to 7
windows), total 15 rooms
(j) Sanitary fittings for bathrooms on each floor of hostel building: Rs. 100,000/=
(k) Electric bulbs + fans for 24 hostel rooms: Rs. 60,000/= or/ and for
classroom building: Rs. 215,000/=
(l) Electrical wiring works for hostel building: Rs. 25,000/= or/ and
for classroom building: Rs. 100,000/=
Miscellaneous
Contribution:
(j) books
to the
children,
(k) books
and other
facilities (e.g., cassettes, CDs,
cassette-player, CD-players, etc) in the library.
Those
interested in making any kind of
donation may please write to school@biharanjuman.org,
with subject line "Donation for Madarsa RAHBAR-e-Banat" - your
commitment will not be disclosed without your permission.
Casting of 2nd
Storey
Roof (1st floor's roof) on 23rd March
2011
Casting of 1st
storey
roof (Ground floor's roof) on 5th
August
2010
Plinth Construction
Completed, 15th June 2010
Vision:
Educational empowerment of Muslim women, by making holistic education
& guidance accessible to them.
Mission:
Comprehensive Holistic Education [Islamic + Contemporary] &
Training to every female of Bihar and Jharkhand, by establishing one
girl's school in every district of the two states.
Contact for donations: Send email to myrahbar@gmail.com
[Subject line: "Donation for Madarsa RAHBAR-e-Banaat"], or
just fill-up an online form (it will not take more than 2 minutes
> please click here).
Apply
Now: Lady
teachers are
immediately required, for all subjects (CBSE + Islamic curriculum).
Send CVs of deserving female
teachers to school@biharanjuman.org; for more
details of these
vacancies, click here.
Location:
Rahimabad
village, near Tajpur block, district: Samastipur,
State: Bihar
Rahimabad
is the birth place of Maulana (Shaykh) Abdul Aziz Rahimabadi, RA, who
was a great alim and muhaddith, and a student of Shaykh Nadhir Husain
of Delhi
(http://www.islamicawakening.com/viewarticle.php?articleID=1300). He
was the founder of Mdarsa Darul Uloom Ahmadiya Salafiya, Laheriasarai,
Darbhanga. He is among the earliest ulemas to have written extensively
on the need for reforms in madarsa education (refer to the book
"Pakistan 2000" By Charles H. Kennedy, Craig Baxter, American Institute
of Pakistan Studies).
Your
suggestions can make this project more beneficial for the target
students, and for the community, as a whole. Please take 2 minutes to
submit your suggestions, by clicking
here, or writing to school@biharanjuman.org
Introduction:
Why girls only?
There is no girls-only educational centre for Muslim girls. Existing
schools and madarsas provide education to boys and girls, both.
Unfortunately, both sit in the same classroom (even in higher classes)
- yes, even madarsas do the same. Girls must be educated, as they form
the core of our society's culture. Mother's lap is not just the first
school for each one of us, it also leaves its permanent impression on
our personality. Illiteracy among women may be the main reason for the
degradation of our culture and our value system. We send our daughters
and sisters to another family, as an ambassador of our culture. It's
like exporting our culture to another household. What should we export?
The values do not get inculcated in a day, and we are responsible for
the habits of our girls. If our upbringing and education can make them
true ambassadors of Islam, jannah will become easily accessible to us.
On the other hand, if our upbringing and education take them in the
opposite direction, we would be the source of destruction for our
society. The choice is ours! That's why they say, "teach a boy and you
teach only a man; teach a girl and you teach an entire family".
What kind of education? Deeni
Ta'aleem is inclusive and comprehensive, as every education and
training is deeni, and there is no other type of education in Islam.
The types we know may be sub-sections, but placing them parallel to
deeni ta'aleem is a fallacy. So, asri (contemporary) ta'aleem
(education) may be considered as a subdivision within the spectrum of
deeni (Islamic) educational system. So, this madarsa will provide
holistic education by including in its curriculum science along with
Islam, Arabic along with English, Urdu and Hindi. Vocational training
centre will, insha-Allah, be established soon to enhance the skills of
those whose parents wish their children to acquire these. Ultimate goal
is to take this institution to the highest levels (college, jaamiya,
university, and so on) where research facilities can also be provided,
insha-Allah. As of now, we just intend to make a humble beginning with
primary education - the first baby step.
Why another educational
institution?
This is not just going to be another institution, but as explained
above, a girl's education centre - one of its kind in the area. Boys
and girls of the area go to no educational institution at all, and if
they go, they go to government schools or madarsas, which do not care
for quality education. Pulling away poor children from their homes is,
in fact, pulling away an earning hand. If quality education is not
provided, the whole family is being cheated along with the child's
future being ruined. There is need to impart quality education which
really serves the purpose of educational empowerment. There is even
greater need to impart education to the girls, that's why this
institution has been conceived.
Maulana
Waris Mazhari (editor of Urdu monthly magazine 'Tarjuman Dar ul-Uloom',
the official organ of the Deoband Madrasa's Graduates'
Association):
Personally,
I believe that Muslim women should receive an equal education as Muslim
boys. There is nothing in Islam that prohibits this. Why shouldn t we
have Muslim women engineers, doctors, journalists, lawyers and social
workers? We need Muslim women in all these sorts of occupations. They
need to have a presence in all necessary social sectors. A woman can be
a good Muslim, a good wife, a good mother, and a good professional at
the same time. Such a woman can provide a good role model for others to
emulate. To deny Muslim women this possibility, ironically in the name
of Islam, would mean only to further reinforce ultra-secularism, in the
sense of hostility to, or absence of, religion in the public sphere.
Progress
Update
(1) Land acquisition:
6 katha land has already been acquired, and Rs. 20,000 arranged for
land-development and temporary class-rooms (thatched roof on bamboo
supports ... 4 classrooms for 20 stduents each plus an office room
built, as in the picture, above).
(2) Appointment of Teachers:
two teachers (one for Islamic studies, and another for contemporary
education) are already appointed, and sposnorship of their salaries has
been arranged.
(3) Head of the institution: Maulana
Atiqur Rahman Sb, who has Alim and Fazil degrees from Madarasa
Darus Salam, Umarabad,
Distt: Vellore (Tamil Nadu) [Ph: +91-4171 258322, Fax :
+91-4171 255451] , served as head-mudarris of Madrasa Aziziya Salafia, Rahimabad;
belongs to the same village.
(4) Approval from Islamic
istitutions and authorities : Maulana Anisur Rahman
Qasmi Sb, Nazim
of Imarat Sharia and Chairman, Bihar
State Haj Committee , and Maulana Sanaul Hoda Qasmi Sb, Naib
Nazim of Imarat
Sharia, Patna visited the site and approved it. Approvals and
recommendations from other institutions and idaraas are being sought.
(5) Classes for primary
sections started on 1st December 2009.
More classes will be added as more funds become available. Total 60
students got enrolled in the first month ... enrollments have been
stopped after that, considering lack of taching staff.
(6)
Foundation stone laid for
construction of permament hostel buidling, on 3rd Jan
2010, by Janab Md Ali Ashraf Fatmi Sb, ex-minister of state for HRD,
govt of India.
Members
of the management committee:
a. Maulana Atiqur Rahman Sb,
Fazil from Madarsa
Darus Salam, Umarabad (Tamil Nadu), native of from Rahimanad
b. Janab Nizam Ahmad Sb, resident of
village Bherokhra,
and a member of the Samastipur District Board. He is also a member of
the management committee in Madarsa Islamia, Shahpur
Baghauni.
c. Janab Mohd Shazif Ahmad Sb, resident
of village Bherokhra,
retired (1984) deputy director of Agriculture (statistics), government
of Bihar.
d. one more person from Rahimabad village ....
to be selected ... pls suggest names
e. two members to be selected from Baghauni
village ... pls suggest names
f. one member to be selected from Rajwa village
... pls suggest names
g. One member to be selected from Tajpur ...
pls suggest names
Financial
requirements (estimate) for the madarsa:
Phase-1
(Ground Floor), Year 2011
Phase-2
(1st Floor), Year 2013
Phase-3
(2nd Floor), Year 2015
Temporary
rooms and temp. boundary wall
Rs.
50,000
------
------
Hostel
building, G+2 (1,920 ft2)
Rs.
1,000,000
Rs.
800,000
Rs.
800,000
Combined
building (Classroom + Office + Kitchen + Dining hall, etc.
>> 3,696 ft2)
Rs.
2,000,000
Rs.
1,600,000
Rs.
1,600,000
Laboratory
building and equipment
Rs.
1,000,000
Rs.
2,000,000
Common
Room + Library (separate building)
---------
Rs.
600,000
Rs.
500,000
Total
cost of construction [Rs. 11.95 million or 1 crore 19.5 lakhs]
Rs.
3,050,000 (Rs. 30.5 lakhs)
Rs.
4,000,000 (Rs. 40 lakhs)
Rs.
4,900,000 (Rs. 49 lakhs)
Operational
Expenses (estimate) for
the madarsa:
Phase-1
Phase-2
Phase-3
a.
Salary (teachers) @ Rs. 5, 000 per month
Rs.
30,000
Rs.
60,000
Rs.
90,000
b.
Salary of Admin staff @ Rs. 4,000 monthly
Rs.
8,000
Rs.
16,000
Rs.
24,000
c.
Food for resident students, teachers, etc.
Rs.
30,000
Rs.
75,000
Rs.
150,000
d.
Maintenance [cleaning, washing, etc]
Rs.
4,000
Rs.
8,000
Rs.
12,000
e.
Medical expenses
Rs.
4,000
Rs.
10,000
Rs.
20,000
f.
Total monthly Expenses
Rs.
72,000
Rs.
169,000
Rs.
296,000
Total
annual Expenses [12 x (f) + Rs. 600 per student (for new clothes and
toiletries, etc.)]
Rs.
864,000 + Rs.
36,000
=
Rs. 900,000
Rs.
2,028,000 + Rs.
90,000
=
Rs. 2,118,000
Rs.
3,552,000 + Rs.
180,000
=
Rs. 3,732,000
Architectural
Drawings (download pdf files):
Plan
of Ground floor || Plan
of Typical floors (1st and 2nd floors) || Plan
of Roof floor
Elevation
1 & 2 || Elevations
3 &4 || Section
A-A & B-B (Combined Building)
Sections
A-A & B-B (Hostel Building) || Schedule
of Doors and Windows || Layout
Plan
Demography
of the area:
Samastipur district consists
of 16.53% Muslims, as per census
figures of government of India
(2001), i.e., it has a Muslim population of 13,722,048 (13.72 million).
The female literacy in the district (for all religious groups) was
recorded as 32.69%, compared with 52.17% of Patna. Tajpur block has the
highest concentration of Muslim population, in the Samastipur district
- as per government reports, it is more than 20%, and this was the
reason for choosing Tajpur as the only centre (in Samastipur) for
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (read the guidelines for this school
at http://www.education.nic.in/kgbv_guidelines.asp).
This madarsa is situated about 80 km away from the state capital,
Patna, by road.
Tuition
Fees: No fees to be charged to students (absolutely free education)
The
tuition is absolutely free to students. They are to be drawn from the
families that are not in a position to pay for their education most
of them would either not be going to any educational institution or may
be going to government schools or madarsas, which do not care for
quality education. Pulling away poor children from their homes is, in
fact, pulling away an earning hand. If quality education is not
provided, the whole family is being cheated along with the child's
future being ruined. If we decide to make the project open for
fees-based tuition, there is a chance to divert from the main focus on
motivating the deprived sections to continue their studies and turn
towards generating income from the project.
Operational
Mechanism:
1. No
collection of zakah money by teachers:
Teachers will not be asked to runaround for donations, so there will be
no sharing by them from the amounts contributed by donors - the madarsa
culture of giving away 50% to the teacher-collector would not be
followed. Teachers will be paid a higher salary than those in other
madarsa - this will compensate them for the loss of income from zakah
collections (50% of all collections). Teachers (mudarriseen) would just
focus on teaching. This is also important, because we would have only
female teachers, in the long run.
2. Primary
classes started
in December 2009, with 2 teachers and 60 students.
3. Middle
school and Secondary Classes
(including Wastania and Fauqania):
Classes will be added, every year, and new teachers would be appointed,
giving preference to female teachers. At the end of five years, i.e.,
by 2014, all teachers will be females only.
4. Residential
facility
will start by September 2010, with accommodation for 50 students, and
every year residential facility for 50 more students will be added.
Residential facility will be allotted mostly to orphan girls
(preference will be given to them). Destitute girls will get the next
preference.
5. Warden
(Matron): A
warden for the hostel will stay within the madarsa campus. She will be
a mature, educated practicing Muslim lady, from good cultural
background, who can exercise the required control.
6. Prayer
facilities
will be provided from the beginning, and training will be provided to
students on all aspects of practicing Islam in daily life.
Monitoring
mechanism:
Bihar Anjuman has chapters in
various places, and a
three-layer monitoring will happen.
First layer of
monitoring: Local
chapters would monitor the project, as first layer.
Second layer of
monitoring:
Patna, Delhi and Aligarh chapters would monitor the project, as second
layer.
Third layer of
monitoring:
Mentors from online group visiting their native places will visit the
centres, check the account-books, academic performance, and other
arrangements, etc, apart from teaching the students on a short-term
basis, and guiding students, teachers as well as the organizing teams.
What would be the scale of
success?
Continuous
improvement in academic performance will be targeted, to be assessed
through weekly, monthly tests, and through annual exams, in the school.
The results of their annual exam will be considered as the scale of
success (for continuous improvement)..
Student's scale
of success:
Incremental improvement (percent increase w.r.t. previous exam) in
scores at the half-yearly and annual exams.
Centre's scale
of success:
Incremental improvement (percent increase w.r.t. previous exam) in
average scores of all students at the school, in the half-yearly and
annual exams..
Account-keeping:
Account
will be handled by the accountant of the school/ madarsa (employed
part-time or full-time). Initially, the responsibility may be handed
over to some volunteer from the local community or to one of the
teachers appointed for the centre.
Audit:
Account-books
would be made available, for audit, to any member of Bihar Anjuman, or
partner organizations, whenever they approach the centre, with such a
request. Visiting members would be requested to audit the entire
operations of these centres, including the academic processes.
Counselling:
Regular
counseling programs would be conducted by engaging respectable figures
from the local community. Visiting members of online forums would be
requested to inform about their visit of the region, so that their
services may be availed of. Services of some reputed counsellers may be
availed of, at least once-a-year, on a payment basis or otherwise.
Shikwa-e-zulmat-e-shab
se to kahin behtar tha;
Apne hissey ki koi shamm'a jalaate jaatey. [Ahmad Faraz]
Better light a candle than curse the darkness
Personality
Development Program arranged by Bihar Anjuman, in Rahbar-e-Banat @ Samastipur
Sayyed Saeed Ahmed, Pune-based famous personality development trainer
and motivator, took thousands of Bihar young and old through a
life-changing experience. The program was sponsored by Dr. Khursheed
Mallick Sb, Chicago-based renowned social activist and founder chairman
of IMEFNA (better known for its Upward Bound programs of scholarship
and grants, throughout India, and Self Study Learning Centers in Patna
and Delhi). The details of the programs and a large collection of
photographs covering all
the places where the same program was conducted, are available here
>> click here.
Islamic Library
launched with 255 books, from Darus Salam
2 sets of Uniform
and
1 Sweater provided, every year, to all girl students
of
RAHBAR-e-Banat
Age-wise
breakdown
of students, in November 2011
13-14 yrs
11
11-12 yrs
23
9-10 yrs
32
7-8 yrs
22
5-6 yrs
23
Total
111
The
madrasa, which started in a thatched temporary facility in 2009,
has established a new trend in the region by providing free uniforms
and sweaters to all of its students, starting 2011-12 session.
Insha-Allah, the students would receive the free uniforms and sweaters
every year. Primary classes started, here, in the year 2009, and
classes are being extended as the students move forward. A campaign was
launched in September 2011 to raise funds for uniforms and sweaters.
Following is the details of
donations received and expenses incurred:
Donations
received: Rs. 1,00,521/=
Total 111 (One Hundred
Eleven) students received one set each of uniform and sweater in
session 2011-12; one more set of uniform to be given in
March 2012, insha-Allah.
Item
Description
For
111 students
Uniform (Salwar Suit
+ Dupatta)
Rs. 39,238
Sweater @ Rs. 300
per pc
Rs. 33,100
Tailor's charges @
Rs. 42 per uniform
Rs. 4,662
Total
Rs. 77,000
Amount received from RAHBAR:
Rs. 100,000/=
Amount spent: Rs. 77,000/=
Amount remaining in
RAHBAR-e-Banat account: Rs.23,000/=. This amount will be
used for providing another set of uniform + scarf to all students,
insha-Allah.
Casting of 3rd
Storey
Roof (2nd floor's roof) on 29th October
2011
Donations:
all kinds of donations are acceptable
Willing to donate for this
noble cause? Write to school@biharanjuman.org
to commit your donation
Read this article,
please: Letter
and Spirit of Zakat (Zakah)
The
students in this madarsa will be from poor families, most of whom are
not going to any schools or madrasas, at all. Therefore, zakah
funds may be used
to impart literacy to them. Yateem girls will be accommodated in a
hostel which is the first buidling being built [structure of 2
floors are ready, thus 16 rooms cab be used once finishing work is
completed]. Hostel is
planned to become functional in October 2011, insha-Allah.
You
may
donate (from any funds at your
disposal) for:
Regular
(monthly, quarterly, annual) contribution:
(a) Sponsor the principal s salary @ Rs. 10,000 per month,
(b) Sponsor a teaching staff for the madarsa: Rs. 5,000 to
6,000 per month,
(c)
Sponsor a non-teaching staff (matron, peon, muhassil,
etc.): Rs. 3,000 to 4,000 per month
(d)
sponsor a student's expenses (non-resident): Rs. 200 per month
(e) sponsor a student's expenses (resident): Rs. 300 per month, without
food
(f) sponsor a student's expenses (resident): Rs. 800 per month, with
food
Sponsor
construction cost for eisal-e-sawab and sadaqa-e-jaariya:
(a)
construction of class-rooms (one classroom: Rs. 4 lakhs): total number of classrooms planned = 15 (architectural dwg @ http://bit.ly/eFUnHI)
(b) Finishing and furnishing of hostel rooms: Rs. 50,000 per room): total number of rooms planned = 24 (architectural dwg @ http://bit.ly/eFUnHI)). Rooms are ready, finishing work is required. Furnishing of classrooms (running on temporary basis in the hostel rooms) is reqd (White Boards, benches, tables, chairs, grill in windows, plaster, painting, etc.)
(c) Construction of a library-cum-reading room @ Rs. 5 lakhs + furniture @ Rs. 1 lakh
(d) Construction of the office room @ Rs. 3.5 lakhs + finishing + office furniture, almirah, locker, computer, printer, etc. @ Rs. 1.5 lakhs
(e) Construction of a dining hall, and a kitchen @ Rs. 6.0 lakhs + kitchen furniture and equipment,
(f) Hand pump for drinking water, Rs. 20,000/= (with platform), near hostel building deep drilling is required, by the rock-driller.
(g) 2 Overhead water-tanks + 1 electric submersible pump + plumbing work for hostel building s bath-rooms on every floor, Rs. 2.5 lakhs (including inside finishing).
(h) doors and windows per hostel room @ Rs. 10,000/= (1 door + 1
window), total 24 rooms
(i) doors and windows per Class room @ Rs. 35,000/= (1 door + 4 to 7
windows), total 15 rooms
(j) Sanitary fittings for bathrooms on each floor of hostel building: Rs. 100,000/=
(k) Electric bulbs + fans for 24 hostel rooms: Rs. 60,000/= or/ and for
classroom building: Rs. 215,000/=
(l) Electrical wiring works for hostel building: Rs. 25,000/= or/ and
for classroom building: Rs. 100,000/=
Miscellaneous
Contribution:
(j) books
to the
children,
(k) books
and other
facilities (e.g., cassettes, CDs,
cassette-player, CD-players, etc) in the library.
Those
interested in making any kind of
donation may please write to school@biharanjuman.org,
with subject line "Donation for Madarsa RAHBAR-e-Banat" - your
commitment will not be disclosed without your permission.
Casting of 2nd
Storey
Roof (1st floor's roof) on 23rd March
2011
Casting of 1st
storey
roof (Ground floor's roof) on 5th
August
2010
Plinth Construction
Completed, 15th June 2010
Vision:
Educational empowerment of Muslim women, by making holistic education
& guidance accessible to them.
Mission:
Comprehensive Holistic Education [Islamic + Contemporary] &
Training to every female of Bihar and Jharkhand, by establishing one
girl's school in every district of the two states.
Contact for donations: Send email to myrahbar@gmail.com
[Subject line: "Donation for Madarsa RAHBAR-e-Banaat"], or
just fill-up an online form (it will not take more than 2 minutes
> please click here).
Apply
Now: Lady
teachers are
immediately required, for all subjects (CBSE + Islamic curriculum).
Send CVs of deserving female
teachers to school@biharanjuman.org; for more
details of these
vacancies, click here.
Location:
Rahimabad
village, near Tajpur block, district: Samastipur,
State: Bihar
Rahimabad
is the birth place of Maulana (Shaykh) Abdul Aziz Rahimabadi, RA, who
was a great alim and muhaddith, and a student of Shaykh Nadhir Husain
of Delhi
(http://www.islamicawakening.com/viewarticle.php?articleID=1300). He
was the founder of Mdarsa Darul Uloom Ahmadiya Salafiya, Laheriasarai,
Darbhanga. He is among the earliest ulemas to have written extensively
on the need for reforms in madarsa education (refer to the book
"Pakistan 2000" By Charles H. Kennedy, Craig Baxter, American Institute
of Pakistan Studies).
Your
suggestions can make this project more beneficial for the target
students, and for the community, as a whole. Please take 2 minutes to
submit your suggestions, by clicking
here, or writing to school@biharanjuman.org
Introduction:
Why girls only?
There is no girls-only educational centre for Muslim girls. Existing
schools and madarsas provide education to boys and girls, both.
Unfortunately, both sit in the same classroom (even in higher classes)
- yes, even madarsas do the same. Girls must be educated, as they form
the core of our society's culture. Mother's lap is not just the first
school for each one of us, it also leaves its permanent impression on
our personality. Illiteracy among women may be the main reason for the
degradation of our culture and our value system. We send our daughters
and sisters to another family, as an ambassador of our culture. It's
like exporting our culture to another household. What should we export?
The values do not get inculcated in a day, and we are responsible for
the habits of our girls. If our upbringing and education can make them
true ambassadors of Islam, jannah will become easily accessible to us.
On the other hand, if our upbringing and education take them in the
opposite direction, we would be the source of destruction for our
society. The choice is ours! That's why they say, "teach a boy and you
teach only a man; teach a girl and you teach an entire family".
What kind of education? Deeni
Ta'aleem is inclusive and comprehensive, as every education and
training is deeni, and there is no other type of education in Islam.
The types we know may be sub-sections, but placing them parallel to
deeni ta'aleem is a fallacy. So, asri (contemporary) ta'aleem
(education) may be considered as a subdivision within the spectrum of
deeni (Islamic) educational system. So, this madarsa will provide
holistic education by including in its curriculum science along with
Islam, Arabic along with English, Urdu and Hindi. Vocational training
centre will, insha-Allah, be established soon to enhance the skills of
those whose parents wish their children to acquire these. Ultimate goal
is to take this institution to the highest levels (college, jaamiya,
university, and so on) where research facilities can also be provided,
insha-Allah. As of now, we just intend to make a humble beginning with
primary education - the first baby step.
Why another educational
institution?
This is not just going to be another institution, but as explained
above, a girl's education centre - one of its kind in the area. Boys
and girls of the area go to no educational institution at all, and if
they go, they go to government schools or madarsas, which do not care
for quality education. Pulling away poor children from their homes is,
in fact, pulling away an earning hand. If quality education is not
provided, the whole family is being cheated along with the child's
future being ruined. There is need to impart quality education which
really serves the purpose of educational empowerment. There is even
greater need to impart education to the girls, that's why this
institution has been conceived.
Maulana
Waris Mazhari (editor of Urdu monthly magazine 'Tarjuman Dar ul-Uloom',
the official organ of the Deoband Madrasa's Graduates'
Association):
Personally,
I believe that Muslim women should receive an equal education as Muslim
boys. There is nothing in Islam that prohibits this. Why shouldn t we
have Muslim women engineers, doctors, journalists, lawyers and social
workers? We need Muslim women in all these sorts of occupations. They
need to have a presence in all necessary social sectors. A woman can be
a good Muslim, a good wife, a good mother, and a good professional at
the same time. Such a woman can provide a good role model for others to
emulate. To deny Muslim women this possibility, ironically in the name
of Islam, would mean only to further reinforce ultra-secularism, in the
sense of hostility to, or absence of, religion in the public sphere.
Progress
Update
(1) Land acquisition:
6 katha land has already been acquired, and Rs. 20,000 arranged for
land-development and temporary class-rooms (thatched roof on bamboo
supports ... 4 classrooms for 20 stduents each plus an office room
built, as in the picture, above).
(2) Appointment of Teachers:
two teachers (one for Islamic studies, and another for contemporary
education) are already appointed, and sposnorship of their salaries has
been arranged.
(3) Head of the institution: Maulana
Atiqur Rahman Sb, who has Alim and Fazil degrees from Madarasa
Darus Salam, Umarabad,
Distt: Vellore (Tamil Nadu) [Ph: +91-4171 258322, Fax :
+91-4171 255451] , served as head-mudarris of Madrasa Aziziya Salafia, Rahimabad;
belongs to the same village.
(4) Approval from Islamic
istitutions and authorities : Maulana Anisur Rahman
Qasmi Sb, Nazim
of Imarat Sharia and Chairman, Bihar
State Haj Committee , and Maulana Sanaul Hoda Qasmi Sb, Naib
Nazim of Imarat
Sharia, Patna visited the site and approved it. Approvals and
recommendations from other institutions and idaraas are being sought.
(5) Classes for primary
sections started on 1st December 2009.
More classes will be added as more funds become available. Total 60
students got enrolled in the first month ... enrollments have been
stopped after that, considering lack of taching staff.
(6)
Foundation stone laid for
construction of permament hostel buidling, on 3rd Jan
2010, by Janab Md Ali Ashraf Fatmi Sb, ex-minister of state for HRD,
govt of India.
Members
of the management committee:
a. Maulana Atiqur Rahman Sb,
Fazil from Madarsa
Darus Salam, Umarabad (Tamil Nadu), native of from Rahimanad
b. Janab Nizam Ahmad Sb, resident of
village Bherokhra,
and a member of the Samastipur District Board. He is also a member of
the management committee in Madarsa Islamia, Shahpur
Baghauni.
c. Janab Mohd Shazif Ahmad Sb, resident
of village Bherokhra,
retired (1984) deputy director of Agriculture (statistics), government
of Bihar.
d. one more person from Rahimabad village ....
to be selected ... pls suggest names
e. two members to be selected from Baghauni
village ... pls suggest names
f. one member to be selected from Rajwa village
... pls suggest names
g. One member to be selected from Tajpur ...
pls suggest names
Financial
requirements (estimate) for the madarsa:
Phase-1
(Ground Floor), Year 2011
Phase-2
(1st Floor), Year 2013
Phase-3
(2nd Floor), Year 2015
Temporary
rooms and temp. boundary wall
Rs.
50,000
------
------
Hostel
building, G+2 (1,920 ft2)
Rs.
1,000,000
Rs.
800,000
Rs.
800,000
Combined
building (Classroom + Office + Kitchen + Dining hall, etc.
>> 3,696 ft2)
Rs.
2,000,000
Rs.
1,600,000
Rs.
1,600,000
Laboratory
building and equipment
Rs.
1,000,000
Rs.
2,000,000
Common
Room + Library (separate building)
---------
Rs.
600,000
Rs.
500,000
Total
cost of construction [Rs. 11.95 million or 1 crore 19.5 lakhs]
Rs.
3,050,000 (Rs. 30.5 lakhs)
Rs.
4,000,000 (Rs. 40 lakhs)
Rs.
4,900,000 (Rs. 49 lakhs)
Operational
Expenses (estimate) for
the madarsa:
Phase-1
Phase-2
Phase-3
a.
Salary (teachers) @ Rs. 5, 000 per month
Rs.
30,000
Rs.
60,000
Rs.
90,000
b.
Salary of Admin staff @ Rs. 4,000 monthly
Rs.
8,000
Rs.
16,000
Rs.
24,000
c.
Food for resident students, teachers, etc.
Rs.
30,000
Rs.
75,000
Rs.
150,000
d.
Maintenance [cleaning, washing, etc]
Rs.
4,000
Rs.
8,000
Rs.
12,000
e.
Medical expenses
Rs.
4,000
Rs.
10,000
Rs.
20,000
f.
Total monthly Expenses
Rs.
72,000
Rs.
169,000
Rs.
296,000
Total
annual Expenses [12 x (f) + Rs. 600 per student (for new clothes and
toiletries, etc.)]
Rs.
864,000 + Rs.
36,000
=
Rs. 900,000
Rs.
2,028,000 + Rs.
90,000
=
Rs. 2,118,000
Rs.
3,552,000 + Rs.
180,000
=
Rs. 3,732,000
Architectural
Drawings (download pdf files):
Plan
of Ground floor || Plan
of Typical floors (1st and 2nd floors) || Plan
of Roof floor
Elevation
1 & 2 || Elevations
3 &4 || Section
A-A & B-B (Combined Building)
Sections
A-A & B-B (Hostel Building) || Schedule
of Doors and Windows || Layout
Plan
Demography
of the area:
Samastipur district consists
of 16.53% Muslims, as per census
figures of government of India
(2001), i.e., it has a Muslim population of 13,722,048 (13.72 million).
The female literacy in the district (for all religious groups) was
recorded as 32.69%, compared with 52.17% of Patna. Tajpur block has the
highest concentration of Muslim population, in the Samastipur district
- as per government reports, it is more than 20%, and this was the
reason for choosing Tajpur as the only centre (in Samastipur) for
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (read the guidelines for this school
at http://www.education.nic.in/kgbv_guidelines.asp).
This madarsa is situated about 80 km away from the state capital,
Patna, by road.
Tuition
Fees: No fees to be charged to students (absolutely free education)
The
tuition is absolutely free to students. They are to be drawn from the
families that are not in a position to pay for their education most
of them would either not be going to any educational institution or may
be going to government schools or madarsas, which do not care for
quality education. Pulling away poor children from their homes is, in
fact, pulling away an earning hand. If quality education is not
provided, the whole family is being cheated along with the child's
future being ruined. If we decide to make the project open for
fees-based tuition, there is a chance to divert from the main focus on
motivating the deprived sections to continue their studies and turn
towards generating income from the project.
Operational
Mechanism:
1. No
collection of zakah money by teachers:
Teachers will not be asked to runaround for donations, so there will be
no sharing by them from the amounts contributed by donors - the madarsa
culture of giving away 50% to the teacher-collector would not be
followed. Teachers will be paid a higher salary than those in other
madarsa - this will compensate them for the loss of income from zakah
collections (50% of all collections). Teachers (mudarriseen) would just
focus on teaching. This is also important, because we would have only
female teachers, in the long run.
2. Primary
classes started
in December 2009, with 2 teachers and 60 students.
3. Middle
school and Secondary Classes
(including Wastania and Fauqania):
Classes will be added, every year, and new teachers would be appointed,
giving preference to female teachers. At the end of five years, i.e.,
by 2014, all teachers will be females only.
4. Residential
facility
will start by September 2010, with accommodation for 50 students, and
every year residential facility for 50 more students will be added.
Residential facility will be allotted mostly to orphan girls
(preference will be given to them). Destitute girls will get the next
preference.
5. Warden
(Matron): A
warden for the hostel will stay within the madarsa campus. She will be
a mature, educated practicing Muslim lady, from good cultural
background, who can exercise the required control.
6. Prayer
facilities
will be provided from the beginning, and training will be provided to
students on all aspects of practicing Islam in daily life.
Monitoring
mechanism:
Bihar Anjuman has chapters in
various places, and a
three-layer monitoring will happen.
First layer of
monitoring: Local
chapters would monitor the project, as first layer.
Second layer of
monitoring:
Patna, Delhi and Aligarh chapters would monitor the project, as second
layer.
Third layer of
monitoring:
Mentors from online group visiting their native places will visit the
centres, check the account-books, academic performance, and other
arrangements, etc, apart from teaching the students on a short-term
basis, and guiding students, teachers as well as the organizing teams.
What would be the scale of
success?
Continuous
improvement in academic performance will be targeted, to be assessed
through weekly, monthly tests, and through annual exams, in the school.
The results of their annual exam will be considered as the scale of
success (for continuous improvement)..
Student's scale
of success:
Incremental improvement (percent increase w.r.t. previous exam) in
scores at the half-yearly and annual exams.
Centre's scale
of success:
Incremental improvement (percent increase w.r.t. previous exam) in
average scores of all students at the school, in the half-yearly and
annual exams..
Account-keeping:
Account
will be handled by the accountant of the school/ madarsa (employed
part-time or full-time). Initially, the responsibility may be handed
over to some volunteer from the local community or to one of the
teachers appointed for the centre.
Audit:
Account-books
would be made available, for audit, to any member of Bihar Anjuman, or
partner organizations, whenever they approach the centre, with such a
request. Visiting members would be requested to audit the entire
operations of these centres, including the academic processes.
Counselling:
Regular
counseling programs would be conducted by engaging respectable figures
from the local community. Visiting members of online forums would be
requested to inform about their visit of the region, so that their
services may be availed of. Services of some reputed counsellers may be
availed of, at least once-a-year, on a payment basis or otherwise.
Shikwa-e-zulmat-e-shab
se to kahin behtar tha;
Apne hissey ki koi shamm'a jalaate jaatey. [Ahmad Faraz]
Better light a candle than curse the darkness
Personality
Development Program arranged by Bihar Anjuman, in Rahbar-e-Banat @ Samastipur
Sayyed Saeed Ahmed, Pune-based famous personality development trainer
and motivator, took thousands of Bihar young and old through a
life-changing experience. The program was sponsored by Dr. Khursheed
Mallick Sb, Chicago-based renowned social activist and founder chairman
of IMEFNA (better known for its Upward Bound programs of scholarship
and grants, throughout India, and Self Study Learning Centers in Patna
and Delhi). The details of the programs and a large collection of
photographs covering all
the places where the same program was conducted, are available here
>> click here.
Islamic Library
launched with 255 books, from Darus Salam
2 sets of Uniform
and
1 Sweater provided, every year, to all girl students
of
RAHBAR-e-Banat
Age-wise
breakdown
of students, in November 2011
13-14 yrs
11
11-12 yrs
23
9-10 yrs
32
7-8 yrs
22
5-6 yrs
23
Total
111
The
madrasa, which started in a thatched temporary facility in 2009,
has established a new trend in the region by providing free uniforms
and sweaters to all of its students, starting 2011-12 session.
Insha-Allah, the students would receive the free uniforms and sweaters
every year. Primary classes started, here, in the year 2009, and
classes are being extended as the students move forward. A campaign was
launched in September 2011 to raise funds for uniforms and sweaters.
Following is the details of
donations received and expenses incurred:
Donations
received: Rs. 1,00,521/=
Total 111 (One Hundred
Eleven) students received one set each of uniform and sweater in
session 2011-12; one more set of uniform to be given in
March 2012, insha-Allah.
Item
Description
For
111 students
Uniform (Salwar Suit
+ Dupatta)
Rs. 39,238
Sweater @ Rs. 300
per pc
Rs. 33,100
Tailor's charges @
Rs. 42 per uniform
Rs. 4,662
Total
Rs. 77,000
Amount received from RAHBAR:
Rs. 100,000/=
Amount spent: Rs. 77,000/=
Amount remaining in
RAHBAR-e-Banat account: Rs.23,000/=. This amount will be
used for providing another set of uniform + scarf to all students,
insha-Allah.
Casting of 3rd
Storey
Roof (2nd floor's roof) on 29th October
2011
Donations:
all kinds of donations are acceptable
Willing to donate for this
noble cause? Write to school@biharanjuman.org
to commit your donation
Read this article,
please: Letter
and Spirit of Zakat (Zakah)
The
students in this madarsa will be from poor families, most of whom are
not going to any schools or madrasas, at all. Therefore, zakah
funds may be used
to impart literacy to them. Yateem girls will be accommodated in a
hostel which is the first buidling being built [structure of 2
floors are ready, thus 16 rooms cab be used once finishing work is
completed]. Hostel is
planned to become functional in October 2011, insha-Allah.
You
may
donate (from any funds at your
disposal) for:
Regular
(monthly, quarterly, annual) contribution:
(a) Sponsor the principal s salary @ Rs. 10,000 per month,
(b) Sponsor a teaching staff for the madarsa: Rs. 5,000 to
6,000 per month,
(c)
Sponsor a non-teaching staff (matron, peon, muhassil,
etc.): Rs. 3,000 to 4,000 per month
(d)
sponsor a student's expenses (non-resident): Rs. 200 per month
(e) sponsor a student's expenses (resident): Rs. 300 per month, without
food
(f) sponsor a student's expenses (resident): Rs. 800 per month, with
food
Sponsor
construction cost for eisal-e-sawab and sadaqa-e-jaariya:
(a)
construction of class-rooms (one classroom: Rs. 4 lakhs): total number of classrooms planned = 15 (architectural dwg @ http://bit.ly/eFUnHI)
(b) Finishing and furnishing of hostel rooms: Rs. 50,000 per room): total number of rooms planned = 24 (architectural dwg @ http://bit.ly/eFUnHI)). Rooms are ready, finishing work is required. Furnishing of classrooms (running on temporary basis in the hostel rooms) is reqd (White Boards, benches, tables, chairs, grill in windows, plaster, painting, etc.)
(c) Construction of a library-cum-reading room @ Rs. 5 lakhs + furniture @ Rs. 1 lakh
(d) Construction of the office room @ Rs. 3.5 lakhs + finishing + office furniture, almirah, locker, computer, printer, etc. @ Rs. 1.5 lakhs
(e) Construction of a dining hall, and a kitchen @ Rs. 6.0 lakhs + kitchen furniture and equipment,
(f) Hand pump for drinking water, Rs. 20,000/= (with platform), near hostel building deep drilling is required, by the rock-driller.
(g) 2 Overhead water-tanks + 1 electric submersible pump + plumbing work for hostel building s bath-rooms on every floor, Rs. 2.5 lakhs (including inside finishing).
(h) doors and windows per hostel room @ Rs. 10,000/= (1 door + 1
window), total 24 rooms
(i) doors and windows per Class room @ Rs. 35,000/= (1 door + 4 to 7
windows), total 15 rooms
(j) Sanitary fittings for bathrooms on each floor of hostel building: Rs. 100,000/=
(k) Electric bulbs + fans for 24 hostel rooms: Rs. 60,000/= or/ and for
classroom building: Rs. 215,000/=
(l) Electrical wiring works for hostel building: Rs. 25,000/= or/ and
for classroom building: Rs. 100,000/=
Miscellaneous
Contribution:
(j) books
to the
children,
(k) books
and other
facilities (e.g., cassettes, CDs,
cassette-player, CD-players, etc) in the library.
Those
interested in making any kind of
donation may please write to school@biharanjuman.org,
with subject line "Donation for Madarsa RAHBAR-e-Banat" - your
commitment will not be disclosed without your permission.
Casting of 2nd
Storey
Roof (1st floor's roof) on 23rd March
2011
Casting of 1st
storey
roof (Ground floor's roof) on 5th
August
2010
Plinth Construction
Completed, 15th June 2010
Vision:
Educational empowerment of Muslim women, by making holistic education
& guidance accessible to them.
Mission:
Comprehensive Holistic Education [Islamic + Contemporary] &
Training to every female of Bihar and Jharkhand, by establishing one
girl's school in every district of the two states.
Contact for donations: Send email to myrahbar@gmail.com
[Subject line: "Donation for Madarsa RAHBAR-e-Banaat"], or
just fill-up an online form (it will not take more than 2 minutes
> please click here).
Apply
Now: Lady
teachers are
immediately required, for all subjects (CBSE + Islamic curriculum).
Send CVs of deserving female
teachers to school@biharanjuman.org; for more
details of these
vacancies, click here.
Location:
Rahimabad
village, near Tajpur block, district: Samastipur,
State: Bihar
Rahimabad
is the birth place of Maulana (Shaykh) Abdul Aziz Rahimabadi, RA, who
was a great alim and muhaddith, and a student of Shaykh Nadhir Husain
of Delhi
(http://www.islamicawakening.com/viewarticle.php?articleID=1300). He
was the founder of Mdarsa Darul Uloom Ahmadiya Salafiya, Laheriasarai,
Darbhanga. He is among the earliest ulemas to have written extensively
on the need for reforms in madarsa education (refer to the book
"Pakistan 2000" By Charles H. Kennedy, Craig Baxter, American Institute
of Pakistan Studies).
Your
suggestions can make this project more beneficial for the target
students, and for the community, as a whole. Please take 2 minutes to
submit your suggestions, by clicking
here, or writing to school@biharanjuman.org
Introduction:
Why girls only?
There is no girls-only educational centre for Muslim girls. Existing
schools and madarsas provide education to boys and girls, both.
Unfortunately, both sit in the same classroom (even in higher classes)
- yes, even madarsas do the same. Girls must be educated, as they form
the core of our society's culture. Mother's lap is not just the first
school for each one of us, it also leaves its permanent impression on
our personality. Illiteracy among women may be the main reason for the
degradation of our culture and our value system. We send our daughters
and sisters to another family, as an ambassador of our culture. It's
like exporting our culture to another household. What should we export?
The values do not get inculcated in a day, and we are responsible for
the habits of our girls. If our upbringing and education can make them
true ambassadors of Islam, jannah will become easily accessible to us.
On the other hand, if our upbringing and education take them in the
opposite direction, we would be the source of destruction for our
society. The choice is ours! That's why they say, "teach a boy and you
teach only a man; teach a girl and you teach an entire family".
What kind of education? Deeni
Ta'aleem is inclusive and comprehensive, as every education and
training is deeni, and there is no other type of education in Islam.
The types we know may be sub-sections, but placing them parallel to
deeni ta'aleem is a fallacy. So, asri (contemporary) ta'aleem
(education) may be considered as a subdivision within the spectrum of
deeni (Islamic) educational system. So, this madarsa will provide
holistic education by including in its curriculum science along with
Islam, Arabic along with English, Urdu and Hindi. Vocational training
centre will, insha-Allah, be established soon to enhance the skills of
those whose parents wish their children to acquire these. Ultimate goal
is to take this institution to the highest levels (college, jaamiya,
university, and so on) where research facilities can also be provided,
insha-Allah. As of now, we just intend to make a humble beginning with
primary education - the first baby step.
Why another educational
institution?
This is not just going to be another institution, but as explained
above, a girl's education centre - one of its kind in the area. Boys
and girls of the area go to no educational institution at all, and if
they go, they go to government schools or madarsas, which do not care
for quality education. Pulling away poor children from their homes is,
in fact, pulling away an earning hand. If quality education is not
provided, the whole family is being cheated along with the child's
future being ruined. There is need to impart quality education which
really serves the purpose of educational empowerment. There is even
greater need to impart education to the girls, that's why this
institution has been conceived.
Maulana
Waris Mazhari (editor of Urdu monthly magazine 'Tarjuman Dar ul-Uloom',
the official organ of the Deoband Madrasa's Graduates'
Association):
Personally,
I believe that Muslim women should receive an equal education as Muslim
boys. There is nothing in Islam that prohibits this. Why shouldn t we
have Muslim women engineers, doctors, journalists, lawyers and social
workers? We need Muslim women in all these sorts of occupations. They
need to have a presence in all necessary social sectors. A woman can be
a good Muslim, a good wife, a good mother, and a good professional at
the same time. Such a woman can provide a good role model for others to
emulate. To deny Muslim women this possibility, ironically in the name
of Islam, would mean only to further reinforce ultra-secularism, in the
sense of hostility to, or absence of, religion in the public sphere.
Progress
Update
(1) Land acquisition:
6 katha land has already been acquired, and Rs. 20,000 arranged for
land-development and temporary class-rooms (thatched roof on bamboo
supports ... 4 classrooms for 20 stduents each plus an office room
built, as in the picture, above).
(2) Appointment of Teachers:
two teachers (one for Islamic studies, and another for contemporary
education) are already appointed, and sposnorship of their salaries has
been arranged.
(3) Head of the institution: Maulana
Atiqur Rahman Sb, who has Alim and Fazil degrees from Madarasa
Darus Salam, Umarabad,
Distt: Vellore (Tamil Nadu) [Ph: +91-4171 258322, Fax :
+91-4171 255451] , served as head-mudarris of Madrasa Aziziya Salafia, Rahimabad;
belongs to the same village.
(4) Approval from Islamic
istitutions and authorities : Maulana Anisur Rahman
Qasmi Sb, Nazim
of Imarat Sharia and Chairman, Bihar
State Haj Committee , and Maulana Sanaul Hoda Qasmi Sb, Naib
Nazim of Imarat
Sharia, Patna visited the site and approved it. Approvals and
recommendations from other institutions and idaraas are being sought.
(5) Classes for primary
sections started on 1st December 2009.
More classes will be added as more funds become available. Total 60
students got enrolled in the first month ... enrollments have been
stopped after that, considering lack of taching staff.
(6)
Foundation stone laid for
construction of permament hostel buidling, on 3rd Jan
2010, by Janab Md Ali Ashraf Fatmi Sb, ex-minister of state for HRD,
govt of India.
Members
of the management committee:
a. Maulana Atiqur Rahman Sb,
Fazil from Madarsa
Darus Salam, Umarabad (Tamil Nadu), native of from Rahimanad
b. Janab Nizam Ahmad Sb, resident of
village Bherokhra,
and a member of the Samastipur District Board. He is also a member of
the management committee in Madarsa Islamia, Shahpur
Baghauni.
c. Janab Mohd Shazif Ahmad Sb, resident
of village Bherokhra,
retired (1984) deputy director of Agriculture (statistics), government
of Bihar.
d. one more person from Rahimabad village ....
to be selected ... pls suggest names
e. two members to be selected from Baghauni
village ... pls suggest names
f. one member to be selected from Rajwa village
... pls suggest names
g. One member to be selected from Tajpur ...
pls suggest names
Financial
requirements (estimate) for the madarsa:
Phase-1
(Ground Floor), Year 2011
Phase-2
(1st Floor), Year 2013
Phase-3
(2nd Floor), Year 2015
Temporary
rooms and temp. boundary wall
Rs.
50,000
------
------
Hostel
building, G+2 (1,920 ft2)
Rs.
1,000,000
Rs.
800,000
Rs.
800,000
Combined
building (Classroom + Office + Kitchen + Dining hall, etc.
>> 3,696 ft2)
Rs.
2,000,000
Rs.
1,600,000
Rs.
1,600,000
Laboratory
building and equipment
Rs.
1,000,000
Rs.
2,000,000
Common
Room + Library (separate building)
---------
Rs.
600,000
Rs.
500,000
Total
cost of construction [Rs. 11.95 million or 1 crore 19.5 lakhs]
Rs.
3,050,000 (Rs. 30.5 lakhs)
Rs.
4,000,000 (Rs. 40 lakhs)
Rs.
4,900,000 (Rs. 49 lakhs)
Operational
Expenses (estimate) for
the madarsa:
Phase-1
Phase-2
Phase-3
a.
Salary (teachers) @ Rs. 5, 000 per month
Rs.
30,000
Rs.
60,000
Rs.
90,000
b.
Salary of Admin staff @ Rs. 4,000 monthly
Rs.
8,000
Rs.
16,000
Rs.
24,000
c.
Food for resident students, teachers, etc.
Rs.
30,000
Rs.
75,000
Rs.
150,000
d.
Maintenance [cleaning, washing, etc]
Rs.
4,000
Rs.
8,000
Rs.
12,000
e.
Medical expenses
Rs.
4,000
Rs.
10,000
Rs.
20,000
f.
Total monthly Expenses
Rs.
72,000
Rs.
169,000
Rs.
296,000
Total
annual Expenses [12 x (f) + Rs. 600 per student (for new clothes and
toiletries, etc.)]
Rs.
864,000 + Rs.
36,000
=
Rs. 900,000
Rs.
2,028,000 + Rs.
90,000
=
Rs. 2,118,000
Rs.
3,552,000 + Rs.
180,000
=
Rs. 3,732,000
Architectural
Drawings (download pdf files):
Plan
of Ground floor || Plan
of Typical floors (1st and 2nd floors) || Plan
of Roof floor
Elevation
1 & 2 || Elevations
3 &4 || Section
A-A & B-B (Combined Building)
Sections
A-A & B-B (Hostel Building) || Schedule
of Doors and Windows || Layout
Plan
Demography
of the area:
Samastipur district consists
of 16.53% Muslims, as per census
figures of government of India
(2001), i.e., it has a Muslim population of 13,722,048 (13.72 million).
The female literacy in the district (for all religious groups) was
recorded as 32.69%, compared with 52.17% of Patna. Tajpur block has the
highest concentration of Muslim population, in the Samastipur district
- as per government reports, it is more than 20%, and this was the
reason for choosing Tajpur as the only centre (in Samastipur) for
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (read the guidelines for this school
at http://www.education.nic.in/kgbv_guidelines.asp).
This madarsa is situated about 80 km away from the state capital,
Patna, by road.
Tuition
Fees: No fees to be charged to students (absolutely free education)
The
tuition is absolutely free to students. They are to be drawn from the
families that are not in a position to pay for their education most
of them would either not be going to any educational institution or may
be going to government schools or madarsas, which do not care for
quality education. Pulling away poor children from their homes is, in
fact, pulling away an earning hand. If quality education is not
provided, the whole family is being cheated along with the child's
future being ruined. If we decide to make the project open for
fees-based tuition, there is a chance to divert from the main focus on
motivating the deprived sections to continue their studies and turn
towards generating income from the project.
Operational
Mechanism:
1. No
collection of zakah money by teachers:
Teachers will not be asked to runaround for donations, so there will be
no sharing by them from the amounts contributed by donors - the madarsa
culture of giving away 50% to the teacher-collector would not be
followed. Teachers will be paid a higher salary than those in other
madarsa - this will compensate them for the loss of income from zakah
collections (50% of all collections). Teachers (mudarriseen) would just
focus on teaching. This is also important, because we would have only
female teachers, in the long run.
2. Primary
classes started
in December 2009, with 2 teachers and 60 students.
3. Middle
school and Secondary Classes
(including Wastania and Fauqania):
Classes will be added, every year, and new teachers would be appointed,
giving preference to female teachers. At the end of five years, i.e.,
by 2014, all teachers will be females only.
4. Residential
facility
will start by September 2010, with accommodation for 50 students, and
every year residential facility for 50 more students will be added.
Residential facility will be allotted mostly to orphan girls
(preference will be given to them). Destitute girls will get the next
preference.
5. Warden
(Matron): A
warden for the hostel will stay within the madarsa campus. She will be
a mature, educated practicing Muslim lady, from good cultural
background, who can exercise the required control.
6. Prayer
facilities
will be provided from the beginning, and training will be provided to
students on all aspects of practicing Islam in daily life.
Monitoring
mechanism:
Bihar Anjuman has chapters in
various places, and a
three-layer monitoring will happen.
First layer of
monitoring: Local
chapters would monitor the project, as first layer.
Second layer of
monitoring:
Patna, Delhi and Aligarh chapters would monitor the project, as second
layer.
Third layer of
monitoring:
Mentors from online group visiting their native places will visit the
centres, check the account-books, academic performance, and other
arrangements, etc, apart from teaching the students on a short-term
basis, and guiding students, teachers as well as the organizing teams.
What would be the scale of
success?
Continuous
improvement in academic performance will be targeted, to be assessed
through weekly, monthly tests, and through annual exams, in the school.
The results of their annual exam will be considered as the scale of
success (for continuous improvement)..
Student's scale
of success:
Incremental improvement (percent increase w.r.t. previous exam) in
scores at the half-yearly and annual exams.
Centre's scale
of success:
Incremental improvement (percent increase w.r.t. previous exam) in
average scores of all students at the school, in the half-yearly and
annual exams..
Account-keeping:
Account
will be handled by the accountant of the school/ madarsa (employed
part-time or full-time). Initially, the responsibility may be handed
over to some volunteer from the local community or to one of the
teachers appointed for the centre.
Audit:
Account-books
would be made available, for audit, to any member of Bihar Anjuman, or
partner organizations, whenever they approach the centre, with such a
request. Visiting members would be requested to audit the entire
operations of these centres, including the academic processes.
Counselling:
Regular
counseling programs would be conducted by engaging respectable figures
from the local community. Visiting members of online forums would be
requested to inform about their visit of the region, so that their
services may be availed of. Services of some reputed counsellers may be
availed of, at least once-a-year, on a payment basis or otherwise.
Shikwa-e-zulmat-e-shab
se to kahin behtar tha;
Apne hissey ki koi shamm'a jalaate jaatey. [Ahmad Faraz]
Better light a candle than curse the darkness
Personality
Development Program arranged by Bihar Anjuman, in Rahbar-e-Banat @ Samastipur
Sayyed Saeed Ahmed, Pune-based famous personality development trainer
and motivator, took thousands of Bihar young and old through a
life-changing experience. The program was sponsored by Dr. Khursheed
Mallick Sb, Chicago-based renowned social activist and founder chairman
of IMEFNA (better known for its Upward Bound programs of scholarship
and grants, throughout India, and Self Study Learning Centers in Patna
and Delhi). The details of the programs and a large collection of
photographs covering all
the places where the same program was conducted, are available here
>> click here.
Islamic Library
launched with 255 books, from Darus Salam
2 sets of Uniform
and
1 Sweater provided, every year, to all girl students
of
RAHBAR-e-Banat
Age-wise
breakdown
of students, in November 2011
13-14 yrs
11
11-12 yrs
23
9-10 yrs
32
7-8 yrs
22
5-6 yrs
23
Total
111
The
madrasa, which started in a thatched temporary facility in 2009,
has established a new trend in the region by providing free uniforms
and sweaters to all of its students, starting 2011-12 session.
Insha-Allah, the students would receive the free uniforms and sweaters
every year. Primary classes started, here, in the year 2009, and
classes are being extended as the students move forward. A campaign was
launched in September 2011 to raise funds for uniforms and sweaters.
Following is the details of
donations received and expenses incurred:
Donations
received: Rs. 1,00,521/=
Total 111 (One Hundred
Eleven) students received one set each of uniform and sweater in
session 2011-12; one more set of uniform to be given in
March 2012, insha-Allah.
Item
Description
For
111 students
Uniform (Salwar Suit
+ Dupatta)
Rs. 39,238
Sweater @ Rs. 300
per pc
Rs. 33,100
Tailor's charges @
Rs. 42 per uniform
Rs. 4,662
Total
Rs. 77,000
Amount received from RAHBAR:
Rs. 100,000/=
Amount spent: Rs. 77,000/=
Amount remaining in
RAHBAR-e-Banat account: Rs.23,000/=. This amount will be
used for providing another set of uniform + scarf to all students,
insha-Allah.
Casting of 3rd
Storey
Roof (2nd floor's roof) on 29th October
2011
Donations:
all kinds of donations are acceptable
Willing to donate for this
noble cause? Write to school@biharanjuman.org
to commit your donation
Read this article,
please: Letter
and Spirit of Zakat (Zakah)
The
students in this madarsa will be from poor families, most of whom are
not going to any schools or madrasas, at all. Therefore, zakah
funds may be used
to impart literacy to them. Yateem girls will be accommodated in a
hostel which is the first buidling being built [structure of 2
floors are ready, thus 16 rooms cab be used once finishing work is
completed]. Hostel is
planned to become functional in October 2011, insha-Allah.
You
may
donate (from any funds at your
disposal) for:
Regular
(monthly, quarterly, annual) contribution:
(a) Sponsor the principal s salary @ Rs. 10,000 per month,
(b) Sponsor a teaching staff for the madarsa: Rs. 5,000 to
6,000 per month,
(c)
Sponsor a non-teaching staff (matron, peon, muhassil,
etc.): Rs. 3,000 to 4,000 per month
(d)
sponsor a student's expenses (non-resident): Rs. 200 per month
(e) sponsor a student's expenses (resident): Rs. 300 per month, without
food
(f) sponsor a student's expenses (resident): Rs. 800 per month, with
food
Sponsor
construction cost for eisal-e-sawab and sadaqa-e-jaariya:
(a)
construction of class-rooms (one classroom: Rs. 4 lakhs): total number of classrooms planned = 15 (architectural dwg @ http://bit.ly/eFUnHI)
(b) Finishing and furnishing of hostel rooms: Rs. 50,000 per room): total number of rooms planned = 24 (architectural dwg @ http://bit.ly/eFUnHI)). Rooms are ready, finishing work is required. Furnishing of classrooms (running on temporary basis in the hostel rooms) is reqd (White Boards, benches, tables, chairs, grill in windows, plaster, painting, etc.)
(c) Construction of a library-cum-reading room @ Rs. 5 lakhs + furniture @ Rs. 1 lakh
(d) Construction of the office room @ Rs. 3.5 lakhs + finishing + office furniture, almirah, locker, computer, printer, etc. @ Rs. 1.5 lakhs
(e) Construction of a dining hall, and a kitchen @ Rs. 6.0 lakhs + kitchen furniture and equipment,
(f) Hand pump for drinking water, Rs. 20,000/= (with platform), near hostel building deep drilling is required, by the rock-driller.
(g) 2 Overhead water-tanks + 1 electric submersible pump + plumbing work for hostel building s bath-rooms on every floor, Rs. 2.5 lakhs (including inside finishing).
(h) doors and windows per hostel room @ Rs. 10,000/= (1 door + 1
window), total 24 rooms
(i) doors and windows per Class room @ Rs. 35,000/= (1 door + 4 to 7
windows), total 15 rooms
(j) Sanitary fittings for bathrooms on each floor of hostel building: Rs. 100,000/=
(k) Electric bulbs + fans for 24 hostel rooms: Rs. 60,000/= or/ and for
classroom building: Rs. 215,000/=
(l) Electrical wiring works for hostel building: Rs. 25,000/= or/ and
for classroom building: Rs. 100,000/=
Miscellaneous
Contribution:
(j) books
to the
children,
(k) books
and other
facilities (e.g., cassettes, CDs,
cassette-player, CD-players, etc) in the library.
Those
interested in making any kind of
donation may please write to school@biharanjuman.org,
with subject line "Donation for Madarsa RAHBAR-e-Banat" - your
commitment will not be disclosed without your permission.
Casting of 2nd
Storey
Roof (1st floor's roof) on 23rd March
2011
Casting of 1st
storey
roof (Ground floor's roof) on 5th
August
2010
Plinth Construction
Completed, 15th June 2010
Vision:
Educational empowerment of Muslim women, by making holistic education
& guidance accessible to them.
Mission:
Comprehensive Holistic Education [Islamic + Contemporary] &
Training to every female of Bihar and Jharkhand, by establishing one
girl's school in every district of the two states.
Contact for donations: Send email to myrahbar@gmail.com
[Subject line: "Donation for Madarsa RAHBAR-e-Banaat"], or
just fill-up an online form (it will not take more than 2 minutes
> please click here).
Apply
Now: Lady
teachers are
immediately required, for all subjects (CBSE + Islamic curriculum).
Send CVs of deserving female
teachers to school@biharanjuman.org; for more
details of these
vacancies, click here.
Location:
Rahimabad
village, near Tajpur block, district: Samastipur,
State: Bihar
Rahimabad
is the birth place of Maulana (Shaykh) Abdul Aziz Rahimabadi, RA, who
was a great alim and muhaddith, and a student of Shaykh Nadhir Husain
of Delhi
(http://www.islamicawakening.com/viewarticle.php?articleID=1300). He
was the founder of Mdarsa Darul Uloom Ahmadiya Salafiya, Laheriasarai,
Darbhanga. He is among the earliest ulemas to have written extensively
on the need for reforms in madarsa education (refer to the book
"Pakistan 2000" By Charles H. Kennedy, Craig Baxter, American Institute
of Pakistan Studies).
Your
suggestions can make this project more beneficial for the target
students, and for the community, as a whole. Please take 2 minutes to
submit your suggestions, by clicking
here, or writing to school@biharanjuman.org
Introduction:
Why girls only?
There is no girls-only educational centre for Muslim girls. Existing
schools and madarsas provide education to boys and girls, both.
Unfortunately, both sit in the same classroom (even in higher classes)
- yes, even madarsas do the same. Girls must be educated, as they form
the core of our society's culture. Mother's lap is not just the first
school for each one of us, it also leaves its permanent impression on
our personality. Illiteracy among women may be the main reason for the
degradation of our culture and our value system. We send our daughters
and sisters to another family, as an ambassador of our culture. It's
like exporting our culture to another household. What should we export?
The values do not get inculcated in a day, and we are responsible for
the habits of our girls. If our upbringing and education can make them
true ambassadors of Islam, jannah will become easily accessible to us.
On the other hand, if our upbringing and education take them in the
opposite direction, we would be the source of destruction for our
society. The choice is ours! That's why they say, "teach a boy and you
teach only a man; teach a girl and you teach an entire family".
What kind of education? Deeni
Ta'aleem is inclusive and comprehensive, as every education and
training is deeni, and there is no other type of education in Islam.
The types we know may be sub-sections, but placing them parallel to
deeni ta'aleem is a fallacy. So, asri (contemporary) ta'aleem
(education) may be considered as a subdivision within the spectrum of
deeni (Islamic) educational system. So, this madarsa will provide
holistic education by including in its curriculum science along with
Islam, Arabic along with English, Urdu and Hindi. Vocational training
centre will, insha-Allah, be established soon to enhance the skills of
those whose parents wish their children to acquire these. Ultimate goal
is to take this institution to the highest levels (college, jaamiya,
university, and so on) where research facilities can also be provided,
insha-Allah. As of now, we just intend to make a humble beginning with
primary education - the first baby step.
Why another educational
institution?
This is not just going to be another institution, but as explained
above, a girl's education centre - one of its kind in the area. Boys
and girls of the area go to no educational institution at all, and if
they go, they go to government schools or madarsas, which do not care
for quality education. Pulling away poor children from their homes is,
in fact, pulling away an earning hand. If quality education is not
provided, the whole family is being cheated along with the child's
future being ruined. There is need to impart quality education which
really serves the purpose of educational empowerment. There is even
greater need to impart education to the girls, that's why this
institution has been conceived.
Maulana
Waris Mazhari (editor of Urdu monthly magazine 'Tarjuman Dar ul-Uloom',
the official organ of the Deoband Madrasa's Graduates'
Association):
Personally,
I believe that Muslim women should receive an equal education as Muslim
boys. There is nothing in Islam that prohibits this. Why shouldn t we
have Muslim women engineers, doctors, journalists, lawyers and social
workers? We need Muslim women in all these sorts of occupations. They
need to have a presence in all necessary social sectors. A woman can be
a good Muslim, a good wife, a good mother, and a good professional at
the same time. Such a woman can provide a good role model for others to
emulate. To deny Muslim women this possibility, ironically in the name
of Islam, would mean only to further reinforce ultra-secularism, in the
sense of hostility to, or absence of, religion in the public sphere.
Progress
Update
(1) Land acquisition:
6 katha land has already been acquired, and Rs. 20,000 arranged for
land-development and temporary class-rooms (thatched roof on bamboo
supports ... 4 classrooms for 20 stduents each plus an office room
built, as in the picture, above).
(2) Appointment of Teachers:
two teachers (one for Islamic studies, and another for contemporary
education) are already appointed, and sposnorship of their salaries has
been arranged.
(3) Head of the institution: Maulana
Atiqur Rahman Sb, who has Alim and Fazil degrees from Madarasa
Darus Salam, Umarabad,
Distt: Vellore (Tamil Nadu) [Ph: +91-4171 258322, Fax :
+91-4171 255451] , served as head-mudarris of Madrasa Aziziya Salafia, Rahimabad;
belongs to the same village.
(4) Approval from Islamic
istitutions and authorities : Maulana Anisur Rahman
Qasmi Sb, Nazim
of Imarat Sharia and Chairman, Bihar
State Haj Committee , and Maulana Sanaul Hoda Qasmi Sb, Naib
Nazim of Imarat
Sharia, Patna visited the site and approved it. Approvals and
recommendations from other institutions and idaraas are being sought.
(5) Classes for primary
sections started on 1st December 2009.
More classes will be added as more funds become available. Total 60
students got enrolled in the first month ... enrollments have been
stopped after that, considering lack of taching staff.
(6)
Foundation stone laid for
construction of permament hostel buidling, on 3rd Jan
2010, by Janab Md Ali Ashraf Fatmi Sb, ex-minister of state for HRD,
govt of India.
Members
of the management committee:
a. Maulana Atiqur Rahman Sb,
Fazil from Madarsa
Darus Salam, Umarabad (Tamil Nadu), native of from Rahimanad
b. Janab Nizam Ahmad Sb, resident of
village Bherokhra,
and a member of the Samastipur District Board. He is also a member of
the management committee in Madarsa Islamia, Shahpur
Baghauni.
c. Janab Mohd Shazif Ahmad Sb, resident
of village Bherokhra,
retired (1984) deputy director of Agriculture (statistics), government
of Bihar.
d. one more person from Rahimabad village ....
to be selected ... pls suggest names
e. two members to be selected from Baghauni
village ... pls suggest names
f. one member to be selected from Rajwa village
... pls suggest names
g. One member to be selected from Tajpur ...
pls suggest names
Financial
requirements (estimate) for the madarsa:
Phase-1
(Ground Floor), Year 2011
Phase-2
(1st Floor), Year 2013
Phase-3
(2nd Floor), Year 2015
Temporary
rooms and temp. boundary wall
Rs.
50,000
------
------
Hostel
building, G+2 (1,920 ft2)
Rs.
1,000,000
Rs.
800,000
Rs.
800,000
Combined
building (Classroom + Office + Kitchen + Dining hall, etc.
>> 3,696 ft2)
Rs.
2,000,000
Rs.
1,600,000
Rs.
1,600,000
Laboratory
building and equipment
Rs.
1,000,000
Rs.
2,000,000
Common
Room + Library (separate building)
---------
Rs.
600,000
Rs.
500,000
Total
cost of construction [Rs. 11.95 million or 1 crore 19.5 lakhs]
Rs.
3,050,000 (Rs. 30.5 lakhs)
Rs.
4,000,000 (Rs. 40 lakhs)
Rs.
4,900,000 (Rs. 49 lakhs)
Operational
Expenses (estimate) for
the madarsa:
Phase-1
Phase-2
Phase-3
a.
Salary (teachers) @ Rs. 5, 000 per month
Rs.
30,000
Rs.
60,000
Rs.
90,000
b.
Salary of Admin staff @ Rs. 4,000 monthly
Rs.
8,000
Rs.
16,000
Rs.
24,000
c.
Food for resident students, teachers, etc.
Rs.
30,000
Rs.
75,000
Rs.
150,000
d.
Maintenance [cleaning, washing, etc]
Rs.
4,000
Rs.
8,000
Rs.
12,000
e.
Medical expenses
Rs.
4,000
Rs.
10,000
Rs.
20,000
f.
Total monthly Expenses
Rs.
72,000
Rs.
169,000
Rs.
296,000
Total
annual Expenses [12 x (f) + Rs. 600 per student (for new clothes and
toiletries, etc.)]
Rs.
864,000 + Rs.
36,000
=
Rs. 900,000
Rs.
2,028,000 + Rs.
90,000
=
Rs. 2,118,000
Rs.
3,552,000 + Rs.
180,000
=
Rs. 3,732,000
Architectural
Drawings (download pdf files):
Plan
of Ground floor || Plan
of Typical floors (1st and 2nd floors) || Plan
of Roof floor
Elevation
1 & 2 || Elevations
3 &4 || Section
A-A & B-B (Combined Building)
Sections
A-A & B-B (Hostel Building) || Schedule
of Doors and Windows || Layout
Plan
Demography
of the area:
Samastipur district consists
of 16.53% Muslims, as per census
figures of government of India
(2001), i.e., it has a Muslim population of 13,722,048 (13.72 million).
The female literacy in the district (for all religious groups) was
recorded as 32.69%, compared with 52.17% of Patna. Tajpur block has the
highest concentration of Muslim population, in the Samastipur district
- as per government reports, it is more than 20%, and this was the
reason for choosing Tajpur as the only centre (in Samastipur) for
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (read the guidelines for this school
at http://www.education.nic.in/kgbv_guidelines.asp).
This madarsa is situated about 80 km away from the state capital,
Patna, by road.
Tuition
Fees: No fees to be charged to students (absolutely free education)
The
tuition is absolutely free to students. They are to be drawn from the
families that are not in a position to pay for their education most
of them would either not be going to any educational institution or may
be going to government schools or madarsas, which do not care for
quality education. Pulling away poor children from their homes is, in
fact, pulling away an earning hand. If quality education is not
provided, the whole family is being cheated along with the child's
future being ruined. If we decide to make the project open for
fees-based tuition, there is a chance to divert from the main focus on
motivating the deprived sections to continue their studies and turn
towards generating income from the project.
Operational
Mechanism:
1. No
collection of zakah money by teachers:
Teachers will not be asked to runaround for donations, so there will be
no sharing by them from the amounts contributed by donors - the madarsa
culture of giving away 50% to the teacher-collector would not be
followed. Teachers will be paid a higher salary than those in other
madarsa - this will compensate them for the loss of income from zakah
collections (50% of all collections). Teachers (mudarriseen) would just
focus on teaching. This is also important, because we would have only
female teachers, in the long run.
2. Primary
classes started
in December 2009, with 2 teachers and 60 students.
3. Middle
school and Secondary Classes
(including Wastania and Fauqania):
Classes will be added, every year, and new teachers would be appointed,
giving preference to female teachers. At the end of five years, i.e.,
by 2014, all teachers will be females only.
4. Residential
facility
will start by September 2010, with accommodation for 50 students, and
every year residential facility for 50 more students will be added.
Residential facility will be allotted mostly to orphan girls
(preference will be given to them). Destitute girls will get the next
preference.
5. Warden
(Matron): A
warden for the hostel will stay within the madarsa campus. She will be
a mature, educated practicing Muslim lady, from good cultural
background, who can exercise the required control.
6. Prayer
facilities
will be provided from the beginning, and training will be provided to
students on all aspects of practicing Islam in daily life.
Monitoring
mechanism:
Bihar Anjuman has chapters in
various places, and a
three-layer monitoring will happen.
First layer of
monitoring: Local
chapters would monitor the project, as first layer.
Second layer of
monitoring:
Patna, Delhi and Aligarh chapters would monitor the project, as second
layer.
Third layer of
monitoring:
Mentors from online group visiting their native places will visit the
centres, check the account-books, academic performance, and other
arrangements, etc, apart from teaching the students on a short-term
basis, and guiding students, teachers as well as the organizing teams.
What would be the scale of
success?
Continuous
improvement in academic performance will be targeted, to be assessed
through weekly, monthly tests, and through annual exams, in the school.
The results of their annual exam will be considered as the scale of
success (for continuous improvement)..
Student's scale
of success:
Incremental improvement (percent increase w.r.t. previous exam) in
scores at the half-yearly and annual exams.
Centre's scale
of success:
Incremental improvement (percent increase w.r.t. previous exam) in
average scores of all students at the school, in the half-yearly and
annual exams..
Account-keeping:
Account
will be handled by the accountant of the school/ madarsa (employed
part-time or full-time). Initially, the responsibility may be handed
over to some volunteer from the local community or to one of the
teachers appointed for the centre.
Audit:
Account-books
would be made available, for audit, to any member of Bihar Anjuman, or
partner organizations, whenever they approach the centre, with such a
request. Visiting members would be requested to audit the entire
operations of these centres, including the academic processes.
Counselling:
Regular
counseling programs would be conducted by engaging respectable figures
from the local community. Visiting members of online forums would be
requested to inform about their visit of the region, so that their
services may be availed of. Services of some reputed counsellers may be
availed of, at least once-a-year, on a payment basis or otherwise.
Shikwa-e-zulmat-e-shab
se to kahin behtar tha;
Apne hissey ki koi shamm'a jalaate jaatey. [Ahmad Faraz]
Better light a candle than curse the darkness
Personality
Development Program arranged by Bihar Anjuman, in Rahbar-e-Banat @ Samastipur
Sayyed Saeed Ahmed, Pune-based famous personality development trainer
and motivator, took thousands of Bihar young and old through a
life-changing experience. The program was sponsored by Dr. Khursheed
Mallick Sb, Chicago-based renowned social activist and founder chairman
of IMEFNA (better known for its Upward Bound programs of scholarship
and grants, throughout India, and Self Study Learning Centers in Patna
and Delhi). The details of the programs and a large collection of
photographs covering all
the places where the same program was conducted, are available here
>> click here.
Islamic Library
launched with 255 books, from Darus Salam
2 sets of Uniform
and
1 Sweater provided, every year, to all girl students
of
RAHBAR-e-Banat
Age-wise
breakdown
of students, in November 2011
13-14 yrs
11
11-12 yrs
23
9-10 yrs
32
7-8 yrs
22
5-6 yrs
23
Total
111
The
madrasa, which started in a thatched temporary facility in 2009,
has established a new trend in the region by providing free uniforms
and sweaters to all of its students, starting 2011-12 session.
Insha-Allah, the students would receive the free uniforms and sweaters
every year. Primary classes started, here, in the year 2009, and
classes are being extended as the students move forward. A campaign was
launched in September 2011 to raise funds for uniforms and sweaters.
Following is the details of
donations received and expenses incurred:
Donations
received: Rs. 1,00,521/=
Total 111 (One Hundred
Eleven) students received one set each of uniform and sweater in
session 2011-12; one more set of uniform to be given in
March 2012, insha-Allah.
Item
Description
For
111 students
Uniform (Salwar Suit
+ Dupatta)
Rs. 39,238
Sweater @ Rs. 300
per pc
Rs. 33,100
Tailor's charges @
Rs. 42 per uniform
Rs. 4,662
Total
Rs. 77,000
Amount received from RAHBAR:
Rs. 100,000/=
Amount spent: Rs. 77,000/=
Amount remaining in
RAHBAR-e-Banat account: Rs.23,000/=. This amount will be
used for providing another set of uniform + scarf to all students,
insha-Allah.
Casting of 3rd
Storey
Roof (2nd floor's roof) on 29th October
2011
Donations:
all kinds of donations are acceptable
Willing to donate for this
noble cause? Write to school@biharanjuman.org
to commit your donation
Read this article,
please: Letter
and Spirit of Zakat (Zakah)
The
students in this madarsa will be from poor families, most of whom are
not going to any schools or madrasas, at all. Therefore, zakah
funds may be used
to impart literacy to them. Yateem girls will be accommodated in a
hostel which is the first buidling being built [structure of 2
floors are ready, thus 16 rooms cab be used once finishing work is
completed]. Hostel is
planned to become functional in October 2011, insha-Allah.
You
may
donate (from any funds at your
disposal) for:
Regular
(monthly, quarterly, annual) contribution:
(a) Sponsor the principal s salary @ Rs. 10,000 per month,
(b) Sponsor a teaching staff for the madarsa: Rs. 5,000 to
6,000 per month,
(c)
Sponsor a non-teaching staff (matron, peon, muhassil,
etc.): Rs. 3,000 to 4,000 per month
(d)
sponsor a student's expenses (non-resident): Rs. 200 per month
(e) sponsor a student's expenses (resident): Rs. 300 per month, without
food
(f) sponsor a student's expenses (resident): Rs. 800 per month, with
food
Sponsor
construction cost for eisal-e-sawab and sadaqa-e-jaariya:
(a)
construction of class-rooms (one classroom: Rs. 4 lakhs): total number of classrooms planned = 15 (architectural dwg @ http://bit.ly/eFUnHI)
(b) Finishing and furnishing of hostel rooms: Rs. 50,000 per room): total number of rooms planned = 24 (architectural dwg @ http://bit.ly/eFUnHI)). Rooms are ready, finishing work is required. Furnishing of classrooms (running on temporary basis in the hostel rooms) is reqd (White Boards, benches, tables, chairs, grill in windows, plaster, painting, etc.)
(c) Construction of a library-cum-reading room @ Rs. 5 lakhs + furniture @ Rs. 1 lakh
(d) Construction of the office room @ Rs. 3.5 lakhs + finishing + office furniture, almirah, locker, computer, printer, etc. @ Rs. 1.5 lakhs
(e) Construction of a dining hall, and a kitchen @ Rs. 6.0 lakhs + kitchen furniture and equipment,
(f) Hand pump for drinking water, Rs. 20,000/= (with platform), near hostel building deep drilling is required, by the rock-driller.
(g) 2 Overhead water-tanks + 1 electric submersible pump + plumbing work for hostel building s bath-rooms on every floor, Rs. 2.5 lakhs (including inside finishing).
(h) doors and windows per hostel room @ Rs. 10,000/= (1 door + 1
window), total 24 rooms
(i) doors and windows per Class room @ Rs. 35,000/= (1 door + 4 to 7
windows), total 15 rooms
(j) Sanitary fittings for bathrooms on each floor of hostel building: Rs. 100,000/=
(k) Electric bulbs + fans for 24 hostel rooms: Rs. 60,000/= or/ and for
classroom building: Rs. 215,000/=
(l) Electrical wiring works for hostel building: Rs. 25,000/= or/ and
for classroom building: Rs. 100,000/=
Miscellaneous
Contribution:
(j) books
to the
children,
(k) books
and other
facilities (e.g., cassettes, CDs,
cassette-player, CD-players, etc) in the library.
Those
interested in making any kind of
donation may please write to school@biharanjuman.org,
with subject line "Donation for Madarsa RAHBAR-e-Banat" - your
commitment will not be disclosed without your permission.
Casting of 2nd
Storey
Roof (1st floor's roof) on 23rd March
2011
Casting of 1st
storey
roof (Ground floor's roof) on 5th
August
2010
Plinth Construction
Completed, 15th June 2010
Vision:
Educational empowerment of Muslim women, by making holistic education
& guidance accessible to them.
Mission:
Comprehensive Holistic Education [Islamic + Contemporary] &
Training to every female of Bihar and Jharkhand, by establishing one
girl's school in every district of the two states.
Contact for donations: Send email to myrahbar@gmail.com
[Subject line: "Donation for Madarsa RAHBAR-e-Banaat"], or
just fill-up an online form (it will not take more than 2 minutes
> please click here).
Apply
Now: Lady
teachers are
immediately required, for all subjects (CBSE + Islamic curriculum).
Send CVs of deserving female
teachers to school@biharanjuman.org; for more
details of these
vacancies, click here.
Location:
Rahimabad
village, near Tajpur block, district: Samastipur,
State: Bihar
Rahimabad
is the birth place of Maulana (Shaykh) Abdul Aziz Rahimabadi, RA, who
was a great alim and muhaddith, and a student of Shaykh Nadhir Husain
of Delhi
(http://www.islamicawakening.com/viewarticle.php?articleID=1300). He
was the founder of Mdarsa Darul Uloom Ahmadiya Salafiya, Laheriasarai,
Darbhanga. He is among the earliest ulemas to have written extensively
on the need for reforms in madarsa education (refer to the book
"Pakistan 2000" By Charles H. Kennedy, Craig Baxter, American Institute
of Pakistan Studies).
Your
suggestions can make this project more beneficial for the target
students, and for the community, as a whole. Please take 2 minutes to
submit your suggestions, by clicking
here, or writing to school@biharanjuman.org
Introduction:
Why girls only?
There is no girls-only educational centre for Muslim girls. Existing
schools and madarsas provide education to boys and girls, both.
Unfortunately, both sit in the same classroom (even in higher classes)
- yes, even madarsas do the same. Girls must be educated, as they form
the core of our society's culture. Mother's lap is not just the first
school for each one of us, it also leaves its permanent impression on
our personality. Illiteracy among women may be the main reason for the
degradation of our culture and our value system. We send our daughters
and sisters to another family, as an ambassador of our culture. It's
like exporting our culture to another household. What should we export?
The values do not get inculcated in a day, and we are responsible for
the habits of our girls. If our upbringing and education can make them
true ambassadors of Islam, jannah will become easily accessible to us.
On the other hand, if our upbringing and education take them in the
opposite direction, we would be the source of destruction for our
society. The choice is ours! That's why they say, "teach a boy and you
teach only a man; teach a girl and you teach an entire family".
What kind of education? Deeni
Ta'aleem is inclusive and comprehensive, as every education and
training is deeni, and there is no other type of education in Islam.
The types we know may be sub-sections, but placing them parallel to
deeni ta'aleem is a fallacy. So, asri (contemporary) ta'aleem
(education) may be considered as a subdivision within the spectrum of
deeni (Islamic) educational system. So, this madarsa will provide
holistic education by including in its curriculum science along with
Islam, Arabic along with English, Urdu and Hindi. Vocational training
centre will, insha-Allah, be established soon to enhance the skills of
those whose parents wish their children to acquire these. Ultimate goal
is to take this institution to the highest levels (college, jaamiya,
university, and so on) where research facilities can also be provided,
insha-Allah. As of now, we just intend to make a humble beginning with
primary education - the first baby step.
Why another educational
institution?
This is not just going to be another institution, but as explained
above, a girl's education centre - one of its kind in the area. Boys
and girls of the area go to no educational institution at all, and if
they go, they go to government schools or madarsas, which do not care
for quality education. Pulling away poor children from their homes is,
in fact, pulling away an earning hand. If quality education is not
provided, the whole family is being cheated along with the child's
future being ruined. There is need to impart quality education which
really serves the purpose of educational empowerment. There is even
greater need to impart education to the girls, that's why this
institution has been conceived.
Maulana
Waris Mazhari (editor of Urdu monthly magazine 'Tarjuman Dar ul-Uloom',
the official organ of the Deoband Madrasa's Graduates'
Association):
Personally,
I believe that Muslim women should receive an equal education as Muslim
boys. There is nothing in Islam that prohibits this. Why shouldn t we
have Muslim women engineers, doctors, journalists, lawyers and social
workers? We need Muslim women in all these sorts of occupations. They
need to have a presence in all necessary social sectors. A woman can be
a good Muslim, a good wife, a good mother, and a good professional at
the same time. Such a woman can provide a good role model for others to
emulate. To deny Muslim women this possibility, ironically in the name
of Islam, would mean only to further reinforce ultra-secularism, in the
sense of hostility to, or absence of, religion in the public sphere.
Progress
Update
(1) Land acquisition:
6 katha land has already been acquired, and Rs. 20,000 arranged for
land-development and temporary class-rooms (thatched roof on bamboo
supports ... 4 classrooms for 20 stduents each plus an office room
built, as in the picture, above).
(2) Appointment of Teachers:
two teachers (one for Islamic studies, and another for contemporary
education) are already appointed, and sposnorship of their salaries has
been arranged.
(3) Head of the institution: Maulana
Atiqur Rahman Sb, who has Alim and Fazil degrees from Madarasa
Darus Salam, Umarabad,
Distt: Vellore (Tamil Nadu) [Ph: +91-4171 258322, Fax :
+91-4171 255451] , served as head-mudarris of Madrasa Aziziya Salafia, Rahimabad;
belongs to the same village.
(4) Approval from Islamic
istitutions and authorities : Maulana Anisur Rahman
Qasmi Sb, Nazim
of Imarat Sharia and Chairman, Bihar
State Haj Committee , and Maulana Sanaul Hoda Qasmi Sb, Naib
Nazim of Imarat
Sharia, Patna visited the site and approved it. Approvals and
recommendations from other institutions and idaraas are being sought.
(5) Classes for primary
sections started on 1st December 2009.
More classes will be added as more funds become available. Total 60
students got enrolled in the first month ... enrollments have been
stopped after that, considering lack of taching staff.
(6)
Foundation stone laid for
construction of permament hostel buidling, on 3rd Jan
2010, by Janab Md Ali Ashraf Fatmi Sb, ex-minister of state for HRD,
govt of India.
Members
of the management committee:
a. Maulana Atiqur Rahman Sb,
Fazil from Madarsa
Darus Salam, Umarabad (Tamil Nadu), native of from Rahimanad
b. Janab Nizam Ahmad Sb, resident of
village Bherokhra,
and a member of the Samastipur District Board. He is also a member of
the management committee in Madarsa Islamia, Shahpur
Baghauni.
c. Janab Mohd Shazif Ahmad Sb, resident
of village Bherokhra,
retired (1984) deputy director of Agriculture (statistics), government
of Bihar.
d. one more person from Rahimabad village ....
to be selected ... pls suggest names
e. two members to be selected from Baghauni
village ... pls suggest names
f. one member to be selected from Rajwa village
... pls suggest names
g. One member to be selected from Tajpur ...
pls suggest names
Financial
requirements (estimate) for the madarsa:
Phase-1
(Ground Floor), Year 2011
Phase-2
(1st Floor), Year 2013
Phase-3
(2nd Floor), Year 2015
Temporary
rooms and temp. boundary wall
Rs.
50,000
------
------
Hostel
building, G+2 (1,920 ft2)
Rs.
1,000,000
Rs.
800,000
Rs.
800,000
Combined
building (Classroom + Office + Kitchen + Dining hall, etc.
>> 3,696 ft2)
Rs.
2,000,000
Rs.
1,600,000
Rs.
1,600,000
Laboratory
building and equipment
Rs.
1,000,000
Rs.
2,000,000
Common
Room + Library (separate building)
---------
Rs.
600,000
Rs.
500,000
Total
cost of construction [Rs. 11.95 million or 1 crore 19.5 lakhs]
Rs.
3,050,000 (Rs. 30.5 lakhs)
Rs.
4,000,000 (Rs. 40 lakhs)
Rs.
4,900,000 (Rs. 49 lakhs)
Operational
Expenses (estimate) for
the madarsa:
Phase-1
Phase-2
Phase-3
a.
Salary (teachers) @ Rs. 5, 000 per month
Rs.
30,000
Rs.
60,000
Rs.
90,000
b.
Salary of Admin staff @ Rs. 4,000 monthly
Rs.
8,000
Rs.
16,000
Rs.
24,000
c.
Food for resident students, teachers, etc.
Rs.
30,000
Rs.
75,000
Rs.
150,000
d.
Maintenance [cleaning, washing, etc]
Rs.
4,000
Rs.
8,000
Rs.
12,000
e.
Medical expenses
Rs.
4,000
Rs.
10,000
Rs.
20,000
f.
Total monthly Expenses
Rs.
72,000
Rs.
169,000
Rs.
296,000
Total
annual Expenses [12 x (f) + Rs. 600 per student (for new clothes and
toiletries, etc.)]
Rs.
864,000 + Rs.
36,000
=
Rs. 900,000
Rs.
2,028,000 + Rs.
90,000
=
Rs. 2,118,000
Rs.
3,552,000 + Rs.
180,000
=
Rs. 3,732,000
Architectural
Drawings (download pdf files):
Plan
of Ground floor || Plan
of Typical floors (1st and 2nd floors) || Plan
of Roof floor
Elevation
1 & 2 || Elevations
3 &4 || Section
A-A & B-B (Combined Building)
Sections
A-A & B-B (Hostel Building) || Schedule
of Doors and Windows || Layout
Plan
Demography
of the area:
Samastipur district consists
of 16.53% Muslims, as per census
figures of government of India
(2001), i.e., it has a Muslim population of 13,722,048 (13.72 million).
The female literacy in the district (for all religious groups) was
recorded as 32.69%, compared with 52.17% of Patna. Tajpur block has the
highest concentration of Muslim population, in the Samastipur district
- as per government reports, it is more than 20%, and this was the
reason for choosing Tajpur as the only centre (in Samastipur) for
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (read the guidelines for this school
at http://www.education.nic.in/kgbv_guidelines.asp).
This madarsa is situated about 80 km away from the state capital,
Patna, by road.
Tuition
Fees: No fees to be charged to students (absolutely free education)
The
tuition is absolutely free to students. They are to be drawn from the
families that are not in a position to pay for their education most
of them would either not be going to any educational institution or may
be going to government schools or madarsas, which do not care for
quality education. Pulling away poor children from their homes is, in
fact, pulling away an earning hand. If quality education is not
provided, the whole family is being cheated along with the child's
future being ruined. If we decide to make the project open for
fees-based tuition, there is a chance to divert from the main focus on
motivating the deprived sections to continue their studies and turn
towards generating income from the project.
Operational
Mechanism:
1. No
collection of zakah money by teachers:
Teachers will not be asked to runaround for donations, so there will be
no sharing by them from the amounts contributed by donors - the madarsa
culture of giving away 50% to the teacher-collector would not be
followed. Teachers will be paid a higher salary than those in other
madarsa - this will compensate them for the loss of income from zakah
collections (50% of all collections). Teachers (mudarriseen) would just
focus on teaching. This is also important, because we would have only
female teachers, in the long run.
2. Primary
classes started
in December 2009, with 2 teachers and 60 students.
3. Middle
school and Secondary Classes
(including Wastania and Fauqania):
Classes will be added, every year, and new teachers would be appointed,
giving preference to female teachers. At the end of five years, i.e.,
by 2014, all teachers will be females only.
4. Residential
facility
will start by September 2010, with accommodation for 50 students, and
every year residential facility for 50 more students will be added.
Residential facility will be allotted mostly to orphan girls
(preference will be given to them). Destitute girls will get the next
preference.
5. Warden
(Matron): A
warden for the hostel will stay within the madarsa campus. She will be
a mature, educated practicing Muslim lady, from good cultural
background, who can exercise the required control.
6. Prayer
facilities
will be provided from the beginning, and training will be provided to
students on all aspects of practicing Islam in daily life.
Monitoring
mechanism:
Bihar Anjuman has chapters in
various places, and a
three-layer monitoring will happen.
First layer of
monitoring: Local
chapters would monitor the project, as first layer.
Second layer of
monitoring:
Patna, Delhi and Aligarh chapters would monitor the project, as second
layer.
Third layer of
monitoring:
Mentors from online group visiting their native places will visit the
centres, check the account-books, academic performance, and other
arrangements, etc, apart from teaching the students on a short-term
basis, and guiding students, teachers as well as the organizing teams.
What would be the scale of
success?
Continuous
improvement in academic performance will be targeted, to be assessed
through weekly, monthly tests, and through annual exams, in the school.
The results of their annual exam will be considered as the scale of
success (for continuous improvement)..
Student's scale
of success:
Incremental improvement (percent increase w.r.t. previous exam) in
scores at the half-yearly and annual exams.
Centre's scale
of success:
Incremental improvement (percent increase w.r.t. previous exam) in
average scores of all students at the school, in the half-yearly and
annual exams..
Account-keeping:
Account
will be handled by the accountant of the school/ madarsa (employed
part-time or full-time). Initially, the responsibility may be handed
over to some volunteer from the local community or to one of the
teachers appointed for the centre.
Audit:
Account-books
would be made available, for audit, to any member of Bihar Anjuman, or
partner organizations, whenever they approach the centre, with such a
request. Visiting members would be requested to audit the entire
operations of these centres, including the academic processes.
Counselling:
Regular
counseling programs would be conducted by engaging respectable figures
from the local community. Visiting members of online forums would be
requested to inform about their visit of the region, so that their
services may be availed of. Services of some reputed counsellers may be
availed of, at least once-a-year, on a payment basis or otherwise.
Shikwa-e-zulmat-e-shab
se to kahin behtar tha;
Apne hissey ki koi shamm'a jalaate jaatey. [Ahmad Faraz]
Better light a candle than curse the darkness
Personality
Development Program arranged by Bihar Anjuman, in Rahbar-e-Banat @ Samastipur
Sayyed Saeed Ahmed, Pune-based famous personality development trainer
and motivator, took thousands of Bihar young and old through a
life-changing experience. The program was sponsored by Dr. Khursheed
Mallick Sb, Chicago-based renowned social activist and founder chairman
of IMEFNA (better known for its Upward Bound programs of scholarship
and grants, throughout India, and Self Study Learning Centers in Patna
and Delhi). The details of the programs and a large collection of
photographs covering all
the places where the same program was conducted, are available here
>> click here.
Islamic Library launched with 255 books, from Darus Salam
| Age-wise breakdown of students, in November 2011 | ||
| 13-14 yrs | 11 | |
| 11-12 yrs | 23 | |
| 9-10 yrs | 32 | |
| 7-8 yrs | 22 | |
| 5-6 yrs | 23 | |
| Total | 111 | |
The madrasa, which started in a thatched temporary facility in 2009, has established a new trend in the region by providing free uniforms and sweaters to all of its students, starting 2011-12 session. Insha-Allah, the students would receive the free uniforms and sweaters every year. Primary classes started, here, in the year 2009, and classes are being extended as the students move forward. A campaign was launched in September 2011 to raise funds for uniforms and sweaters.
Following is the details of
donations received and expenses incurred:
Donations
received: Rs. 1,00,521/=
Total 111 (One Hundred Eleven) students received one set each of uniform and sweater in session 2011-12; one more set of uniform to be given in March 2012, insha-Allah.
| Item Description | For 111 students |
| Uniform (Salwar Suit + Dupatta) | Rs. 39,238 |
| Sweater @ Rs. 300 per pc | Rs. 33,100 |
| Tailor's charges @ Rs. 42 per uniform | Rs. 4,662 |
| Total | Rs. 77,000 |
Amount received from RAHBAR: Rs. 100,000/=
Amount spent: Rs. 77,000/=
Amount remaining in RAHBAR-e-Banat account: Rs.23,000/=. This amount will be used for providing another set of uniform + scarf to all students, insha-Allah.
Casting of 3rd Storey Roof (2nd floor's roof) on 29th October 2011
Donations: all kinds of donations are acceptable
Willing to donate for this noble cause? Write to school@biharanjuman.org to commit your donation
Read this article, please: Letter and Spirit of Zakat (Zakah)
The students in this madarsa will be from poor families, most of whom are not going to any schools or madrasas, at all. Therefore, zakah funds may be used to impart literacy to them. Yateem girls will be accommodated in a hostel which is the first buidling being built [structure of 2 floors are ready, thus 16 rooms cab be used once finishing work is completed]. Hostel is planned to become functional in October 2011, insha-Allah.
You may donate (from any funds at your disposal) for:
Regular (monthly, quarterly, annual) contribution:
(a) Sponsor the principal s salary @ Rs. 10,000 per month,
(b) Sponsor a teaching staff for the madarsa: Rs. 5,000 to
6,000 per month,
(c) Sponsor a non-teaching staff (matron, peon, muhassil, etc.): Rs. 3,000 to 4,000 per month
(d)
sponsor a student's expenses (non-resident): Rs. 200 per month
(e) sponsor a student's expenses (resident): Rs. 300 per month, without
food
(f) sponsor a student's expenses (resident): Rs. 800 per month, with
food
(b) Finishing and furnishing of hostel rooms: Rs. 50,000 per room): total number of rooms planned = 24 (architectural dwg @ http://bit.ly/eFUnHI)). Rooms are ready, finishing work is required. Furnishing of classrooms (running on temporary basis in the hostel rooms) is reqd (White Boards, benches, tables, chairs, grill in windows, plaster, painting, etc.)
(c) Construction of a library-cum-reading room @ Rs. 5 lakhs + furniture @ Rs. 1 lakh
(d) Construction of the office room @ Rs. 3.5 lakhs + finishing + office furniture, almirah, locker, computer, printer, etc. @ Rs. 1.5 lakhs
(e) Construction of a dining hall, and a kitchen @ Rs. 6.0 lakhs + kitchen furniture and equipment,
(f) Hand pump for drinking water, Rs. 20,000/= (with platform), near hostel building deep drilling is required, by the rock-driller.
(g) 2 Overhead water-tanks + 1 electric submersible pump + plumbing work for hostel building s bath-rooms on every floor, Rs. 2.5 lakhs (including inside finishing).
(h) doors and windows per hostel room @ Rs. 10,000/= (1 door + 1 window), total 24 rooms
(i) doors and windows per Class room @ Rs. 35,000/= (1 door + 4 to 7 windows), total 15 rooms
(j) Sanitary fittings for bathrooms on each floor of hostel building: Rs. 100,000/=
(k) Electric bulbs + fans for 24 hostel rooms: Rs. 60,000/= or/ and for classroom building: Rs. 215,000/=
(l) Electrical wiring works for hostel building: Rs. 25,000/= or/ and for classroom building: Rs. 100,000/=
Miscellaneous Contribution:
(j) books to the children,
(k) books and other facilities (e.g., cassettes, CDs, cassette-player, CD-players, etc) in the library.
Those interested in making any kind of donation may please write to school@biharanjuman.org, with subject line "Donation for Madarsa RAHBAR-e-Banat" - your commitment will not be disclosed without your permission.
Casting of 2nd Storey Roof (1st floor's roof) on 23rd March 2011
Casting of 1st storey roof (Ground floor's roof) on 5th August 2010
Plinth Construction Completed, 15th June 2010
Vision: Educational empowerment of Muslim women, by making holistic education & guidance accessible to them.
Mission: Comprehensive Holistic Education [Islamic + Contemporary] & Training to every female of Bihar and Jharkhand, by establishing one girl's school in every district of the two states.
Contact for donations: Send email to myrahbar@gmail.com [Subject line: "Donation for Madarsa RAHBAR-e-Banaat"], or just fill-up an online form (it will not take more than 2 minutes > please click here).
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Location: Rahimabad village, near Tajpur block, district: Samastipur, State: Bihar
Rahimabad is the birth place of Maulana (Shaykh) Abdul Aziz Rahimabadi, RA, who was a great alim and muhaddith, and a student of Shaykh Nadhir Husain of Delhi (http://www.islamicawakening.com/viewarticle.php?articleID=1300). He was the founder of Mdarsa Darul Uloom Ahmadiya Salafiya, Laheriasarai, Darbhanga. He is among the earliest ulemas to have written extensively on the need for reforms in madarsa education (refer to the book "Pakistan 2000" By Charles H. Kennedy, Craig Baxter, American Institute of Pakistan Studies).
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Introduction:
Why girls only? There is no girls-only educational centre for Muslim girls. Existing schools and madarsas provide education to boys and girls, both. Unfortunately, both sit in the same classroom (even in higher classes) - yes, even madarsas do the same. Girls must be educated, as they form the core of our society's culture. Mother's lap is not just the first school for each one of us, it also leaves its permanent impression on our personality. Illiteracy among women may be the main reason for the degradation of our culture and our value system. We send our daughters and sisters to another family, as an ambassador of our culture. It's like exporting our culture to another household. What should we export? The values do not get inculcated in a day, and we are responsible for the habits of our girls. If our upbringing and education can make them true ambassadors of Islam, jannah will become easily accessible to us. On the other hand, if our upbringing and education take them in the opposite direction, we would be the source of destruction for our society. The choice is ours! That's why they say, "teach a boy and you teach only a man; teach a girl and you teach an entire family".
What kind of education? Deeni Ta'aleem is inclusive and comprehensive, as every education and training is deeni, and there is no other type of education in Islam. The types we know may be sub-sections, but placing them parallel to deeni ta'aleem is a fallacy. So, asri (contemporary) ta'aleem (education) may be considered as a subdivision within the spectrum of deeni (Islamic) educational system. So, this madarsa will provide holistic education by including in its curriculum science along with Islam, Arabic along with English, Urdu and Hindi. Vocational training centre will, insha-Allah, be established soon to enhance the skills of those whose parents wish their children to acquire these. Ultimate goal is to take this institution to the highest levels (college, jaamiya, university, and so on) where research facilities can also be provided, insha-Allah. As of now, we just intend to make a humble beginning with primary education - the first baby step.
Why another educational institution? This is not just going to be another institution, but as explained above, a girl's education centre - one of its kind in the area. Boys and girls of the area go to no educational institution at all, and if they go, they go to government schools or madarsas, which do not care for quality education. Pulling away poor children from their homes is, in fact, pulling away an earning hand. If quality education is not provided, the whole family is being cheated along with the child's future being ruined. There is need to impart quality education which really serves the purpose of educational empowerment. There is even greater need to impart education to the girls, that's why this institution has been conceived.
Maulana Waris Mazhari (editor of Urdu monthly magazine 'Tarjuman Dar ul-Uloom', the official organ of the Deoband Madrasa's Graduates' Association):Personally, I believe that Muslim women should receive an equal education as Muslim boys. There is nothing in Islam that prohibits this. Why shouldn t we have Muslim women engineers, doctors, journalists, lawyers and social workers? We need Muslim women in all these sorts of occupations. They need to have a presence in all necessary social sectors. A woman can be a good Muslim, a good wife, a good mother, and a good professional at the same time. Such a woman can provide a good role model for others to emulate. To deny Muslim women this possibility, ironically in the name of Islam, would mean only to further reinforce ultra-secularism, in the sense of hostility to, or absence of, religion in the public sphere. |
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Progress Update
(1) Land acquisition: 6 katha land has already been acquired, and Rs. 20,000 arranged for land-development and temporary class-rooms (thatched roof on bamboo supports ... 4 classrooms for 20 stduents each plus an office room built, as in the picture, above).
(2) Appointment of Teachers: two teachers (one for Islamic studies, and another for contemporary education) are already appointed, and sposnorship of their salaries has been arranged.
(3) Head of the institution: Maulana Atiqur Rahman Sb, who has Alim and Fazil degrees from Madarasa Darus Salam, Umarabad, Distt: Vellore (Tamil Nadu) [Ph: +91-4171 258322, Fax : +91-4171 255451] , served as head-mudarris of Madrasa Aziziya Salafia, Rahimabad; belongs to the same village.
(4) Approval from Islamic istitutions and authorities : Maulana Anisur Rahman Qasmi Sb, Nazim of Imarat Sharia and Chairman, Bihar State Haj Committee , and Maulana Sanaul Hoda Qasmi Sb, Naib Nazim of Imarat Sharia, Patna visited the site and approved it. Approvals and recommendations from other institutions and idaraas are being sought.
(5) Classes for primary sections started on 1st December 2009. More classes will be added as more funds become available. Total 60 students got enrolled in the first month ... enrollments have been stopped after that, considering lack of taching staff.
(6) Foundation stone laid for construction of permament hostel buidling, on 3rd Jan 2010, by Janab Md Ali Ashraf Fatmi Sb, ex-minister of state for HRD, govt of India.
Members of the management committee:
a. Maulana Atiqur Rahman Sb,
Fazil from Madarsa
Darus Salam, Umarabad (Tamil Nadu), native of from Rahimanad
b. Janab Nizam Ahmad Sb, resident of
village Bherokhra,
and a member of the Samastipur District Board. He is also a member of
the management committee in Madarsa Islamia, Shahpur
Baghauni.
c. Janab Mohd Shazif Ahmad Sb, resident
of village Bherokhra,
retired (1984) deputy director of Agriculture (statistics), government
of Bihar.
d. one more person from Rahimabad village ....
to be selected ... pls suggest names
e. two members to be selected from Baghauni village ... pls suggest names
f. one member to be selected from Rajwa village ... pls suggest names
g. One member to be selected from Tajpur ... pls suggest names
Financial requirements (estimate) for the madarsa:
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Phase-1
(Ground Floor), Year 2011 |
Phase-2
(1st Floor), Year 2013 |
Phase-3
(2nd Floor), Year 2015 |
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Temporary
rooms and temp. boundary wall |
Rs.
50,000 |
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Hostel
building, G+2 (1,920 ft2) |
Rs.
1,000,000 |
Rs.
800,000 |
Rs.
800,000 |
|
Combined
building (Classroom + Office + Kitchen + Dining hall, etc.
>> 3,696 ft2) |
Rs.
2,000,000 |
Rs.
1,600,000 |
Rs.
1,600,000 |
|
Laboratory
building and equipment |
|
Rs.
1,000,000 |
Rs.
2,000,000 |
|
Common
Room + Library (separate building) |
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Rs.
600,000 |
Rs.
500,000 |
|
Total
cost of construction [Rs. 11.95 million or 1 crore 19.5 lakhs] |
Rs.
3,050,000 (Rs. 30.5 lakhs) |
Rs.
4,000,000 (Rs. 40 lakhs) |
Rs.
4,900,000 (Rs. 49 lakhs) |
Operational Expenses (estimate) for the madarsa:
|
|
Phase-1 |
Phase-2 |
Phase-3 |
|
a.
Salary (teachers) @ Rs. 5, 000 per month |
Rs.
30,000 |
Rs.
60,000 |
Rs.
90,000 |
|
b.
Salary of Admin staff @ Rs. 4,000 monthly |
Rs.
8,000 |
Rs.
16,000 |
Rs.
24,000 |
|
c.
Food for resident students, teachers, etc. |
Rs.
30,000 |
Rs.
75,000 |
Rs.
150,000 |
|
d.
Maintenance [cleaning, washing, etc] |
Rs.
4,000 |
Rs.
8,000 |
Rs.
12,000 |
|
e.
Medical expenses |
Rs.
4,000 |
Rs.
10,000 |
Rs.
20,000 |
|
f.
Total monthly Expenses |
Rs.
72,000 |
Rs.
169,000 |
Rs.
296,000 |
|
Total
annual Expenses [12 x (f) + Rs. 600 per student (for new clothes and
toiletries, etc.)] |
Rs.
864,000 + Rs.
36,000 =
Rs. 900,000 |
Rs.
2,028,000 + Rs.
90,000 =
Rs. 2,118,000 |
Rs.
3,552,000 + Rs.
180,000 =
Rs. 3,732,000 |
Architectural Drawings (download pdf files):
Elevation 1 & 2 || Elevations 3 &4 || Section A-A & B-B (Combined Building)
Sections A-A & B-B (Hostel Building) || Schedule of Doors and Windows || Layout Plan
Demography of the area:
Samastipur district consists of 16.53% Muslims, as per census figures of government of India (2001), i.e., it has a Muslim population of 13,722,048 (13.72 million). The female literacy in the district (for all religious groups) was recorded as 32.69%, compared with 52.17% of Patna. Tajpur block has the highest concentration of Muslim population, in the Samastipur district - as per government reports, it is more than 20%, and this was the reason for choosing Tajpur as the only centre (in Samastipur) for Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (read the guidelines for this school at http://www.education.nic.in/kgbv_guidelines.asp). This madarsa is situated about 80 km away from the state capital, Patna, by road.
Tuition Fees: No fees to be charged to students (absolutely free education)
The
tuition is absolutely free to students. They are to be drawn from the
families that are not in a position to pay for their education most
of them would either not be going to any educational institution or may
be going to government schools or madarsas, which do not care for
quality education. Pulling away poor children from their homes is, in
fact, pulling away an earning hand. If quality education is not
provided, the whole family is being cheated along with the child's
future being ruined. If we decide to make the project open for
fees-based tuition, there is a chance to divert from the main focus on
motivating the deprived sections to continue their studies and turn
towards generating income from the project.
Operational Mechanism:
1. No collection of zakah money by teachers: Teachers will not be asked to runaround for donations, so there will be no sharing by them from the amounts contributed by donors - the madarsa culture of giving away 50% to the teacher-collector would not be followed. Teachers will be paid a higher salary than those in other madarsa - this will compensate them for the loss of income from zakah collections (50% of all collections). Teachers (mudarriseen) would just focus on teaching. This is also important, because we would have only female teachers, in the long run.
2. Primary classes started in December 2009, with 2 teachers and 60 students.
3. Middle school and Secondary Classes (including Wastania and Fauqania): Classes will be added, every year, and new teachers would be appointed, giving preference to female teachers. At the end of five years, i.e., by 2014, all teachers will be females only.
4. Residential facility will start by September 2010, with accommodation for 50 students, and every year residential facility for 50 more students will be added. Residential facility will be allotted mostly to orphan girls (preference will be given to them). Destitute girls will get the next preference.
5. Warden (Matron): A warden for the hostel will stay within the madarsa campus. She will be a mature, educated practicing Muslim lady, from good cultural background, who can exercise the required control.
6. Prayer facilities will be provided from the beginning, and training will be provided to students on all aspects of practicing Islam in daily life.
Monitoring mechanism:
Bihar Anjuman has chapters in various places, and a three-layer monitoring will happen.
First layer of monitoring: Local chapters would monitor the project, as first layer.
Second layer of monitoring: Patna, Delhi and Aligarh chapters would monitor the project, as second layer.
Third layer of monitoring: Mentors from online group visiting their native places will visit the centres, check the account-books, academic performance, and other arrangements, etc, apart from teaching the students on a short-term basis, and guiding students, teachers as well as the organizing teams.
What would be the scale of success?
Continuous improvement in academic performance will be targeted, to be assessed through weekly, monthly tests, and through annual exams, in the school. The results of their annual exam will be considered as the scale of success (for continuous improvement)..
Student's scale of success: Incremental improvement (percent increase w.r.t. previous exam) in scores at the half-yearly and annual exams.
Centre's scale of success: Incremental improvement (percent increase w.r.t. previous exam) in average scores of all students at the school, in the half-yearly and annual exams..
Account-keeping:
Account will be handled by the accountant of the school/ madarsa (employed part-time or full-time). Initially, the responsibility may be handed over to some volunteer from the local community or to one of the teachers appointed for the centre.
Audit:
Account-books would be made available, for audit, to any member of Bihar Anjuman, or partner organizations, whenever they approach the centre, with such a request. Visiting members would be requested to audit the entire operations of these centres, including the academic processes.
Counselling:
Regular counseling programs would be conducted by engaging respectable figures from the local community. Visiting members of online forums would be requested to inform about their visit of the region, so that their services may be availed of. Services of some reputed counsellers may be availed of, at least once-a-year, on a payment basis or otherwise.
Shikwa-e-zulmat-e-shab
se to kahin behtar tha;
Apne hissey ki koi shamm'a jalaate jaatey. [Ahmad Faraz]
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Better light a candle than curse the darkness |
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