Karnataka orders survey of Arabic schools

MADIKERI: The Karnataka government has ordered a survey of Arabic schools as they were allegedly not following the syllabus prescribed by the state education department.
"After getting the survey report, we will take action so that those students should also be prepared to compete with other students," primary and secondary education minister BC Nagesh said on Friday.
The step was taken after the parents of students reportedly complained to the education department, saying that their children studying in Arabic schools were not on par with other students. "So we decided to conduct a survey of Arabic schools," Nagesh said.
According to education department officials, there are 200 Arabic schools in Karnataka, of which 106 are aided by the government and 80 are unaided. They are all registered under the Karnataka Education Act and bound to follow rules and regulations of the Karnataka government, Nagesh said.
"Children should know science and some languages, but this has not been taught properly. We also came to know that they (Arabic schools) are not running schools according to the syllabus prescribed by the education department.
So, we have asked our commissioner and assistant commissioner to look into it," the minister said. Arabic schools impart courses at three levels: Tahataniya, Ustaniya and Foukhaniya.