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New outreach to reach

out to minorities

the Ministry of Minority Affairs this year ity Affairs has decided to organize 100
tehelka bureau so that these teachers can impart main- “Hunar Haat” in the next five years across
stream education to Madrasa students the country to provide market and em-
across the country. ployment and employment opportuni-
aking a cue from the Prime Naqvi speaking on the subject said, ties to master artisans, craftsmen and
Minister Narendra Modi “besides traditional teachings in Ma- traditional culinary experts. First “Hunar
when he tried to dispel appre- drasa, Urdu, Arabic and other languages, Haat” of the government was organized
hensions about Citizenship Madrasa teachers are also being provid- in Jaipur from August 24 to September 1,
T Amendment Act (CAA) and ed training for mainstream formal edu- 2019.
the National Register of Citizens (NRC), cation like Hindi, Maths, English, Science, More than 200 master artisans and
the Ministry of Minority Affairs has Computer, regional languages etc. These culinary experts including a large num-
come out with its Year Ender-2019 ex- teachers are being provided training ber of women artisans from every corner
plaining what the government had done from reputed institutions of the country of the country participated in this “Hunar
for the minorities’ particularly Muslim such as IIT, Aligarh Muslim University, Haat”. Then“Hunar Haat” was organised
community. Jamia Millia Islamia, Jamia Hamdard, at North Central Zone Cultural Centre
The Year Ender review for 2019 Anjuman-e-Islam, Amity University and in Prayagraj (UP) from November 1 to 10
released on December 20, 2019 claims where more than 300 master artisans
that the government sanctioned over and culinary experts including a large
80 lakh pre-matric scholarship to stu- More than 80 lakh students number of women artisans from every
dents while over 1.25 lakh youths had from six notified minority corner of the country participated. The
been provided skill development train- next “Hunar Haat” is being organized at
ing. In the year 2019, Ministry of Minority communities Jain, Parsi, Mumbai from December 20-31 and then
Affairs, under Union Minister for Buddhist, Christian, Sikh at Lucknow from January 20 to 20, 2020;
Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, at Hyderabad from January 11 to 19, 2020;
focused on educational empowerment and Muslim have been Chandigarh from January 20 to February
of Minorities, especially Muslim girls, and sanctioned pre-matric, post 1, 2020 and at Indore from February 8 to
job-oriented skill development of youths 16, 2020.
belonging to Minority communities. “De- matric, merit-cum-means In the coming days, “Hunar Haat” will
velopment with Dignity” has been the and other scholarships also be organized in New Delhi, Guru-
goal of Minority Affairs Ministry. gram, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, Luc-
More than 80 lakh students from six in first six months of know, Dehradun, Patna, Indore, Bhopal,
notified Minority communities Jain, Par- the government Nagpur, Raipur, Hyderabad, Puducherry,
si, Buddhist, Christian, Sikh and Muslim Chandigarh, Amritsar, Jammu, Shimla,
have been sanctioned pre-matric, post Goa, Kochi, Guwahati, Ranchi, Bhub-
matric, merit-cum-means and other other reputed educational institutes”. neshwar, Ajmer and other places.
scholarships in first six months of the About more than 650 school dropout Thousands of master artisans, crafts-
government. These students include 60 the Ministry has also provided students men, including large number of women
per cent girls. Besides, in the year 2019, bridge course in 2019 so that these stu- artisans and people associated with
celebrating 150th birth anniversary of dents can continue their higher studies them were provided employment and
Mahatma Gandhi, Ministry of Minority or go for a job. employment opportunities through “Hu-
Affairs provided “Begum Hazrat Mahal nar Haat” in 2019. The Ministry of Minori-
Girls Scholarships” to three lakh eco- Skill development ty Affairs has also sanctioned 100 “Hunar
nomically backward girls belonging to More than 1,25,000 youths belonging to Hubs” in different parts of the country in
the six notified Minority communities. Minority communities were provided the first six months of the government.
Under the programme to connect job-oriented skill development training Training is being provided to master
Madrasas with formal education, more through various schemes such as “Ghar- artisans, craftsmen and traditional culi-
than 750 teachers including large num- ib Nawaz Employment Scheme”, “Seekho nary experts according to modern needs
ber of women teachers, from Madrasas aur Kamao”, “Nai Manzil”, “Usttad”, “Nai in these “Hunar Hubs”. More than 2 lakh
from various states have been trained by Raushni” in 2019. The Ministry of Minor- 65 thousand artisans and craftsmen and

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