Religious Education and Persistence of Poverty:A Study of Deeni Madrassas in Southern Punjab

Journal Title: Asian Journal of Management Sciences and Education - Year 2015, Vol 4, Issue 3

Abstract

The phenomena of religious education and secular education are coexisting andcreating apartheid in the country. The present study aimed to investigate therelationship between religious education imparted to the students of deeni madrassasand persistence of poverty. A sample of 125 students and 40 teachers of the fivemadrassas were selected through a simple random sampling. All the respondents ofboth categories were interviewed by using a predesigned interview schedule. Thedata later on presented in the quantitative form. The research suggested that onlyimparting religious education to the students is the major source of isolation from themainstream of the society which incapacitates them to work in the job market. Hence,they became the victim of poverty. It can safely conclude that there is a relationshipbetween religious education and poverty persistence in Pakistan.

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Abdul Taga

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Abdul Taga (2015). Religious Education and Persistence of Poverty:A Study of Deeni Madrassas in Southern Punjab. Asian Journal of Management Sciences and Education, 4(3), 93-103. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-112230