Giving a religion-wise breakup of the schools, the report says that while Christians comprise 11.54 per cent of India’s minority population, they run 71.96 per cent schools, and Muslims with 69.18 per cent minority population run 22.75 per cent of the schools. Sikhs comprise 9.78 per cent of the minority population and run 1.54 per cent schools; Buddhists with 3.83 per cent minority population run 0.48 per cent schools; and Jains with 1.9 per cent minority population run 1.56 per cent of schools. In 2014, the Pramati judgment made the whole of RTE Act inapplicable to minority schools. On the contrary, there are 114 Christian minority schools and only two schools with Muslim minority status,” it says. This disproportionate number takes away the core objective of establishing minority educational institutions.”“Despite the large presence of minority students in school-going age groups, minority schools are catering to less than 8%of the minority children population.

Source: Indian Express August 10, 2021 21:41 UTC