EDUCATION AND MUSLIMS: A STUDY OF UTTAR PRADESH

Abstract

Muslims follow Islam, which stands for peace and brotherhood. Islam, as its name implies,
claims to be an egalitarian culture free of prejudice based on caste or colour. In fact, the Muslim
community in India is heterogeneous, divided into various castes and social classes. After more
than half a century of positive economic growth, the Muslim community is commonly
considered to be lagging behind other groups, such as Hindus, Christians, and Sikhs, in terms of
a range of development outcome indicators. The Muslim community is going through a lot of
upheaval and change. Their profile is small, especially in terms of security and status in
economic and educational sectors. The current study looks at the educational status of Muslims
in India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, which has a population of about 200 million people
and Muslims account for roughly one-fifth of the total population. This research is focused on
secondary data from India's 2001 and 2011 censuses. As a result of Muslims have emerged as the
worst sufferers in terms of educational access.