Ranking Academic Facilities Provision in Consonance with 21st Century Reformations for the Madrasah Talibs in Pakistan

Abstract

The Present study deals with the academic facility provision in Pakistani Madaris. This study aims to explore the provided facilities by Madaris in consonance with the 21^st century to compete with all other institutions on national and international levels in Pakistan. All the Talibs (learners) and Muslim (teachers) of Madaris were the population of the study. The population consisted of 3085 registered Madaris in Pakistan. Out of these, 10 residential Madaris were selected through a purposive sampling technique. From each selected Madrassah, 15 respondents (5 teachers and 10 students) were selected thus making a sample size of 150 respondents respectively. The collected data was analyzed with the help of SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) to draw conclusions and results. The data retrieved from the respondents identified that the existing Madaris require up gradation of internal and external facilities to match and cope with the 21^st century skill. Major problem stated by the respondents were: financial issues, patronage from the Government for provision of facilities, teacher training workshops, provision of vocational education and ICT facilities. The research recommends that the governmental organizations should supervise and support the Madaris like other educational institutions because it is the responsibility of the government to provide religious education like other education.