Literacy and Education of Muslims-A Note

A Note A R Kamat This paper, part of a forthcoming volume on Education and Social Change in India, briefly examines the Mate of education among Muslims in post-independence India, The paper questions some of the commonly held assumptions regarding (he root causes of the undisputable backwardness of the community and suggests that this has been due to the lack of a continuing formation of lower and middle class segments employed in the professions.