Abstract

In our national perception, education is essential for all; this is fundamental to our all-round development, material and spiritual. Education has an acculturating role. It refines sensitivities and perception that contribute to national cohesion, a scientific temper and independence of mind and spirit. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial and religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace. Since religion is one phase of   people ’s culture groups of this type may be classified with ethnic minorities. Thus, Hindu are minorities in Pakistan, Muslim in India protestants in Italy, and Roman Catholics in the United States. Thus, the minorities, group of people who are held together by ties of common descent, physical characteristics, tradition, custom, language or religion or any combination of these and who in relation to some other group with which they are associated, occupy a subordinate status, receive differential treatment, and are excluded from full participation in the life and culture of the society of which they are a part. In the present work, an attempt has made to mirror the social and higher educational status of Muslim women by selecting Research topic Higher Education, policy Research and community development, A case study of Muslim female college students at Gulbarga city.          

Keywords: Minorities Groups, community   development, Education, Higher Education, Women’s Education. Majorities groups.

Impact Statement

The present problem of the study entitled “A sociological study of Muslim female students of degree colleges a case study of Gulbaraga city” is purported to known the changing status of Muslim female in various aspects of life. Women constitute half of the human resources. Traditionally, she has has been playing a vital  role in the family, with the emergence of the new challenges of the modern world. She is playing a vital role in obtaining economic source. From the social point of view. She does not enjoy equal status with men in general and in the Islamic world in particular, Education is the important facilitator in this regard. Hence education for women shold be given top priority and measures should be taken, improve their their ststus in India. Therefore, the basic problem of the present study can be ststed as an enquiry into the social and educational ststus of the under- graduate Muslim female students, and their attitude towards mate selection, dowery, inter-caste marriage , population control, female inheritance and their family background so on. And also it is an attempt to ascertain the opinion of respondents about reservation policy for women in professional courses, employment and poltics and also intend to know their interest in social service, their in extra-curricular activities at the college level, their interest to contest college election , their interst in exercise of franchise at general election and so on.       

About Author

I am NUZHATH PARVEEN  Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology Sri.R.K.Govt. First Grade College, Chittapur- 585211 Dist. kalaburagi, State Karnataka, country India.  I like to receive and deal with challenging tasks. I am a very enthusiastic lady and I think this is a strong point of mine. My native place is Dist. kalaburagi in Karnataka, State. My Educational qualification up to 10 Bi.BiRaza high School Gulbarge, And I completed under – graduate course Bi.BiRaza women degree College,  Kalaburagi After married I have comleted  M.A, M.Phil, Ph.D from Gulbarga University, kalaburagi, Karnataka under the advice of my lovely teacher Dr. S.L Hiremath of  Gulbarga University, kalaburagi. In M. Phil my Research Topic is A sociological study of Muslim female Students of Degree college “A case study of Gulbarga city” in 2005, And in Ph.D. degree Problems of working women in unorganized sector, A case study of Gulbarga city. in 2012. In 2009 I have appointed as a Asst. professor by the Dept. of collegiate Education of Karnataka Government, Govt. First Grade College, Modhol. Recently I am working at Sri. R.K.Govt. First Grade College, Chittapur Dist. kalaburagi, State Karnataka, country India.  My 20 research Article have been published at state, National, and international level.  Nearly 50 FDP, Seminar. Conference and Workshop have been attendant from various University and Colleges. 

 Cite this Article

APA (7th ed.): Parveen, N. (2024). Higher Education, Policy, Research and Community development: A case study of Muslim female college students at Gulbarga city. Edumania-An International Multidisciplinary Journal, 2(2), 25–48. https://doi.org/10.59231/edumania/9036

Chicago (17th ed.): Parveen, Nuzhath. “Higher Education, Policy, Research and Community development: A case study of Muslim female college students at Gulbarga city.” Edumania-An International Multidisciplinary Journal 2, no. 2 (2024): 25–48. https://doi.org/10.59231/edumania/9036.

MLA (9th ed.): Parveen, Nuzhath. “Higher Education, Policy, Research and Community development: A case study of Muslim female college students at Gulbarga city.” Edumania-An International Multidisciplinary Journal, vol. 2, no. 2, 2024, pp. 25–48. https://doi.org/10.59231/edumania/9036.

Statements & Declarations

Peer Review: The scholarly quality and contribution of this case study research on Muslim female college students have been confirmed through a rigorous and independent peer-review process conducted by experts in the relevant fields.

Review Type: This article underwent a double-blind peer review, wherein the identities of the author (Nuzhath Parveen) and the reviewers were concealed from each other. The review was conducted by subject experts in higher education, gender studies, sociology of education, and community development, with particular attention to research involving minority communities.

Competing Interests: The author, Nuzhath Parveen, declares that there are no financial, professional, or personal competing interests that could be perceived to have biased the work presented in this manuscript.

Data Availability: The datasets generated and analyzed during the current study, including interview transcripts and survey responses from Muslim female college students, are available from the corresponding author, N. Parveen, upon reasonable request. The data are not publicly available due to privacy and confidentiality agreements with the participating students and the sensitive nature of research involving minority community members in Gulbarga city, Karnataka, India.

Funding: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. The work was completed as part of the author’s institutional duties at R.K Government first grade College Chittapur and personal scholarly effort.

License: This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 International License. This license allows others to download this work and share it with others for non-commercial purposes, as long as they credit the author, but they cannot change it in any way or use it commercially.

Ethical Approval: All procedures performed in this study involving human participants (Muslim female college students) were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and with particular attention to cultural and religious sensitivities. Ethical approval for this research was granted by the Institutional Ethics Committee of R.K Government first grade College Chittapur, Dist. Kalaburagi, Karnataka, India, where the author is affiliated. Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study, and their anonymity, confidentiality, and cultural and religious considerations have been strictly maintained throughout the research process. Special care was taken to ensure culturally appropriate research methods and respectful engagement with the participant community.

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