Recently, India has taken major steps in formulating and implementing plans to educate her masses. The Right to Education Bill of 2005 (many folds more extensive and encompassing than the No Child Left Behind initiative in the US) not only extends the opportunity of a good education to all but also mandates it.  In this bill the parity of education amongst the genders is also promoted and targeted. The government has made the education of the disadvantaged group of minorities a national priority.  The focus is on bringing the educationally backward minorities at par with the rest of the society and to make them participate fully in the national development.
Unfortunately, in this beehive of educational bonanza, there is a group in the nation’s minorities, though not being ignored but is still way behind. This group within the minorities remains backward in education and mired in customs and traditions that have impeded its progress and prosperity for more than a century. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was the first Indian Muslim leader who saw the need for their reform. Though he tried to introduce modern ideas, he was not wholly successful in changing their plight or the ways of their thinking. This section of the society is unable to avail of this bounty because of many reasons, some of which are:

1.) Socio-economic Factors: