February 19, 2021: CODE PAKISTAN organized a dialogue between the students of Jamia Rahmania Dargai and contemporary education students of various colleges and universities of Peshawar. The dialogue held at the Centre for Learning Law and Business (CLLB) Peshawar was the second of a series of dialogues CODE PAKISTAN is organizing between the students of madrassahs and the students of contemporary education. The topic of the dialogue was “Pakistan in the Twenty-First Century: Youth’s Role in Economic Development and Positive Social Transformation.”
The dialogue provided a unique opportunity for the students of both the systems of education to freely interact with each other and express their views on the topic of discussion. Three students each from the university and madrassah education systems expressed their views on the topic from the podium, which was followed by a Q&A session with the participants. The dialogue was highly interactive. The students of Jamia Rahmania Dargai as well as the students of the mainstream educational institutions of Peshawar openly interacted with each other through the platform provided by CODE PAKISTAN.
The administrator of Jamia Rahmania, Maulana Atta-ur-Rahman, highly appreciated the initiative of CODE PAKISTAN and was of the view that such efforts play a key role in bridging the divide between the students of madrassahs and the students of the mainstream education system. He said that he highly emphasized the need for more such interaction between the students of madrassahs and contemporary education institutions. He was of the view that there was a need for both religious and contemporary education in the twenty-first century for the benefit of the youth of the country. He urged CODE PAKISTAN to continue with its efforts to counter misperceptions between the students of the madrassah and mainstream education systems by promoting dialogue between them. Youth Education Specialist CODE PAKISTAN Mr. Rafiq Badshah was of the view that interaction was the only option for addressing misperceptions between two groups of individuals.