IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

ISSN PRINT 2319 1775 Online 2320-7876

EDUCATION IN MURSHIDABAD IN THE CONTEXT OF HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES: A STUDY OF THE BACKWARDNESS OF BIDI WORKERS IN EDUCATIONAL INTEREST

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Md Sanaullah

Abstract

The word education comes from the Sanskrit 'shas' dhatu. Again, if education is used in the sense of the word knowledge/wise, the word knowledge comes from the Sanskrit 'bid' dhatu which means knowledge1. The Arabic word 'Ilam' means also knowledge. Murshidabad great interest in education from ancient times. From ancient times to the middle ages, education continued to evolve based on religious alignment. In the modern era, the western education system developed with the help of the British, but it did not develop properly in Murshidabad, where the bidi industry was impure. The illiterate bidi workers could not focus on education even today because of poverty. The attendance of percentage of the students in schools of bidi industrial area proves it. Most of the bidi workers came from backwardness of society.

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