nagpur former member of all india handloom board and a prominent congress activist of the city haider ali dosani on wednesday handed over a memorandum to chief minister prithvirajchavan seeking formulation of steps to check drop out rate among muslim students at primary and high school level dosani an active congress worker for the last 25 years has been mainly associated with activities related to promotion of education among muslims he was the convener of youth congress minority cell till 2007 he conducted a study and found out that the younger generation went astray because of lack of education this in turn had a spiralling effect forcing a whole generation to live in abysmal poverty and denial in the letter to chavan dosani stressed on sacchar commissions findings that muslims have remained the most backward in terms of education the right to education act has now opened up new opportunities for the poor sections of the society including minorities to access quality education however in order to target muslim students a dedicated education promotion board should be established for the community he said this board will ensure better participation of muslim students at primary and higher secondary level where drop out rates is very high the board would also help identify below poverty students and sponsor them for admissions in good schools where interest in education is sustained currently national commission for minority educational institutions is working in the field of higher education no such body has been established for the promotion of muslim students at primary or secondary level and this is most needed dosani pointed out such a board will help a large chunk of the new generation to attain education and join mainstream of the society he added