"The government is for a balance between the educational standards of the majority and the minority groups. In madarsas modern education should be imparted side by side with the knowledge of Arabic and the Koran," he said in his keynote address at the convocation at the Al Amin Mission residential school at Khalatpur in West Bengal's Howrah district.

He said that more and more students passing out from the Mission should enter public life and help in the country's development.

Stress should be put on technical and vocational training to help the students as well as the country take rapid strides to compete with developed nations.

The Mission's General Secretary S Nazrl Islam said the institute would work for promoting education among the Muslims of the state.