Does girls in interior Sindh even study Quran let alone science, maths etc?............
Its because there are no fcking hospitals in FATA
Memorizing Quran is a basic thing in madrassa, they also learn arabic to understand it, as well as interpretation . They also learn hadith, "fiqa"., "mantaq" (logic), usool, fatwa etc. And they also have exams.
Lets not go into the discussion whether its useful for a muslim or not. I mean , your hindus have tales of ram, ramyan, hanuman, elelphant-men etc, whats the use of becoming pandit or reading stories of mahabhrat?
Madrassas offer free education and free meal. Schools , even the public ones, are costly for very poor families. In our areas, parents send even boys to school for one purpose, to earn decent livelihood in future......when MMA government (Siraj-ul-haq as education minister then) offered money, meal and free dress for girls in school.......parents in our areas started sending girls to schools in huge humbers. You have to attach incentive for education for girls, parents in those improvised areas dont see point in sending girls to school and colleges otherwise.