The Madrasa Education Council on Tuesday will take decisions on giving recognition to new madrasas and discuss many other important issues like approval on the transfer of Madrasa teachers, job to a deceased dependent in the Madrasa Board meeting in Lucknow, said officials.
Minister of State for Minority, Muslim Waqf and Haj, Danish Azad Ansari has instructed the Director, Minority Welfare Department to conduct the live telecast of the historic moment of Chandrayaan-3 landing on the moon in all Madrasas of the state.
All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) MLA and party General Secretary Rafiqul Islam said that the Assam government can't shut down private Madrasas in the state.
Afghan girls have turned to madrassas (religious schools) to learn the religious sciences since the country's closure of schools for girls above the sixth grade, TOLOnews reported.
According to the CMO, during the meeting CM Chouhan gave instructions to the officials to review the illegal madrassas and institutions where fundamentalism is being taught. He said that bigotry and extremism would not be tolerated at all in the state.
Responding to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's statement of "closing 600 Madrassas" in his state, Samajwadi Party (SP) Member of Parliament ST Hassan on Friday said that "Madrassas have contributed to India's education for 1000 years."
After cracking down Jihadi activities in a few private madrasas and busting several Al-Qaeda and Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) modules in many parts of the state, the Assam government has taken initiatives to educational reforms in the private Madrasas of the state.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Partha Sarathi has asked the Additional Chief Secretary to hold a meeting with all the District Magistrates of the state to check the authenticity of the recognition of a total of 2459 madrassas in the entire state.
Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Council Chairman Iftikhar Ahmed Javed on Saturday urged the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) to reconsider their letter, urging states and UTs to inspect the recognized madrasas admitting non-Muslim children.
Uttar Pradesh Board of Madrasas has started preparations to provide modern education along with religious instruction, said Iftikhar Ahmed Javed, Madrasa Education Council Chairman on Monday.