'Quran' cannot be taught at the cost of govt money: Himanta Sarma on madrassas shut down in Assam
4 years, 2 months ago

'Quran' cannot be taught at the cost of govt money: Himanta Sarma on madrassas shut down in Assam

India TV News  

Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday that if the state government is bearing the cost of teaching the Quran in madrassas, then Bible and Bhagavad Gita should also be taught by the government. Sarma said, "In my opinion, teaching 'Quran' can't happen at the cost of government money, if we have to do so then we should also teach both the Bible and Bhagavad Gita. "All State-run madrassas will be converted into regular schools or in certain cases teachers will be transferred to state-run schools and madrassas will be shut down. The decision to shut down state-run madrassas was taken during a discussion on budgetary allocation for the education department when some legislators were demanding provincialisation of madrasas.

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How religious edu can be imparted at state’s expense: Allahabad HC asks Centre, U.P. govt
1 year, 8 months ago

How religious edu can be imparted at state’s expense: Allahabad HC asks Centre, U.P. govt

Hindustan Times  

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has directed the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government to file affidavits explaining how religious education can be imparted in government-funded madrasas at the government’s expense. The court ordered both the Centre and the state government to file affidavits within the next six weeks noting that in madrasas religious education is also …

In Assam, 600 madrasas closed, will shut down remaining: Himanta in Karnataka
1 year, 9 months ago

In Assam, 600 madrasas closed, will shut down remaining: Himanta in Karnataka

Hindustan Times  

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Thursday that his government in Assam has shut down 600 madrasas and will close all such institutions. Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in Karnataka The Assam CM made this remark addressing a public gathering in Belgavi during his visit to poll-bound Karnataka. The move affected 731 madrasas and Arabic colleges that …

CM Himanta Says All Assam Madrasas to be Shut, Calls Cong 'New Mughals'
1 year, 9 months ago

CM Himanta Says All Assam Madrasas to be Shut, Calls Cong 'New Mughals'

News 18  

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who is visiting Karnataka, said he intended to shut all the madrasas in his state, as they were not needed in “New India”. “There is no need of madrasas in this ‘New India’,” he asserted, adding, “We have to move forward in this direction, we have to transform our education system; time has come …

Assam CM’s plan to transform education by shutting madrassas
1 year, 9 months ago

Assam CM’s plan to transform education by shutting madrassas

Live Mint  

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday revealed his plans to transform education in the state. Himanta Biswa Sarma also said that he wants to replace all the madrassas with mainstream educational institutions to produce doctors, engineers, and other professionals to serve the state and the country. There is a threat to our culture and traditions," the Assam chief …

Karnataka: Himanta Biswa Sarma says he has closed 600 madrassas in Assam and intends to shut them all down
1 year, 9 months ago

Karnataka: Himanta Biswa Sarma says he has closed 600 madrassas in Assam and intends to shut them all down

Op India  

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has stated that over 600 madarsas have been shut down in the state because his government believes in establishing universities, schools and colleges rather than funding religious institutions. The new India does not need madrasas.” Last year, the Bharatiya Janata Party leader emphasised that Assam has turned into a hub of ‘jihadi operations’ after five …

Will go after madrasas involved in jihad: Assam government
2 years, 3 months ago

Will go after madrasas involved in jihad: Assam government

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI The Assam government on September 2 said it would continue to go after the madrasas found involved in “jihadi” activities. The assertion followed the threat of the minority-based All India United Democratic Front to approach the Supreme Court against the “increasing incidents” of demolition of madrasas allegedly fuelling fundamentalist activities. On Wednesday, AIUDF chief and Dhubri MP, Maulana Badruddin …

Assam Not UP: AIUDF Chief Takes on Assam CM Himanta Sarma for Bulldozing Madrassas
2 years, 3 months ago

Assam Not UP: AIUDF Chief Takes on Assam CM Himanta Sarma for Bulldozing Madrassas

News 18  

The recent incident of three madrassas being bulldozed in Assam has brought a lot of political attention not just in the state, but across the country. With regards to the demolition drive at Markazul Marif Kuriana madrassa in Jogijopa, Bongaigaon, the AIUDF chief and Dhubri MP Badruddin Ajmal has called for refrain and even sent out a strong message to …

Assam CM wants name of Madrasa removed
2 years, 7 months ago

Assam CM wants name of Madrasa removed

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: In what has triggered a fresh debate over madrasa education, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who ordered the conversion of 740 government-run madrasas into general educational institutions on Sunday, said that the word madrasa should cease to exist and there should be modern education in all schools. Addressing a media conclave organised by ‘Panchjanya’ and ‘Organiser’, Sarma said, …

Teach Quran but …: Assam's Himanta Sarma argues against madrasas | Watch
2 years, 7 months ago

Teach Quran but …: Assam's Himanta Sarma argues against madrasas | Watch

India Today  

The word ‘madrasa’ should cease to exist, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said as he stressed "normal education" in schools for all. He was responding to a former chancellor of the Hyderabad Maulana Azad University who hailed the Assam government’s decision to dissolve all madrasas and turn them into general schools. “Teach the Quran to your children, but at …

Madrassas Run On State-Funds Can't Impart Religious Instructions: Gauhati High Court Upholds Assam Law
2 years, 10 months ago

Madrassas Run On State-Funds Can't Impart Religious Instructions: Gauhati High Court Upholds Assam Law

Live Law  

In a significant judgment delivered on Friday, the Gauhati High Court has upheld the constitutionality of the law passed by the Assam assembly in 2020 to convert State-funded Madrassas into general schools.The High Court upheld the constitutional validity of the Assam Repealing Act 2020 which repealed the Assam Madrassa Education. Advocate General of Assam D Saikia clarified to the Court …

In Assam, ban on state-run madrassas may force girls to drop out
3 years, 9 months ago

In Assam, ban on state-run madrassas may force girls to drop out

Al Jazeera  

Educators and activists fear a mass dropout of female Muslim students in India’s Assam state as madrassas are converted into general schools. Come April, however, Siddiqa will no longer be able to continue her studies, as the Gomafulbari Title Madrassa – a government-funded school that also offered Islamic education – will cease to exist. “If girls are shifted to private …

On Day 1 of Assembly, Assam Govt Tables Bill to Abolish All State-run Madrassas Amid Protests
3 years, 11 months ago

On Day 1 of Assembly, Assam Govt Tables Bill to Abolish All State-run Madrassas Amid Protests

News 18  

The Assam government on Monday tabled a Bill in the Legislative Assembly to abolish all state-run Madrassas by converting them into general schools from April 1 next year. Despite an united opposition raising objections on tabling of the Bill, Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma introduced The Assam Repealing Bill, 2020 on the first day of the three-day winter session. In …

Assam govt tables bill to shut down state-run madrassas, convert them into general schools
3 years, 11 months ago

Assam govt tables bill to shut down state-run madrassas, convert them into general schools

India Today  

Assam Education Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday tabled the repeal of provincialisation of Madrassa Bill, 2020 in the Assam Legislative Assembly on the first day of the three-day winter session of the state assembly, seeking to repeal two provincialisation act of Madrassa in the state. After introducing the bill, Assam Education Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma told the …

What Assam’s move to ’secularise’ education misses
4 years ago

What Assam’s move to ’secularise’ education misses

Live Mint  

Last week, the Assam government decided to drop Islamic subjects from the curriculum of all state-run madrassas and dissolve the State Madrassa Education Board. The changes were necessary “to reform the education system and make it secular”, said Hemanta Biswa Sarma, education minister from Assam’s Bharatiya Janata Party -led government. “As we were, we were secular enough – the curriculum …

Govt-run Madrassas, Sanskrit Tols to Operate as General Educational Institutes in Assam: Minister
4 years ago

Govt-run Madrassas, Sanskrit Tols to Operate as General Educational Institutes in Assam: Minister

News 18  

Government-run madrassas and Sanskrit tols in Assam will operate as any other general educational institute and a bill will be tabled during the winter session of the Assembly for the closure of the existing two formats, Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Monday. There are currently 189 high madrassas under the Board of Secondary Education, Assam, while under the …

Assam govt decides to convert 740 Madrasas to general schools; Sanskrit Tolls to study centres
4 years ago

Assam govt decides to convert 740 Madrasas to general schools; Sanskrit Tolls to study centres

India Today  

In a bid to 'facilitate the secular education system', the Assam government has decided to stop the functioning of all government-run Madrasas and convert them into general educational institutions. Madrasas education was introduced in Assam education curriculum in 1934 and the State Madrasa Board was also created then. "Yesterday, the Assam cabinet has decided to reform the educational system to …

Decision To Close All Madrassas In The State Not A Final One, Assam Govt. Informs Gauhati High Court
4 years, 1 month ago

Decision To Close All Madrassas In The State Not A Final One, Assam Govt. Informs Gauhati High Court

Live Law  

The Assam Government on Tuesday informed the Gauhati High Court that the decision to close all the Madrassas in the State is not a final one. State's Response The Counsel for the respondents informed the Court that although the expression decision had been used in the communication dated 07.10.2020, infact, " it is not a final decision of the State …

Pvt Madrassas Will Never Be Shut Down, These Keep Muslims Alive: Assam Deputy Speaker
4 years, 1 month ago

Pvt Madrassas Will Never Be Shut Down, These Keep Muslims Alive: Assam Deputy Speaker

News 18  

Assam Assembly Deputy Speaker and senior BJP leader Aminul Haque Laskar has said that private madrassas will never be shut down as “these have kept the Muslims alive”. These madrassas will never be shut down as these have kept the Muslims alive,” he said, while laying the foundation stone for a madrassa in Cachar district on Sunday. When Congress protests …

Assam to Close Down Govt-run Madrassas, Sanskrit Tols
4 years, 2 months ago

Assam to Close Down Govt-run Madrassas, Sanskrit Tols

News 18  

Guwahati: All government-run madrassas and Sanskrit tols will be closed down by the Assam government and the notification to this effect will be issued in November, state Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday. The equal weightage for students passing out from madrassas, Sanskrit tols and the regular schools was introduced by the then Congress government in the state …

Assam to shut all state-run madrassas, sanskrit tols; official notification in November
4 years, 2 months ago

Assam to shut all state-run madrassas, sanskrit tols; official notification in November

Firstpost  

Himanta Sarma Biswa said that while the government-run madrassas will be converted into high schools, Sanskrit tols will be turned into learning and research institutes to study Indian culture Guwahati: All government-run madrassas and Sanskrit tols will be closed in Assam and a notification to this effect will be issued in November, Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday. …

Assam govt to bring privately-run Madrasas under regulation
4 years, 2 months ago

Assam govt to bring privately-run Madrasas under regulation

India Today  

After the decision to close down all state-run Madrasas in Assam, the State government is now planning to bring the privately run Madrassas under state regulation. 'No intention of closing private Madrasas in Assam' Assam's Education Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday informed that the state government is bringing a regulation to run the privately-run Madrsas in the state. …

AIUDF opposes Assam government's decision to close down Madrasas
4 years, 2 months ago

AIUDF opposes Assam government's decision to close down Madrasas

India Today  

The All India United Democratic Front on Wednesday strongly objected to the BJP-led Assam government for its decision to close down state-run Madrasas and Himanta Biswa Sarma’s ‘Love Jihad’ comment. Earlier, Assam Education Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the state government will not allow public money to teach the Muslim religious book Quran. When Himanta Biswa Sarma was …

Muslim clerics oppose Assam government's decision to close down state-run Madrasas
4 years, 2 months ago

Muslim clerics oppose Assam government's decision to close down state-run Madrasas

India Today  

Muslim clerics in Assam have strongly opposed the state government’s decision to close down all state-run Madrasas. Recently, Assam Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that the state government will close down all government-run Madrasas and Sanskrit tols in the state by November this year. “We will also take a decision over Sanskrit tols, But, tols and Madrasas are different …

Fact check on Assam govt 'shutting down' Madrassas and Sanskrit Tols
4 years, 2 months ago

Fact check on Assam govt 'shutting down' Madrassas and Sanskrit Tols

Op India  

Several media houses published a report by IANS saying that Assam government has decided to shut down the govt run madrassas and Sanskrit tols in the state. It was announced by Himanta Biswa Sarma that both the Madrassas and Sanskrit tols will be converted to regular govt schools, and the jobs in those institutions will continue. Therefore, the Assam govt …

Assam to close down all state-run madrasas, Sanskrit tols
4 years, 2 months ago

Assam to close down all state-run madrasas, Sanskrit tols

India TV News  

The Assam government will close down all state-run madrasas and Sanskrit tols as it can't afford to teach religious scriptures with public funds, state Education and Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday. Following the government's announcement, All India United Democratic Front chief and perfume baron Badruddin Ajmal said that if the BJP-led government shut down government-run madrasas, his …

'No Religious Education With Govt Funds': Assam to Close Down State-Run Madrasas, Sanskrit Tols
4 years, 2 months ago

'No Religious Education With Govt Funds': Assam to Close Down State-Run Madrasas, Sanskrit Tols

News 18  

The Assam government will close down all state-run madrasas and Sanskrit tols as it can’t afford to teach religious scriptures with public funds, state Education and Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday. Following the government’s announcement, All India United Democratic Front chief and perfume baron Badruddin Ajmal said that if the BJP-led government shut down government-run madrasas, his …

Assam govt to shut all state-run madrassas, decision on Sanskrit tols in November
4 years, 2 months ago

Assam govt to shut all state-run madrassas, decision on Sanskrit tols in November

Firstpost  

State minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that public money cannot be allowed to be spent on religious education, however, the matter of Sanksrit tols is different from that of the madrassas Assam will shut operations of government-run madrassas in the state, announed Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday saying that an official notification on the same will be issued next month. …

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