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Sharp fall in Madrasa and unrecognised school enrolments

The number of students enrolled in Indian schools in 2023-24 declined by 1.22 crore compared with 2018-19, show data. There was a sharp drop in school enrolments among recognised Madrasa schools even as the number of recognised Madrasas and the number of teachers working in them increased. Chart 4 shows a break-up of student enrolments in other schools — separately …

Students Student Schools Crore Number Lakh Government Schools

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Madrasa funding investigation in Gonda: Joint action of ATS and IB, 286 Maktabs and 19 illegal Madrasas identified

Op India

On Sunday, 18th November, the Intelligence Bureau initiated an investigation into the funding of 286 Maktabs and 19 unrecognized madrasas in Gonda. IB officials visited the office of Gonda’s Minority Welfare Officer to obtain a list of the 286 Maktabs and 19 madrasas operating illegally without proper recognition. Under government directives, the IB has identified these unrecognized madrasas and Maktabs …

Education Investigation Funding Madrasas Madrasa Gonda Ib Officials

2 months ago

Muslim bodies hail Supreme Court’s verdict on madrasas

The Hindu

Muslim bodies have welcomed the Supreme Court’s judgment upholding the validity of the Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Act, 2004. The Secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind’s education board, Syed Tanvir Ahmed, concurred, saying: “The Supreme Court judgment marks a significant step forward in upholding the educational rights of minority communities in Uttar Pradesh. The Supreme Court’s decision not only safeguards the right of …

Religious Judgment Court Uttar Pradesh Verdict State Muslim

2 months ago

SC Sets Aside Allahabad High Court Judgment on UP Madarsa Education Act

Hindustan Times

Clerics, stakeholders and many political parties have welcomed the Supreme Court's decision upholding the constitutional validity of the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act 2004. The SC set aside the Allahabad high court's March judgment that declared the 2004 Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004, unconstitutional while claiming that it violated principles of secularism.

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Supreme Court Upheld the Constitutional Validity of Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004

The Hindu

The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional validity of the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004 except for its provisions allowing the Board to award higher degrees like Kamil (under-graduate studies) and Fazil (postgraduate studies). The court found that these provisions violate the Basic Structure of the Constitution by discriminating against students based on their religion affiliation. The …

Law Religion Education Human Rights New Delhi

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Religious Instruction in Madrasas: A Matter of National Interest?

The Hindu

The Supreme Court has ruled that India's centuries-old history of religious instruction cannot be wished away by ghettoising madrasa education. The court observed that religious instruction is not unique to Muslims and that it is a country that is a melting pot of cultures, civilisations, religions. The court also noted that the extent of State control would vary upon the …

Law Religion Education Social Issues

4 months ago

Madrasas ‘unfit’ for proper education, child rights panel tells Supreme Court

The Hindu

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, the top child rights protection body in the country, has told the Supreme Court that madrasas are “unsuitable or unfit” places for children to receive “proper education”. “According to the information available the Deoband Madrasa fanned out across South Asia and has also set up seminaries, or madrassas, teaching an austere version …

Education Children Court Uttar Pradesh Islam Child Rights Child

4 months ago

MP: 37.5% madrasas closed in 3 yrs due to irregularities, fake enrolments

Hindustan Times

A 12-year-old girl was among four students enrolled in Barkatullah Madrasa, an educational institution in her neighbourhood in Madhya Pradesh’s Vidisha city, which now faces closure for enrolling Hindu students and showing higher enrolment to get government benefits. Renewal of registration of 577 madrasas in Madhya Pradesh is on hold because of enrolment of non-Muslim students, poor infrastructure and fake …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Madrasa Education: Is SPQEM a ‘Modern Band-Aid’ for a Medieval Mindset?

News 18

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights Chairperson, Priyank Kanoongo, recently raised an alarm over the ‘radical’ curriculum in government-funded madrasas in Bihar, where books allegedly published in Pakistan are being taught. III According to the Council of Boards of School Education’s website, only seven states in India—Assam, Bihar, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Odisha—have state madrasa …

Education India Bihar Uttar Pradesh States West Bengal Curriculum

4 months, 4 weeks ago

Hindi, maths, social science to be a must in all madrasas in U.P: Rajbhar

Hindustan Times

Uttar Pradesh minority welfare minister Om Prakash Rajbhar on Sunday said the government is committed to ensuring compulsory teaching of Hindi, maths and social science in all madrasas in the state. For Representation Only “Madrasas are free to teach Urdu, Arabic and Persian, but the government is committed to ensuring compulsory teaching of Hindi, maths and social science. Uttar Pradesh …

Education Uttar Pradesh Social Science Hindi Madrasas Madrasa

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Survey team attacked by mob during inspection of madrasas in Ahmedabad

Hindustan Times

A survey team faced a mob attack while inspecting a madrasa in Ahmedabad’s Dariyapur area on Saturday. The government notification seeks to gather comprehensive data on the operational aspects of madrasas, including details on management, recognition status, infrastructure, and fire safety compliance. The notification was issued based on a circular from the NCPCR, which has sought details from all states …

Education Ahmedabad Gujarat Team Survey Ncpcr Madrasas

8 months ago

Madrasa education goes online in Kerala

The Hindu

The Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama, an influential Sunni scholars’ forum, has introduced mobile and web applications for madrasa education. Launching the new initiatives here on Wednesday, Syed Jifri Muthukoya Thangal, president, Samastha, said that advancements in science and technology should be utilised for religious education. The applications are run by the Samastha Kerala Islam Matha Vidyabhyasa Board, the educational wing …

Education Kerala Religious Education Madrasa Samastha

9 months ago

Why have madrasas been in the spotlight in Uttar Pradesh? | Explained

The Hindu

The story so far: This past week, the Supreme Court stayed a ruling of the Allahabad High Court on the U.P. Board of Madrasa Education Act “unconstitutional” and asked for immediate closure of the madrasas. Chandrachud, scrutinised the provisions of the Act and made it clear that “the object and purpose of the statutory board which is constituted under the …

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9 months ago

SC Grants Relief to Madrasas in UP on HC Order

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi: The Supreme Court issued an interim stay on Friday overturning an Allahabad High Court order declaring the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madrasa Education Act, 2004, unconstitutional and against the principle of secularism. This decision offers relief to approximately 17 lakh madrasa students and 10,000 teachers affected by the High Court's ruling. It criticised the High Court's interpretation, stating …

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9 months ago

Uttar Pradesh Madarsa Education Act | Striking down law on madrasas is misconceived: Supreme Court

The Hindu

The Supreme Court on April 5 stayed the operation of an Allahabad High Court judgment which struck down a 20-year-old Uttar Pradesh law regulating madrasas and ordered the transfer of their students to regular schools. Chandrachud decided to freeze the implementation of the High Court judgment of March 22 in an interim order even as the Uttar Pradesh government said …

Education High Court Students Constitution Court Uttar Pradesh State

9 months, 2 weeks ago

UP madrasa law 'unconstitutional, against secularism': High Court's big order

India Today

The Allahabad High Court on Friday declared the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004, "unconstitutional" and violative of the principle of secularism. A bench comprising Justice Vivek Chaudhary and Justice Subhash Vidyarthi also directed the Uttar Pradesh government to plan a scheme to accommodate students currently studying in Madrasas, into the formal education system. The Lucknow branch of …

High Court Madrasas

11 months, 1 week ago

Uttarakhand madrasas to teach Ramayana, Darul Uloom strongly opposes decision

New Indian Express

DEHRADUN: The Chairman of the Uttarakhand Waqf Board Shadab Shams has announced plans to incorporate lessons on the Ramayana into the curriculum of madrasas. On the other hand, the maulvis of the Darul Uloom madrasas in Uttarakhand strongly opposed this decision, stating, "Those who want to study the Ramayana and the Vedas can enroll in other schools. The Deputy Chairman …

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11 months, 4 weeks ago

Madrasa teachers in U.P. stare at bleak future, vow to continue stir as govt. stops honorarium

The Hindu

: As the sun sets over Lucknow’s Eco Garden, Ashraf Ali, who has spent the entire day protesting here, prepares to retire for the night at Charbagh railway station. The background Around 25 years ago, the Centre started a programme named ‘Madrasa Modernisation Scheme’, under which teachers were enrolled to tutor madrasa students in ‘modern’ subjects, such as Mathematics, Science, …

Education Teachers Hindi State Madrasa Students Honorarium

1 year, 2 months ago

SIT to probe misuse of donations by madrasas

Hindustan Times

Lucknow About 4,000 madrasas, mostly on the Indo-Nepal border, which have received foreign funding are under the state government’s scanner. In January this year, the government had ordered district magistrates in districts bordering Nepal to conduct a probe into the funding of unrecognised madrasas that declared ‘zakat’ and donations as their primary source of funds. At the same time, the …

Nepal Foreign Funding Funding State Madrasas Funds Probe

1 year, 3 months ago

Sanskrit to be taught in madrasas in Uttarakhand, says Waqf Board chairman

Hindustan Times

Sanskrit will be taught compulsorily in madrasas that come under its jurisdiction, Uttarakhand Waqf Board chairman Shadab Shams has said. Shams said they will implement the National Council of Educational Research and Training curriculum in 117 madrasas under their plan to “modernise” madrasas where students can have quality education, including science, mathematics, Arabic and Sanskrit. He added, “Once the teaching …

Uttarakhand State Muslim Madrasas Sanskrit Waqf Board Waqf

1 year, 9 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 …

Education Religious Court Madrasas Centre Edu Madrasa

1 year, 9 months ago

Can Religious Education Be Imparted In Govt-Funded Madrasas, Does It Violate Articles 14, 25, 26, 29 & 30?: Allahabad HC Asks Centre, State Govt

Live Law

The Allahabad High Court recently sought a response from the Central and State Governments as to whether religious education can be imparted in Government funded Madrasas and whether this could be in violation of Articles 14, 25, 26, 29, and 30 of the Constitution of India. "The affidavits of the Central Government from the Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government …

Education India Religious Constitution Court State Government Religious Education

2 years ago

Police scrutiny of Madrasa teachers from outside Assam: Himanta Biswa Sarma

The Hindu

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that all teachers who came from outside Assam to teach in Madrasas in the State may be asked to appear "from time to time" in the nearest police station. Mr. Sarma said that a checklist has been prepared for the Madrasas, though the State is yet to "enter into an agreement with stakeholders, …

State Madrasas Sarma Madrasa

2 years, 2 months ago

Uttar Pradesh govt gets madrasa survey reports from 60 of state’s 75 districts

Hindustan Times

The state government has received the madrasa survey reports from 60 of the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh, minority welfare minister Dharampal Singh said here on Wednesday. Junior minority welfare minister Danish Azad Ansari said all department schemes have been tailored to benefit the students. Hari Om, the principal secretary, said all steps were being taken in line with the …

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Sharp fall in Madrasa and unrecognised school enrolments

Madrasa funding investigation in Gonda: Joint action of ATS and IB, 286 Maktabs and 19 illegal Madrasas identified

Muslim bodies hail Supreme Court’s verdict on madrasas

SC Sets Aside Allahabad High Court Judgment on UP Madarsa Education Act

Supreme Court Upheld the Constitutional Validity of Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004

Religious Instruction in Madrasas: A Matter of National Interest?

Madrasas ‘unfit’ for proper education, child rights panel tells Supreme Court

MP: 37.5% madrasas closed in 3 yrs due to irregularities, fake enrolments

Madrasa Education: Is SPQEM a ‘Modern Band-Aid’ for a Medieval Mindset?

Hindi, maths, social science to be a must in all madrasas in U.P: Rajbhar

Survey team attacked by mob during inspection of madrasas in Ahmedabad

Madrasa education goes online in Kerala

Why have madrasas been in the spotlight in Uttar Pradesh? | Explained

SC Grants Relief to Madrasas in UP on HC Order

Uttar Pradesh Madarsa Education Act | Striking down law on madrasas is misconceived: Supreme Court

UP madrasa law 'unconstitutional, against secularism': High Court's big order

Uttarakhand madrasas to teach Ramayana, Darul Uloom strongly opposes decision

Madrasa teachers in U.P. stare at bleak future, vow to continue stir as govt. stops honorarium

SIT to probe misuse of donations by madrasas

Sanskrit to be taught in madrasas in Uttarakhand, says Waqf Board chairman

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

Can Religious Education Be Imparted In Govt-Funded Madrasas, Does It Violate Articles 14, 25, 26, 29 & 30?: Allahabad HC Asks Centre, State Govt

Police scrutiny of Madrasa teachers from outside Assam: Himanta Biswa Sarma

Uttar Pradesh govt gets madrasa survey reports from 60 of state’s 75 districts