Updated Dec 17, 2020 | 08:00 IST
The state Jamiat decision was taken at a four-hour meeting held at the Garigaon madrasa here on Tuesday.
Himanta Biswa Sarma | Photo Credit: IANS
Key Highlights
The Madrasa Board in Assam would be dissolved, all state-run madrasas would be converted into general schools
'Assam government has no intention of closing the private madrasas'
'Most Islamic scholars are also not in favour of madrasas being run under the government'
New Delhi: The Jamiat Ulama will legally challenge Assam government's decision to convert all government-run madrasas into regular schools from the 2021-22 academic session.
The decision was taken at a four-hour meeting held at the Garigaon madrasa on Tuesday after education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma declared that the word “madrasa” will be removed from government-run madrasas along with theological courses from April 1, 2021.