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Updated: Wednesday, December 30, 2020, 22:50 [IST]
Guwahati, Dec 30: All the government-funded Madrassas are set to shut down and transform into general schools with the Assam Assembly on Wednesday passing a Bill amidst a walkout by the opposition after their demand to send the legislation to the Select Committee was rejected.
From April 1 next year, over 600 state-run Madrassas will be converted into upper primary, high and higher secondary schools with no change of status, pay, allowances and service conditions of the teaching and non-teaching staff.
The opposition slammed the government s move to close the Madrassas, which impart education on theology along with general subjects, and alleged polarisation tactics in the state, which will have Assembly polls in March-April next year. After the Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma turned down the request of the Congress and AIUDF to send The Assam Repealing Bill, 2020 to the select committee to have proper discussion and also
Assam Passes Bill To Scrap State-Run Madrassas, Opposition Walks Out Assam Passes Bill To Scrap State-Run Madrassas, Opposition Walks Out Will soon introduce another bill regulating private madrassas, says Assam Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma amid questions over exemption to Sanskrit tols, which he had earlier said would also be closed by the government as it is a secular entity .
Bill scraps government funding for madrassas which will be converted to general schools by April 1 (File)
Guwahati:
A bill abolishing state-run madrassas was passed in the Assam Legislative Assembly on Wednesday amid protest by the Opposition legislators, who walked out after their demand to send the legislation to the Select Committee for “proper discussion” was rejected.
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Assam assembly passes Bill to abolish all government-run Madrassas, Opposition to move court
Assam assembly passes Bill to abolish all government-run Madrassas, Opposition to move court
The Assam Legislative Assembly has approved the Bill to abolish all government-run Madrassas in the state and convert them to general schools. The move has drawn strong opposition by the Congress and the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF).
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Assam Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma (Image: PTI)
Amid walkout by the Opposition, the Assam Legislative Assembly on Wednesday passed the repeal provincialisation of Madrassa Bill, 2020 to abolish all government-run Madrassas in the state and convert them to general schools.