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
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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.
Jamiat Ulama to contest Assam s decision to convert madrasas The decision was taken at a four-hour meeting held at the Garigaon madrasa on Tuesday following Monday’s announcement
The Assam State Jamiat Ulama has decided to legally challenge Dispur’s decision to convert all government-run madrasas into regular schools from the 2021-22 academic session.
The state Jamiat decision was taken at a four-hour meeting held at the Garigaon madrasa here on Tuesday following Monday’s announcement by education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma that the word “madrasa” will be removed from government-run madrasas along with theological courses from April 1, 2021. In effect, there will be no high madrasa exam from 2022. High madrasas are equivalent to high schools (Classes IX and X) and are under the Board of Secondary Education, Assam.
The BJP, along with its new allies United People’s Party Liberal and Gana Suraksha Party, will head the next Bodoland Territorial Council in Assam after governor Jagdish Mukhi accepted the three-party “post-poll coalition” claim to form the autonomous body on Sunday night.
Although the Bodoland People’s Front emerged as the single largest party winning 17 of the 40 seats despite a stiff challenge from its rivals, its hopes of a fourth straight term fizzled out after the BJP rebuffed BPF chief Hagrama Mohilary’s appeal to support its bid to form the BTC since they were still allies in the state government.