Responding to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's statement of "closing 600 Madrassas" in his state, Samajwadi Party (SP) Member of Parliament ST Hassan on Friday said that "Madrassas have contributed to India's education for 1000 years."
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Partha Sarathi has asked the Additional Chief Secretary to hold a meeting with all the District Magistrates of the state to check the authenticity of the recognition of a total of 2459 madrassas in the entire state.
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights on Friday issued notices to all the state chief secretaries to identify madrassas which are being attended by non-muslim students as well.
Cracking down on 'fake madrasas' in Uttar Pradesh, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) submitted its report to the government citing 219 'fake madrasas' in Azamgarh some of which had allegedly received state grants in the name of modernisation.
During the meeting, Danish Azad Ansari apprised the PM about the work being done by his ministry, as well as the science exhibition organized in madrassas across the state on the occasion of Minority Rights Day.
As part of the rejuvenation of the institution, the government will also implement a dress code from the next session in all 103 madrassas under the purview of the Waqf Board in Uttarakhand.
Waqf Board Chairman Shadab Shams on Thursday said that the Uttarakhand government is trying to rejuvenate the madrassas and that various steps are being taken to modernise the madrassas in the state.
After conducting a survey, the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government decided to investigate the income sources of the unrecognized madrassas, situated in the border districts of Uttar Pradesh.
The petitioner has challenged the judgment dated February 4, 2022, passed by the High Court of Gauhati that upheld the validity of the Assam Madrassa Education (Provincialization) Act, 1995 (repealed by the Act of 2020) and all consequential government orders including the Notification dated