Assam govt to convert all state-run Madrasas-Sanskrit Tols to high schools
Guwahati/IBNS: The Assam government will convert all state-run Madrasas and Sanskrit Tols to general high school and higher secondary schools.
The Assam government will complete the converting process within the next two months.
Assam Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma made the announcement in Guwahati on Wednesday.
“As the state is a secular institution, we can’t fund religious teaching. There are almost 1200 Madrasas and around 200 Sanskrit Tols as of now. We don’t have any independent board to run these. As a result, a lot of problems are coming up because these students get certificates which are equivalent to matric (Class 10) and higher secondary (Class 12). However, due to lack of a statuary board, lots of wrong things are happening,” Sarma said.
The Assam minister also said that the government has no issues with the normal Madrasas which are being run by various social organizations or other NGOs.
“These types of Madrasas will function, but they will function within a regulatory framework. We are bringing a law, where the Madrasa has to function under a regulatory framework and they have to disclose the number of students enrolled. They have to compulsorily teach general subjects along with the religious subject,” Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)
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