UP Board of Madrasa Education proposes de-affiliation of 513 madrasas
- In Reports
- 10:55 PM, Sep 11, 2024
- Myind Staff
In its meeting on Tuesday, the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madrasa Education proposed the de-affiliation of around 513 madrasas, nearly two years after the state government of Uttar Pradesh ordered a study of unregistered madrasas throughout the state. Many of these madrasas have not uploaded their information on the Board's portal, while others seek disaffiliation for various reasons. About 25,000 madrasas exist in the state, out of which about 16,500 are affiliated with the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madrasa Education.
In a conversation with the Hindustan Times, Madrasa Board chairman Iftikhar Ahmed Javed stated, “The first proposal that was put up in the meeting today (Tuesday) was to upload mark sheets from 2018 to 2024. Later, old marksheets will also be uploaded on the portal. Also, there was a discussion regarding giving affiliation to new madrasas as this has been pending for quite some time. New applications for affiliations will be accepted now through a portal. The exams for 2025 were also discussed in today’s meeting. We are trying to conduct exams in February next year.”
He further added, “There were many applications from various districts in which they themselves asked for disaffiliation from the board. These people will be contacted by the Board as per the norms to know about the reasons for their asking so. Even if they want to get disaffiliated then also, it will be done as per the prescribed norms of the Board. One main reason could be the shortage of teachers for modern subjects in these madrasas as they haven’t received their salary for the last seven years”.
The chairman of the Board addressed the matter of granting affiliation to newly established madrasas via an online procedure, saying, “Ever since I became the chairman of the Board, we have been working towards giving affiliation to madrasas as much as we can. Proposals have also been sent around eight times in the last three years but then things get stuck for one reason or the other. Now an online system will be introduced for the madrasas seeking affiliation from the board.”
In addition, 560 state-aided madrasas in Uttar Pradesh were given approval for a model administration program. In light of this, the Board decided to proceed with issuing and approving the administration plan in accordance with the 2016 Regulations.
After receiving the updated status report about the madrasas whose information had previously been provided by the district minority welfare officer but which could not be registered on the portal due to various reasons, the Board also made the decision to recommend to the government that the government add more madrasas to the portal.
Reacting to the UP Madrasa Board's proposal, Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahali, a Muslim cleric and member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, said, “De-affiliation doesn’t mean the end of the road for madrasas. They will still have the option to continue running the institution under the aegis of a society or a trust like many other madrasas. Also, they will be free to gain affiliation from other boards or institutions like Nadwatul Ulama. The only problem would be that they won’t be able to offer degrees or marksheets to the students. Also, earlier the affiliated madrasas used to get the salary of modern subject teachers which they will not get after de-affiliation. However, the salary of these teachers has not been disbursed for many years. I would like to request the government to release their pending salary at the earliest.”
Image source: Hindustan Times
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