‘Modernisation of madrasas severely hit… Teachers were not paid, most of them quit’: Ex-UP madrasa board chief after SC order

Due to nefarious designs of some, the (2004) Act was challenged successful the High Court and the substance was heard similar a fast-track court. And yet the Court has struck down the Act. Some radical wanted to termination the madrasa acquisition strategy by going aft the Act, which acts similar the basal of the madrasa acquisition system. The Supreme Court bid is simply a slap connected the look of those who raised doubts implicit the acquisition strategy successful madrasas.

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) told the Supreme Court that acquisition imparted successful madarsas was ‘not comprehensive’ and truthful ‘against RTE’, that textbooks successful these institutions thatch ‘the supremacy of Islam’.

It seems the NCPCR has thing to bash but springiness statements against madrasas. The Commission is not doing thing connected schools, but each the problems look to beryllium with madrasa education. The Commission besides said that Hindu students should beryllium removed from madrasas. Such doubts whitethorn beryllium raised successful aboriginal astir schools being tally by missionaries. And I would besides similar to constituent retired that students astatine madrasas are going determination of their and their parents’ escaped will. They (the NCPCR) should spell to madrasas and spot however they relation and what the students survey there… On the contented of Islamic teachings astatine madarsas, I would inquire 1 happening – is spiritual acquisition not imparted successful Sanskrit Board schools successful UP?

After the Allahabad High Court declared the UP Act unconstitutional, was the functioning of madrasas successful UP affected?

I don’t deliberation studies were impacted… But determination was a increasing anxiousness astir what the Supreme Court was going to rule. We held the exams successful February, announced the results. Subsequently, the caller league besides started and children were studying arsenic they are expected to. But 1 happening is that the modernisation of madrasas has been severely impacted arsenic teachers nether the (modernisation) programme person not been paid salaries for 7 years. Most of them quit, and that has impacted modern acquisition astatine madrasas.

Do you deliberation the Supreme Court bid whitethorn assistance resoluteness issues similar pending salaries?

Let’s spot what happens and what the authorities does. Everyone wants modern education. The honourable Prime Minister has besides said students should person the Quran successful 1 manus and a machine successful the other.

In its bid connected Tuesday, the apex tribunal besides said that the Madarsa Board should not springiness higher acquisition degrees similar Kamil (equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree), and Fazil (equivalent to a Master’s) arsenic it violates University Grants Commission Act.

This has been an contented for a while, but the files are pending. What should hap is that madrasas giving specified degrees should beryllium brought nether the ambit of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Language University successful Lucknow. This is simply a bully bid by the apex tribunal due to the fact that if madrasas are affiliated with a university, it volition assistance students get amended opportunities.