Survey reveals over 7,500 madarsas are unrecognised in Uttar Pradesh

A current survey performed by the Uttar Pradesh State Government recognized over 7,500 unrecognized madarsas within the state, stated State Minority Welfare Minister Dharam Pal Singh. The survey is being performed with a view to grant recognition to unrecognized madarsas that meet the federal government’s specified conditions.

“A high-powered committee will now decide on them,” Dharm Pal Singh advised the media.

Only after all of the district magistrates submit their stories by November 15 will the ultimate listing of unrecognized madrasas be launched.

Nearly 7,500 madrasas discovered operating with out recognition in survey performed by Uttar Pradesh govt, says minister Dharm Pal Singh

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Iftikhar Ahmed Javed, Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education, acknowledged that whereas the method of figuring out the precise numbers will take time, they’ve estimated that there are round 7,500 such madarsas that had been surveyed by groups in 75 districts by Thursday.

“There are 16,513 recognized madrassas in Uttar Pradesh, of which 560 were provided government grants in form of salary to teaching and non-teaching employees. The pay scale of the teaching staff of 560 madarsas is similar to those in central government schools,” Chairman Javed stated.

The madarsa modernization scheme supplies grants for Shiksha Mitra to 744 madarsas, in addition to a scholarship to meritorious college students from all licensed madarsas.

Madarsas assembly government-mandated standards equivalent to primary amenities like correct school rooms, furnishings for madarsa college students, consuming water, followers, lights, bathroom, and others got grants.

They may also apply for cost for each instructing and non-teaching workers. According to a authorities spokesman, Gorakhpur has 150 unauthorised madarsas, Lucknow, Azamgarh, Varanasi, and Mau have 100, Aligarh has 90, Kanpur has 85, Prayagraj has 70, and Agra has 35 such madarsas.

The Uttar Pradesh authorities had on September 1 introduced that it could survey unrecognized madarsas of the state to establish data equivalent to particulars of academics and college students, curriculum, and its affiliation with any non-government group.

Danish Azad Ansari, Minister of State for Minority Affairs, had acknowledged that the survey can be carried out in accordance with the necessities of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), which desires to examine on the fundamental amenities supplied to college students in madrasas. The minister went on to say that the survey would assist collect further data such because the title of the madarsa and the establishment that runs it, whether or not it’s run in a personal or rented constructing, and details about primary amenities equivalent to consuming water, furnishings, electrical energy, and bathrooms, amongst different issues.

Conducting a survey amidst a heated political confrontation and calls from a number of Islamist leaders to ‘welcome’ survey groups with sneakers and slippers was definitely not a cakewalk. Maulana Sajid Rashidi, the President of the All India Imam Association cornered the UP authorities for surveying the unrecognized madarsas. On September 14, he appealed to the madarsa authorities to welcome the state surveying authorities with slippers, and sneakers and bash them with the 2009 regulation associated to madarsas.