Uttarakhand govt serves ultimatum to madrassas to get registered or face closure

By PTI

DEHRADUN: Madrassas in Uttarakhand have been ordered to get themselves registered with the state training division inside a month or face closure.

There are round 400 unregistered madrassas within the state, in response to the federal government.

“Madrassas have been served an ultimatum to register with the state training division inside a month.

If they fail to fulfill the deadline, steps shall be taken to close them,” Uttarakhand Social Welfare and Minority Welfare Minister Chandan Ram Dass mentioned.

Currently, 419 madrassas are registered with the Uttarakhand Madrassa Board. Of these, 192 obtain grants from the Centre and the state authorities. The state authorities estimates that there are round 400 extra madrassas and so they stay unregistered.

“Not registering with the state education department is harming the future of the students who study there as they face problems in getting admissions after Class V,” Dass mentioned.

The route to get registered is aimed on the welfare of the scholars as a result of solely then can they avail of advantages of the central and state authorities schemes, he added.

As there have been allegations that the grants given to the madrassas weren’t being appropriately utilised, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami had lately underlined the necessity to have them surveyed.

State Waqf board chairman Shadab Shams mentioned he had a phrase with the chief minister relating to the difficulty and a committee will quickly be set as much as survey the madrassas.

Soon after taking on because the state Waqf board chairman final month, Shams had made a robust pitch for offering fashionable training in madrassas.

He mentioned the board plans to introduce the state training board syllabus in madrassas and supply comparable training to its college students as youngsters in non-public and authorities faculties.

CCTV cameras may even be put in in madrassas to make sure transparency of their actions, he added.

Uttarakhand Waqf Board runs 103 madrassas.

DEHRADUN: Madrassas in Uttarakhand have been ordered to get themselves registered with the state training division inside a month or face closure.

There are round 400 unregistered madrassas within the state, in response to the federal government.

“Madrassas have been served an ultimatum to register with the state training division inside a month.

If they fail to fulfill the deadline, steps shall be taken to close them,” Uttarakhand Social Welfare and Minority Welfare Minister Chandan Ram Dass mentioned.

Currently, 419 madrassas are registered with the Uttarakhand Madrassa Board. Of these, 192 obtain grants from the Centre and the state authorities. The state authorities estimates that there are round 400 extra madrassas and so they stay unregistered.

“Not registering with the state education department is harming the future of the students who study there as they face problems in getting admissions after Class V,” Dass mentioned.

The route to get registered is aimed on the welfare of the scholars as a result of solely then can they avail of advantages of the central and state authorities schemes, he added.

As there have been allegations that the grants given to the madrassas weren’t being appropriately utilised, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami had lately underlined the necessity to have them surveyed.

State Waqf board chairman Shadab Shams mentioned he had a phrase with the chief minister relating to the difficulty and a committee will quickly be set as much as survey the madrassas.

Soon after taking on because the state Waqf board chairman final month, Shams had made a robust pitch for offering fashionable training in madrassas.

He mentioned the board plans to introduce the state training board syllabus in madrassas and supply comparable training to its college students as youngsters in non-public and authorities faculties.

CCTV cameras may even be put in in madrassas to make sure transparency of their actions, he added.

Uttarakhand Waqf Board runs 103 madrassas.