The Uttar Pradesh Madarsa Education Board has determined Urdu, Arabic, Persian and ‘Diniyat’ (spiritual educating) to be taught as one topic as a substitute of separate texts. This transfer has been criticised by a lecturers’ affiliation.
However, amid allegation that an try is being made to destroy the essential type of schooling in Uttar Pradesh (UP) madarsas, Minister of State for Minority Welfare, Danish Ansari said, the federal government’s agenda is to not change the type of schooling however to make it higher.
“The government is not going to take any such step. We are moving in the direction of making madarsa education better for students. The things that are good will be implemented. Whatever good input madarsa board gets, it is put forward. Some things are still in the stage of deliberation, so they should not be considered final. Whatever final decision will be taken, it will be for the benefit of the common people,” Ansari mentioned.
According to Ansari, there might be no disruption within the previous system, the try is to incorporate extra good practices whereas making the type of schooling higher. “We are growing a cellular utility of madarsa curriculum for comfort of scholars. The authorities can be taking steps to develop fundamental infrastructure within the areas with a sizeable minority inhabitants, Ansari added.
The Uttar Pradesh Madarsa Shiksha Parishad, in its assembly on March 24, had determined that within the secondary (Munshi or Maulvi) lessons, just one topic could be made together with Arabic and Persian literatures in addition to ‘Diniyat’.
Question papers for the remainder of the topics, Hindi, English, Mathematics, Science and Social Science might be separate.
As per the Teachers Association Madarise Arabiya Uttar Pradesh, the choice was in opposition to the provisions of the Education Code and the Madrasa Board Act of 2004. The fundamental type of madrasa schooling could be destroyed if the choice is applied, it added.
The affiliation has written to the Principal Secretary of the Minority Welfare Department, demanding withdrawal of the board’s proposals.
There are a complete of 32,827 lecturers in these madarsas, 16,461 madarsas in Uttar Pradesh, out of which 560 get authorities grants.
With inputs from PTI.
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