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UP madrassa reforms on pause as panel seeks 3-month extension for report
The Uttar Pradesh government's latest attempt to reform madrassa education has run into a slowdown. A six-member committee formed to suggest changes has asked for three more months to complete its work. The panel was constituted on May 30 and was initially given just one month to draft a was supposed to submit its recommendations by June 30. However, the task has proven too complex for a quick turnaround. According to RP Singh, Registrar of the Uttar Pradesh Madrassa Education Board, the team needs more time to review the state law governing madrassas and suggest a new committee includes directors and special secretaries from departments including minority welfare, education, law, and finance.
It is led by the Director of the Minority Welfare job is wide-ranging. They have to look at everything from updating the syllabus for classes 9 to 12, to setting new standards for recruiting and training OF CAUTION AS UP PUSHES AHEAD WITH MADRASSA REFORMS The committee is also expected to make recommendations on how to align madrassa education with current subject needs, offer bridge courses, and reshape recognition findings will be used to amend the 2004 Uttar Pradesh Madrassa Education Act and related regulations framed in of State for Minority Welfare Danish Azad Ansari said the idea is to equip Muslim children for a changing world. But some in the madrassa community aren't Kaab Rashidi, Legal Advisor to Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind (AM), questioned why no madrassa representatives are on the said many madrassas already offer modern education and their students have made it to top institutions like Sahab Zaman Khan, who represents madrassa teachers, added that the reforms must not disturb religious teachings. He warned against overwhelming students with too many subjects and noted that even six months may not be enough to do the job Uttar Pradesh has about 25,000 madrassas. Around 13,000 are officially recognised, but only 561 receive government reform is the latest in a series of steps by the Yogi Adityanath government since 2017 to regulate and modernise the system.(WITH INPUTS FROM PTI)- Ends
