Govt-run madrassas to close quickly in Assam; Govt tables Bill for repeal of provincialisation of madrassas

Image Source : PTI Govt-run madrassas to close quickly in Assam; Govt tables Bill for repeal of provincialisation of madrassas  The Assam authorities on Monday tabled a Bill to repeal Provincialisation of Madrassa within the state, because the three-day Assam Legislative Assembly session begins in the present day. Talking to the media forward of the graduation of the Winter Session, Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma mentioned that when the invoice is handed, the follow of working madrassa by the state authorities will come to an finish. Today I shall introduce a Bill to repeal Provincialisation of Madrassa. Once the Bill is handed, the follow of working Madrassa by the Government in Assam will come to an finish, a follow which was began by Muslim League govt in pre-Independence Assam.— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) December 28, 2020 In October, Sarma had introduced that the Madrasa Board in Assam can be dissolved and all state-run madrasas can be became basic faculties. He had additional clarified that the federal government doesn’t intend to close down the non-public madrasas. According to experiences, there are 614 government-aided and recognised madrassas and about 900 non-public madrassas in Assam. The state spends Rs 260 crore yearly for it. There are practically 1,000 recognised Sanskrit tols, of which about 100 are government-aided. There are 610 state-run madrassas in Assam, and the state authorities has spent Rs 260 crore yearly for it. The Assam Cabinet, in its assembly chaired by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, had on December 15 gave its go-ahead to the proposal of shutting down all government-run madrassas and Sanskrit tols (faculties). Latest India News