Madrasa Act

According to data presented by the Union government in Parliament on February 3, 2020, India has a total of 24,010 madrasas. These include 11,621 recognised and 2,907 unrecognised madrasas.

The decision is being taken as part of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami's plan to link madrasa-going children with mainstream education.

In a big relief to about 17 lakh madrasa students in Uttar Pradesh, the Supreme Court on Friday paused an Allahabad High Court order scrapping the UP Madrasa Act.

The Allahabad High Court has struck down the UP Board of Madarsa Education Act 2004, declaring it "unconstitutional" for violating the principle of secularism.

The plea challenged the provisions under the RTE Act which excludes madrasas, vedic pathshalas and educational institutions imparting religious knowledge within its ambit.

A fifth standard student of a madrasa in northern Kerala has been expelled for reportedly applying "chandana kuri" (sandalwood paste) on her forehead and acting in a short film, as a section of the community termed the act "unislamic".

A 23-year-old madrasa teacher has been arrested in Hyderabad after he was accused of sexually assaulting six minor boys of the institute, police said today.

At Barabanki's oldest Madrasa or Islamic Seminary, implementing the Uttar Pradesh government's new compulsory Maths and Science teaching order for students above Class 8 - using NCERT textbooks - is likely to pose a headache for Abdul Mujeeb Qasmi, the acting principal and sole religious teacher at the 70-year-old state government funded Darul Uloo...

The Centre on Friday sought to allay the apprehensions sparked by the BJP-led Maharashtra government's decision to de-recognise madrasas which give students education only on religion, saying madrasas "are a reality of India" and that "there should be no politics on the issue".

According to data presented by the Union government in Parliament on February 3, 2020, India has a total of 24,010 madrasas. These include 11,621 recognised and 2,907 unrecognised madrasas.

The decision is being taken as part of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami's plan to link madrasa-going children with mainstream education.

In a big relief to about 17 lakh madrasa students in Uttar Pradesh, the Supreme Court on Friday paused an Allahabad High Court order scrapping the UP Madrasa Act.

The Allahabad High Court has struck down the UP Board of Madarsa Education Act 2004, declaring it "unconstitutional" for violating the principle of secularism.

The plea challenged the provisions under the RTE Act which excludes madrasas, vedic pathshalas and educational institutions imparting religious knowledge within its ambit.

A fifth standard student of a madrasa in northern Kerala has been expelled for reportedly applying "chandana kuri" (sandalwood paste) on her forehead and acting in a short film, as a section of the community termed the act "unislamic".

A 23-year-old madrasa teacher has been arrested in Hyderabad after he was accused of sexually assaulting six minor boys of the institute, police said today.

At Barabanki's oldest Madrasa or Islamic Seminary, implementing the Uttar Pradesh government's new compulsory Maths and Science teaching order for students above Class 8 - using NCERT textbooks - is likely to pose a headache for Abdul Mujeeb Qasmi, the acting principal and sole religious teacher at the 70-year-old state government funded Darul Uloo...

The Centre on Friday sought to allay the apprehensions sparked by the BJP-led Maharashtra government's decision to de-recognise madrasas which give students education only on religion, saying madrasas "are a reality of India" and that "there should be no politics on the issue".