The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has written a letter to all the states saying that the funds given to madrassas should be stopped. These do not follow the Right to Education (RTE) rules. The commission has made this suggestion after preparing a report titled ‘Protector of faith or opponent of rights: Constitutional rights of children vs. madrassas’. NCPCR said- The entire focus in madrassas is on religious education, due to which children are not able to get the necessary education and they lag behind other children. 3 recommendations of the Child Commission Reaction to the report of the Child Commission They want to reverse everything made by the Constitution. These are the people who want to do politics on hatred, who want to do politics on discrimination. These are the people who want to do politics by making religions and castes fight. Akhilesh Yadav, SP chief There was a controversy over UP Madrasa Act, SC has stayed it
On April 5, 2024, the Supreme Court had stayed the Allahabad High Court’s decision declaring the ‘UP Board of Madrasa Education Act 2004’ unconstitutional. Along with this, a reply was also sought from the Center and UP government. The court said that the High Court’s decision would affect 17 lakh students. It is not right to direct the transfer of students to another school. In fact, on March 22, the Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court declared the UP Madrasa Act unconstitutional. The court had said that it is a violation of the principle of secularism. On Friday, a bench of Supreme Court Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Mishra heard the petition of the Madrasa Board. The bench said that the High Court is not prima facie right. It would be wrong to say that this Madrasa Act violates secularism. Even the UP government had defended the Madrasa Act in the High Court. In response to this, ASG KM Nataraj on behalf of the UP government said- “We had definitely defended this act in the High Court, but the court had declared this act unconstitutional. After this, we have also accepted the decision of the court.” The petition was filed for the first time in 2012 against the Act. The first petition against the Madrasa Act was filed in 2012 by Sirajul Haq, manager of Darul Uloom Wasia Madrasa. Then in 2014, Abdul Aziz, Secretary of Minority Welfare Lucknow, and Mohammad Javed of Lucknow filed a petition in 2019. After this, Rajul Mustafa filed two petitions in 2020. Anshuman Singh Rathore filed a petition in 2023. The nature of all the cases was the same. Therefore, the High Court merged all the petitions. A survey was conducted on the inputs of security agencies. The UP government had received inputs from social organizations and security agencies that madrasas were being run illegally. On this basis, the Uttar Pradesh Council and the Minority Minister had decided to conduct a survey. After this, a 5-member team was formed in every district. It included the District Minority Officer and the District School Inspector. UP Madrasa Board Law
The UP Madrasa Board Education Act 2004 was a law passed by the Uttar Pradesh government. Which was made to improve the education system of madrasas in the state. Under this law, madrasas used to get recognition from the board on fulfilling the minimum standards. Also read this news related to madrasa… The UP government had said in the Supreme Court – Only 12th pass job-worthy education is done in madrasas. The Uttar Pradesh government had said in the Supreme Court on September 19 that children studying in madrasas are eligible only for jobs requiring 10th-12th qualification. The state government had said this during the ongoing hearing on the madrasa education system. According to the State Council of Educational Research and Training syllabus, mainstream subjects are taught in madrasas only till 8th. It is not compulsory to study mainstream subjects in 9th and 10th. Read the full news…
