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Centre likely to recognise madarsa degrees

Centre likely to recognise madarsa degrees

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Publication: The Pioneer
Date: September 29, 2005

Madarsa students will hopefully see light on the other side of the tunnel if Union Human Resources Development (HRD) Ministry has its way. The Ministry is likely to talk to the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) to recognise degrees awarded by madarsas in order to admit them to undergraduate and post-graduate courses.

Also, amendment Bill to the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions is to be produced in Parliament stating that all Central universities having the provision for giving affiliation will give affiliation to the minority institutions.

At present, only Aligarh Muslim University, Jamia Millia Islamia and Jamia Hamdard University accept degrees given by the madarsas.

The Madarsa Board will also talk to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and other State boards to bring equivalence to their syllabi and degrees.

"In discussions with the AIU, we can ask them to admit madarsa students in the graduate and post-graduate courses. Universities could be asked either to accept the degrees issued by the Madarsa Board or conduct a screening test to examine the madarsa students before giving them admissions," said Sunil Kumar, the joint secretary (primary education), MHRD on Wednesday in a meeting on madarsas at the National Commission for Minorities (NCM). NCM chairman Sardar Tarlochan Singh was also present in the meeting.

Ministry-level talks are also on to overhaul the infrastructure, library and book bank of the madarsas. As per the government figures, there are 27,605 madarsas in the country but the commission believes that there are some few more who are not registered to the Madrasa Board. The government doesn't fund the madarsas directly, however, volunteers like Wakf Board facilitate the government money to reach the madarsas.

"Talks are on to include the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) textbooks in madarsas to make them of national-level," said Nasim Akhtar Nadvi, Nadvatul Ulema at a madarsa in Lucknow, who attended the meeting.


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