The Allahabad High Court on Friday declared the UP Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004, as unconstitutional and said it violates the principles of secularism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Bench comprising Justice Vivek Chaudhary and Justice Subhash Vidyarthi has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to frame a scheme accommodating the Madarsa students in the formal education system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Bench’s order came on a petition filed by Anshuman Singh Rathore challenging the vires of the UP Madarsa Board as well as objected to its management by the Minority Welfare Department, both by the Central government and State government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The High Court\u2019s ruling comes months after the State government decided to survey Islamic education institutions in Uttar Pradesh. Notably, the UP government had, in October 2023, also formed a Special Investigating Team (SIT) to probe the foreign funding that the madrasas have been receiving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After the decision of the double Bench of the Allahabad High Court, all financial aid received from the government will be ceased, and such Madarsas will be abolished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The division Bench, in December 2023, \u00a0raised its concerns about potential arbitrariness and the need for transparency in the administration of educational institutions. The Court asserted the broader issue of whether such decisions align with the principles of equal opportunity and secular governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In July 2022, the UP government proposed to make the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) mandatory for the recruitment of teachers in Madarsas to provide quality education to students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In its proposal, the government had said that the NCERT syllabus were implemented to provide quality education to students in Uttar Pradesh Madarsas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since it was a scientifically designed course, it was imperative to have trained teachers to teach it better. In view of this, the government is going to make it mandatory to clear the TET for the recruitment of teachers in madrasas, Ansari said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ansari also clarified that the requirement of TET will not apply to teachers of Urdu, Arabic, Farsi or Diniyat. It will be applicable only for the recruitment of teachers teaching the NCERT syllabus, he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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