The National Commission for Child Protection (NCPCR) has written to all the states asking them to stop the funds given to madrassas. These do not follow Right-to-Education (RTE) rules.
The commission made this recommendation after preparing a report titled 'Guardians of Faith or Opponents of Rights: Constitutional Rights of Children versus Madrasas'.
NCPCR said- Madrasahs focus entirely on religious education, due to which children do not get the education they need and they lag behind other children.
3 Recommendations of the Children's Commission
- Funds provided by the state to madrassas and madrassa boards should be stopped.
- Non-Muslim children should be removed from madrassas. According to Article 28 of the Constitution, no child can be given religious education without the consent of the parents.
- Religious and formal education cannot be imparted together in one institution.
Reaction to the Report of the Children's Commission
They want to overturn everything in the constitution. These are the people who want to do politics on hate, who want to do politics on discrimination. These are people who want to do politics by fighting religion and caste.
Akhilesh Yadav, SP President
Controversy over UP Madrasa Act, SC bans it On April 5, 2024, the Supreme Court stayed the Allahabad High Court's decision to declare the UP Board of Madrasa Education Act 2004 unconstitutional. Along with this, a response was also sought from the central and UP governments. The court said that 17 lakh students will be affected by the High Court's decision. It is not appropriate to instruct students to transfer to another school.
In fact, on March 22, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court declared the UP Madrasa Act unconstitutional. The court said that this is a violation of the principle of secularism. On Friday, a Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Mishra heard the madrasa board's petition.
The bench said that the High Court was prima facie not correct. It would be wrong to say that the Madrasa Act violates secularism. The UP government also defended the Madrasa Act in the High Court. In response to this, ASG KM Nataraj on behalf of the UP government said- “We certainly defended the act in the High Court, but the court declared the act unconstitutional.” After this we have also accepted the decision of the court.
A petition against this law was first filed in 2012 The first petition against the Madrasa Act was filed in 2012 by Sirajul Haque, manager of Darul Uloom Wasiya Madrasa. Then in 2014, Lucknow's Minority Welfare Secretary Abdul Aziz and in 2019, Lucknow's Mohammad Javed filed the application.
After this, Raijul Mustafa filed two applications in 2020. Anshuman Singh Rathore filed the application in 2023. Nature was the same for all things. Hence the High Court merged all the petitions.
The survey was conducted on the input of security agencies The UP government received inputs from social organizations and security agencies that madrassas were being run illegally. Based on that, the Uttar Pradesh Council and Minorities Minister decided to conduct a survey. After this a team of 5 members was formed in each district. This includes District Minority Officer and District School Inspector.
UP Madrasa Board Act The UP Madrasa Board Education Act 2004 was a law passed by the Government of Uttar Pradesh. Madrasahs were created to improve the education system in the state. Under this law, madrasas will receive recognition from the board if they meet minimum standards.
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The UP government had told the Supreme Court that only 12 pass students in madrassas are given suitable education for jobs.
The Uttar Pradesh government on September 19 told the Supreme Court that children studying in madrassas are eligible for jobs only with 10th-12th standard qualification. The state government said this during the ongoing hearing on madrasa education system. According to the State Council of Educational Research and Training Syllabus, madrasas teach mainstream subjects only up to 8th standard. Study of mainstream subjects in 9th and 10th is not compulsory.
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