Assam passes bill to scrap state-run Madrassas sify.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sify.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Updated: Wednesday, December 30, 2020, 22:50 [IST]
Guwahati, Dec 30: All the government-funded Madrassas are set to shut down and transform into general schools with the Assam Assembly on Wednesday passing a Bill amidst a walkout by the opposition after their demand to send the legislation to the Select Committee was rejected.
From April 1 next year, over 600 state-run Madrassas will be converted into upper primary, high and higher secondary schools with no change of status, pay, allowances and service conditions of the teaching and non-teaching staff.
The opposition slammed the government s move to close the Madrassas, which impart education on theology along with general subjects, and alleged polarisation tactics in the state, which will have Assembly polls in March-April next year. After the Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma turned down the request of the Congress and AIUDF to send The Assam Repealing Bill, 2020 to the select committee to have proper discussion and also
Assam government to shut its madrasas, introduces Bill in Assembly
Tue, Dec 29 2020 09:17:24 AM
Guwahati, Dec 29 (IANS): The Assam government introduced Bills in the Assembly on Monday to shut over 600 madrasas run by it, which was strongly opposed by the opposition Congress and AIUDF.
Assam Education and Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma introducing the bill in the assembly, said: The objective to introduce the bill the Assam Repealing bill 2020 would repeal of the Assam Madrassa Education (Provincialisation) Act 1995 and the Assam Madrassa Education (Provincialisation of services of employees and re-organisation of Madrassa Educational Institutions) Act 2018.
The bill, tabled on the opening day of the 3-day Winter Session of the assembly, said: With the aim to provide exposure towards more subjects and enable greater flexibility with more frequent formative assessment for learning, a policy decision has been taken by the Government of Assam to convert all the provin
Assam Govt Introduces Bill In Assembly To Shut Over 600 Govt-Run Madrasas; Congress, AIUDF Oppose The Move
Assam Minister and BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma. (Wikipedia/Himanta Biswa Sarma)
The Assam government introduced Bills in the Assembly on Monday (28 December) to shut over 600 madrasas run by it, which was strongly opposed by the opposition Congress and AIUDF.
Assam Education and Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma introducing the bill in the assembly, said: The objective to introduce the bill the Assam Repealing bill 2020 would repeal of the Assam Madrassa Education (Provincialisation) Act 1995 and the Assam Madrassa Education (Provincialisation of services of employees and re-organisation of Madrassa Educational Institutions) Act 2018.
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