The Uttar Pradesh government under a pilot project is introducing teaching modules in artificial intelligence in madrasas to train students in the upcoming technology as well as align these institutions with mainstream educational developments.
Asked about his statement that the suggestion to have holiday on Sundays instead of Fridays would be decided in next month s full board meeting, Javed said there was no need to discuss the proposal in the meeting.
Uttar Pradesh madrasas news: Information about 306 illegal madrasas that were traced was sent to Administration. Darul Uloom Deoband is also an illegal madrasa and is deprived of scholarships & other schemes, Bharat Lal Gond, District Minority Welfare Officer said.
Iftikhar Ahmed Javed, Chairman, of the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madrassa Education, has said that the process to identify the actual numbers will still take time, but we have estimated around 7,500 unrecognised madrassas which were surveyed by teams in 75 districts.
Uttar Pradesh madrasas survey: Under the madrasa modernisation scheme, 744 madrassas are given grants for shiksha mitra, and a scholarship is given to meritorious students of all registered madrasas.