Assam govt tables bill to shut down state-run madrassas, convert them into general schools
Assam govt tables bill to shut down state-run madrassas, convert them into general schools
Assam Education Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday tabled the repeal of provincialisation of Madrassa Bill, 2020 in the Assam Legislative Assembly on the first day of the three-day winter session of the state assembly, seeking to repeal two provincialisation act of Madrassa in the state.
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UPDATED: December 29, 2020 00:09 IST
Assam Education Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday tabled the repeal of provincialisation of Madrassa Bill, 2020 in the Assam Legislative Assembly on the first day of the three-day winter session of the state assembly, seeking to repeal two provincialisation act of Madrassa in the state.
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Assam govt to shut its madrasas, introduces Bill in Assembly
Mon, Dec 28 2020 07:22:35 PM
Guwahati, Dec 28 (IANS): The Assam government introduced a Bill 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 introduced the Assam Madrassas Education (Provincialisation) Act of 1995 on the opening day of the three-day Winter Session. Once the Bill is passed (by the House), the practice of running madrasas by the government in Assam will come to an end, a practice which was started by the Muslim League government in pre-Independence Assam, Sarma said in a tweet.
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Assam govt to shut its madrasas, introduces Bill in Assembly (Ld)
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Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News
Guwahati, Dec 29 : 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.