Assam Assembly passes bill to shut govt run madrasas
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Himanta Biswa Sarma. (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News
Guwahati, Dec 31 : Amid protests by the Opposition legislators, the Assam Assembly passed the Assam Repealing Bill 2020, that seeks to abolish 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, on the last day of the three-day winter session on Wednesday.
Assam Education and Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who introduced the bill on Monday, said that bill was brought to make the academic environment of the state as secular .
On Day 1 of Assembly, Assam Govt Tables Bill to Abolish All State-run Madrassas Amid Protests
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The Assam government on Monday tabled a Bill in the Legislative Assembly to abolish all state-run Madrassas by converting them into general schools from April 1 next year. Despite an united opposition raising objections on tabling of the Bill, Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma introduced The Assam Repealing Bill, 2020 on the first day of the three-day winter session.
The legislation proposes to abolish the two existing Acts 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. This bill is not to control and repeal the private Madrassas, Sarma said, adding inclusion of the word private in the statement of objects and reasons of the bill was a mistake.
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Assam education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. (file photo)
GUWAHATI: BJP-led Assam government on the first day of winter session of the state legislative assembly on Monday introduced a repeal bill that proposes to convert all government-funded and private madrassas, which came into being since pre-Independence period, in the state into general schools of learning.
The Assam Repealing Bill, 2020 was introduced by education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma which proposes to make redundant the Assam Madrassas Education (Provincialisation) Act of 1955 and the Assam Madarassa Education (Provincialisation of Services of Employees and Re-Organization of Madrassa Education Institutions) Act of 2018.
According to the bill, there will “not be any change in the status, pay and allowances, service conditions etc of the teaching and non-teaching staff [presently working in the madrassas institutions including their seniority.” They will now be governed by the Assam Secondary Education (prov
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