UP to amend madrasa Act to modernise curriculum

U.P. MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINORITY WELFARE DANISH AZAD ANSARI SAID THESE PROPOSALS WERE DISCUSSED WITH THE CM IN A MEETING

- Qazi Faraz Ahmad

LUCKNOW: The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh plans to amend the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madrasa Education Act 2004 in an attempt to modernise the curriculum of religious seminaries, although the move is likely to be contentious because Indian law allows minority institutions to set their own curriculum.

The proposed amendments include the presence of mandatory science and computer laboratories, the adoption of NCERT (National Council for Education, Research and Training) syllabus from Class 1 to 3 and SCERT (State Council of Educational Research and Training) syllabus from Class 4 to 8, and compulsory teaching of English and Hindi from Class 3 to 10.