Lucknow, the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind has demanded withdrawal of the UP government's recent order mandating that all students of unrecognized madrasas and non-Muslim students studying in government-aided madrasas be shifted to government schools. .
The Muslim organization called the order "unconstitutional."
The then Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh, Durga Shankar Mishra, in an order dated June 26 and sent to all district magistrates of the state, cited a letter from the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) dated June 7th. admit all non-Muslim students studying in government-funded madrasas to Basic Education Board schools to provide them with formal education.
The letter released on June 26 also said that all children studying in all madrassas in the state, which are not recognized by the Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Board, should also be admitted to the board's schools. .
District magistrates should form district-level committees to implement the entire process, he said.
Meanwhile, Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind called the government order "unconstitutional" and violation of minority rights and demanded its withdrawal.
In a statement issued on Thursday, he said, "Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind President Maulana Mahmood Asad Madni has written a letter to the Principal Secretary, Government of Uttar Pradesh, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights , to Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary, Minority Welfare and Waqf Uttar Pradesh and Director Minority Welfare UP and appealed to refrain from this unconstitutional action.
"It is learned that on the basis of correspondence of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), the UP government issued instructions on June 26, 2024 that non-Muslim students studying in madrassas recognized and aided should be separated and "They should be admitted to government schools. Similarly, all students of unrecognized madrasas should be forcibly admitted to government primary schools for modern education," he stated.
This order will affect thousands of independent madrassas in the state because Uttar Pradesh is the state where there are large independent madrasas, including Darul Uloom Deoband and Nadwatul Ulama, Madni added.
Madni clarified in his letter that the NCPCR cannot give instructions to separate children from aided madrassas on the basis of their religion. This is an act of dividing the country in the name of religion, he claimed.
Madni also said that the UP government should understand that madrassas have a separate identity and legal status, as recognized by section 1 (5) of the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, by exempting Islamic madrasahs. Therefore, Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind demands that the June 26 government order be withdrawn, he added.
UP has approximately 25,000 madrassas. Of them, 16,000 madrasas are recognized by the government, including 560 government-subsidized madrasas.
On April 5, the Supreme Court stayed an Allahabad High Court order that had declared the Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Board Education Act, 2004, "unconstitutional."
Hearing a series of appeals against the March 22 verdict of the Allahabad high court, a three-judge bench, Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said the order would affect the future course of education of nearly 17 lakh students pursuing studies in these madrasas.
Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Council president Iftikhar Ahmed Javed also reacted to the development and said that no student is forced to study in madrasas.
"All non-Muslim students studying in madrasas do so with the consent of their parents. In such a situation, forcibly enrolling them or students from unrecognized madrasas in municipal schools is beyond comprehension," he said.
According to Javed, there are 8,500 unaided madrasas in the state in which around seven lakh students study. It is proposed to send them to the Basic Education Council schools, according to government order, he said.
The Muslim organization called the order "unconstitutional."
The then Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh, Durga Shankar Mishra, in an order dated June 26 and sent to all district magistrates of the state, cited a letter from the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) dated June 7th. admit all non-Muslim students studying in government-funded madrasas to Basic Education Board schools to provide them with formal education.
The letter released on June 26 also said that all children studying in all madrassas in the state, which are not recognized by the Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Board, should also be admitted to the board's schools. .
District magistrates should form district-level committees to implement the entire process, he said.
Meanwhile, Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind called the government order "unconstitutional" and violation of minority rights and demanded its withdrawal.
In a statement issued on Thursday, he said, "Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind President Maulana Mahmood Asad Madni has written a letter to the Principal Secretary, Government of Uttar Pradesh, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights , to Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary, Minority Welfare and Waqf Uttar Pradesh and Director Minority Welfare UP and appealed to refrain from this unconstitutional action.
"It is learned that on the basis of correspondence of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), the UP government issued instructions on June 26, 2024 that non-Muslim students studying in madrassas recognized and aided should be separated and "They should be admitted to government schools. Similarly, all students of unrecognized madrasas should be forcibly admitted to government primary schools for modern education," he stated.
This order will affect thousands of independent madrassas in the state because Uttar Pradesh is the state where there are large independent madrasas, including Darul Uloom Deoband and Nadwatul Ulama, Madni added.
Madni clarified in his letter that the NCPCR cannot give instructions to separate children from aided madrassas on the basis of their religion. This is an act of dividing the country in the name of religion, he claimed.
Madni also said that the UP government should understand that madrassas have a separate identity and legal status, as recognized by section 1 (5) of the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, by exempting Islamic madrasahs. Therefore, Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind demands that the June 26 government order be withdrawn, he added.
UP has approximately 25,000 madrassas. Of them, 16,000 madrasas are recognized by the government, including 560 government-subsidized madrasas.
On April 5, the Supreme Court stayed an Allahabad High Court order that had declared the Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Board Education Act, 2004, "unconstitutional."
Hearing a series of appeals against the March 22 verdict of the Allahabad high court, a three-judge bench, Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said the order would affect the future course of education of nearly 17 lakh students pursuing studies in these madrasas.
Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Council president Iftikhar Ahmed Javed also reacted to the development and said that no student is forced to study in madrasas.
"All non-Muslim students studying in madrasas do so with the consent of their parents. In such a situation, forcibly enrolling them or students from unrecognized madrasas in municipal schools is beyond comprehension," he said.
According to Javed, there are 8,500 unaided madrasas in the state in which around seven lakh students study. It is proposed to send them to the Basic Education Council schools, according to government order, he said.
