Lucknow (The Hawk): The meddling of employees from the education department in the routine operations of madrasas in the state has raised concerns from the Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Board and created an uneasy environment inside these institutions.
"Officials of the state education department are not the appropriate authorities to inspect the madrasas managed by the department of minority welfare," said board chairman Dr. Iftikhar Ahmed Javed.
"After the minority welfare department was established in 1995, the education department's management of the madrasas was replaced by the minority welfare department.
Later, the Uttar Pradesh Non-Government Arabic and Persian Madrasa Recognition, Administration and Service Regulations 2016 were created by the Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Council Act, 2004. The district's madrasa education officer has now been replaced by the district's minority welfare officer.
According to the provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Board Act 2004 and Regulations 2016, no officer from a department other than the minority welfare department will visit or provide notice to any madrasa.
