The Allahabad High Court in March this year had declared the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004, as unconstitutional, violative of the principle of secularism and the right to equality guaranteed under Article 14 of the Constitutionon.
Efforts to stay politically correct have contributed to an absence of structured debate and discussion on how best to make modern education accessible to millions of poor Muslim youth so that they get jobs. Madrasa custodians are now realizing that cultural isolation would only lead to stagnation. But madrasas are not immune to change.
Whenever a case is registered, the madrasa clerics use their power and intimidation to stop it, says Nasreen Jalil, former chairperson of the Senate Committee on human rights
Online education of madrasa students has been started by Uttar Pradesh Board of Madrasa Education (UPBME), on the lines of schools affiliated to CBSE, ICSE and UP Board.
The madrasas will be free to choose between various social media platforms, used by all to create group chats for these online tutorials.
These institutions of learning have all too often been criticised for their antediluvian syllabi.
Four minor boys, who are suspected to have been involved in the incident, have been apprehended, police said, adding an investigation is underway.
