Uttar Pradesh govt to conduct survey of unrecognized madrassas across state

The Uttar Pradesh government will conduct a survey of unrecognized madrassas in the state to gather information about number of teachers curriculum and basic facilities available there among othersMinister of State for Minority Affairs Danish Azad Ansari on Wednesday said the state government will conduct the survey in accordance with the requirement of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights NCPCR in connection with the availability of basic facilities to the students in madrassasThe survey will begin soon the minister told PTIDuring the survey details such as name of madrassa and the institution operating it whether it is running in a private or rented building number of students studying there and information regarding facilities of drinking water toilet furniture and electricity supply will be collected Ansari saidAlso Read UP tops in number of convictions in womenrelated crime cybercrime as per NCRB report GovtInformation regarding number of teachers in the madrassa its curriculum source of income and its affiliation with any nongovernment organisation NGO will also be gathered he saidTo a question whether the state government would start the process of recognizing new madrassas after this survey the minister said that at present the governments aim is to collect information only about unrecognized madrassasIt is noteworthy that at present there are a total of 16461 madrassas in Uttar Pradesh out of which 560 are given government grants New madrassas have not been included in the grant list for the last six years in the stateThe minister said that according to the order issued on Wednesday in case of disputed management committee in madrassas or absence of any member of the committee the Madrassa principal and district minority welfare officer will be able to make appointments from the deceased dependent quotaAlso Read TET to be made mandatory for recruitment of teachers in UP madrassasEarlier if there was any problem in the managing committee the dependent of the deceased had to face difficulties in getting the jobAnsari said based on the application of the teachers and nonteaching staff of aided madrassas they can now be transferred with the consent of the managers of the madrassas concerned and the approval of the registrar of the state madrassa education councilHe said women employees working in madrassas will also get maternity leave and child care leave according to the rulesMeanwhile Diwan Saheb Zaman general secretary of Teachers Association Madaris Arabiya welcomed these decisions of the state government and said they would benefit madrassa teachers and nonteaching staffThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever