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Indian state de-recognises madrasa education BJP government in Maharashtra
says madrasas that only focus on religious education will be regarded as
"non-schools".

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The move has drawn outrage from Muslims and opposition parties in the state
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the Indian state of
Maharashtra has de-recognised madrasas which only educate students on Islam
without offering other subjects such as maths and science, local media
reported.

Eknath Khadse, the state's minorities affairs minister, said on Thursday
that madrasas focusing only on studying Islam will now be regarded as
"non-schools".

"Madrasas are giving students education on religion and not giving them
formal education. Our Constitution says every child has the right to take
formal education, which madrasas do not provide," the minister said.

"If a Hindu or Christian child wants to study in a madrasa, they will not
be allowed to study there. Thus, madrasa is not a school but a source of
religious education. Thus we have asked them to teach students other
subjects as well. Otherwise these madrasas will be considered as
non-schools," Khadse said.

The move has drawn outrage from Muslims and opposition parties in the state.

"It is ill-designed and ill-timed, I don't know why they are doing it,"
Kamal Farooqui of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, said.

Around 150,000 students are enrolled in madrasas in the state
Maharashtra [Getty]

Farooqui said
<http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/maharashtra-government-de-recognises-madrasas-says-they-dont-give-formal-education-777498>
that madrasas were part of formal education structures and that students
were able to gain admission into universities.

Maulana Mahmood Madani, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind general
secretary, described the move as "unacceptable".

Abhay Mishra, a PhD candidate in history at the Jawaharlal Nehru University
in New Delhi, said the BJP was justifying the move on the pretext that
Muslims were not getting jobs because they were not accessing modern
education.

"This is misplaced. There are millions of Indian students who go to modern
schools but remain jobless ... it is a continuation of an attempt to
demonise Indian Muslims and their educational and religious institutions,"
Mishra said.

"The constitution the BJP pretends to swear by gives right to minorities to
run their own institutions. It is a fundamental right."

Spokesperson for the Congress party, Sanjay Nirupam, said that no child
should be discriminated along religious lines and the party would be
raising the issue in the State Assembly.

But the minister said the move was to improve access to education.

"Our only aim behind doing this is to ensure that every child of the
minority community gets a chance to learn and come into the mainstream, get
good paying jobs and have a prosperous future," Khadse said.

But commentators like Mishra say that if government was concerned with
improving education levels among Muslims they would have built more schools
and facilities in Muslim areas.

"Madrasas are doing constructive work. They are providing education to
millions of illiterate, poor muslims which the government has failed to do.
If the government was serious about this issue, why didn't it open modern
schools in Muslim areas," Mishra said.

BJP's move comes weeks after the Maharahstra government announced
<http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/maharashtra-to-expand-scheme-for-madrasas/article7306419.ece>
that
madrasas had to teach English, maths, science and social science to be
eligible for grants from the state.

Out of a total 1,890 registered madrasas in the state, 550 have agreed to
teach four subjects to students, Khadse said.

"We are even ready to pay madrasas for giving students formal education and
are ready to provide them teaching staff as well," he added.

Source: Al Jazeera and agencies

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