NCPCR files affidavit in Supreme Court against plea rejecting 'UP Board of Madarsa Education Act 2004'The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court challenging the Allahabad High C...
11 Sep, 2024, 01.06 PM IST
SC stays HC verdict declaring UP Madrasa Act 'unconstitutional'A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud observed that the view taken by the HC is "prima facie not correct." The benc...
05 Apr, 2024, 11.30 PM IST
UP Madrasa Teachers Associations to move Supreme Court against HC orderAfter the Allahabad High Court declared the UP Madrasa Education Act "unconstitutional," Madrasa teachers associations plan to challenge th...
24 Mar, 2024, 11.46 PM IST
Allahabad High Court strikes down UP Madrasa ActAllahabad High Court ruled UP Board of Madrasa Education Act, 2004 unconstitutional for violating secularism. It directed integration of ma...
23 Mar, 2024, 11.17 AM IST
UP Madrasa board demands recognition for 8,449 seminariesLast year, the UP government conducted a survey of madrasas which had found 8,449 of them to be unrecognised. The survey report was submitt...
16 Nov, 2023, 11.21 PM IST
UP Madrasa Education Board objects to basic education department serving notices on madrasasThe Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Board has criticized the basic education department for serving notices on some madrasas in districts l...
25 Oct, 2023, 04.10 PM IST
UP government starts pilot project to teach AI in madrasasThe government of Uttar Pradesh in India is introducing teaching modules on artificial intelligence (AI) in madrasas as part of a pilot pro...
15 Oct, 2023, 02.05 PM IST
2024 Lok Sabha Polls: Mamata Banerjee announces initiatives for development of minority and tribal communitiesThe state government intends to recognize 700 unaided Madrasas and focus on expansion of tribal and Rajbonshi education systems.
31 Jul, 2023, 10.33 PM IST
Madrasa students in UP to get uniforms like 'kurta pajama' and 'salwar-kurta' soon"Efforts are on to provide them the uniform in July this year," said chairman UP state Madrasa Education Board, Dr Iftikhar Ahmed Javed tol...
03 Jul, 2023, 01.00 PM IST
Allahabad HC tells centre, UP to explain religious teaching at state expenseThe Allahabad High Court has asked the central and Uttar Pradesh governments to explain how religious education can be provided by institut...
01 Apr, 2023, 10.35 PM IST
- Speculation on 'Legal' and 'Illegal' Madrasas has vitiated atmosphere: UP Board Chief
Javed, who is also the national secretary of BJP's minority front, sought to dispel unconfirmed reports that 2,500 madrasas in UP were take...
23 Sep, 2022, 11.30 PM IST
Will work on internal reform, but will protect Madrasas: JamiatThe Muslim bodies met on Tuesday to discuss the survey that aims to gather information on the number of teachers, curriculum, and basic fac...
06 Sep, 2022, 11.58 PM IST
UP plans to allow only TET qualified teachers in MadrasasThe step is aimed at improving teaching standards of non-Islamic subjects such as science and social sciences in the madrasas, as well as t...
19 Jul, 2022, 12.15 AM IST
Muslim religious body to form a committee to draft a roadmap to modernise MadrasasAccording to Jamiat members, the decision was made considering the constant scrutiny that Madrasas face, and keeping in mind the “future em...
16 Sep, 2019, 08.18 AM IST
Uttar Pradesh government moots new dress code for madarsa studentsStressing that it is only the BJP-led governments which have doing justice with the minorities, the minister said the other political parti...
03 Jul, 2018, 08.32 PM IST
Waive fees for madrasa students who opt for NIOS exams: Niti AayogOn the modernisation of madrasas, Aayog has recommended the government make "continued efforts" through curricular reforms and by providing...
03 Sep, 2017, 11.55 AM IST
Maharashtra's move to de-recognise madrasas faces heat from Muslim leadersMaharashtra’s minority affairs minister Eknath Khadse justified the state government’s decision.
03 Jul, 2015, 04.00 AM IST