The decision was taken following reports that many Madrasas were already running such classes on their campuses.
The Uttar Pradesh Madrassa Education Board (UPMEB) has allowed all institutions whether registered or not with it to hold pre-primary classes in their premises. Till now the board was silent on admissions to pre-primary classes.
The decision was taken following reports that many Madrasas were already running such classes on their campuses. The board has however clarified that the expenses for such classes will have to be borne by the Madrassa itself.
In order dated May 9 issued by registrar UPMEB, the board stated that it was unanimously decided that pre-primary classes should be allowed in all madrassa. At present there are 16,513 recognised madrassas in UP and over 7,500 unregistered.
The order further stated, that all arrangements including infrastructure, adequate teachers, security, education of students will be taken care of by madrassas, the state won’t provide any kind of fund.
Speaking to TOI, Iftikhar Ahmad Javed chairperson UPMEB said, “Since 2021 there have been discussions to regularize the pre-primary classes operating in madrassas, as scores of institutions were running the classes due to demand of parents. Therefore, after a lot of brainstorming it was finally decided to legalize the pre-primary classes. The decision was unanimous.”
“The government won’t provide any kind of funds to madrassas for running pre-primary schools,” he added.
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