Assam govt acts rigorously on private madrasas; authorities asked to provide information about madrasas by month end
"There should be at least a 3 km distance between two Madrasas and the enrollment of each Madrasa should be at least 100 students," DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta said.
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Guwahati, Nov 10: The private Madrasas of Assam have been asked to provide all information about their institutions to the state government by Dec 1, this year. According to the police, works of a portal is going on where the information of all the private Madrasas will be uploaded and the portal will launch soon.
The Madrasas will have to submit all information, including the location of the institution, teachers' details etc to the Secondary Education department of the state government by Dec 1 via the organizations under which they operate. The Dec 1 deadline was set on Wednesday (Nov 9) during a meeting held at the Assam Police Headquarters in the presence of DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta, Director of Secondary Education Mamata Hojai, representatives of five organizations, including All Assam Tanzim Madaris Qawmiya, All Assam Talimi Taraqqi Board, Madrasa Education Board Al Hafiz, Adara Madaris Islamia who are running the private Madrasas in the state.
Earlier on Sept 4, a meeting between the DGP of Assam, senior police officials and the representatives of several organizations who run the Madrasas were held and several decisions, including to ensure that no extremist elements would take shelter in the Madrasa in the name of religious teaching were taken up. The Assam Police CPRO said that during today's meeting the Assam DGP said that, police verification would be compulsory for those who come from outside of the state and are engaged as teachers in Madrasa.
"There should be at least a 3 km distance between two Madrasas and the enrollment of each Madrasa should be at least 100 students," DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta said. Several other issues were also discussed in the meeting. Several private madrasas in the state came under scanner after teachers employed in some Madrasas were arrested by the Assam police this year for their alleged links with Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT).