Assam Government To Shut All The State-Run Madrasas From November

All the government-funded Madrasas will be shut down from November by the Assam government despite the objections from various organizations representing Muslims in the State.

Assam Health and Education Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma told the reporter that the government will issue a notification next month for shutting down all the Government-funded Madrasas.

He said that the Assam Government is against religious education funded by government money. Hence the government-funded madrasas will be shut down. But they won’t stop the private madrasas.

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Sarma also stated that another issue will also be released to close the government-funded Sanskrit ‘tols’ which are Hindu religion-focused schools.

In Assam, there are 614 government-funded madrasas and 900 private madrasas.

There are around 100 government-funded Sanskrit tols and 500 private tols.

The government spends about INR 3 Cr to INR 4 Cr on Madrasas in the state and about INR 1 Cr on Sanskrit tols every year.

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He also announced that the Assam Government has launched a scheme called ‘Sneha Sparsh’. 

Under this scheme, the government will provide all the services, free of cost for the children who require a liver transplant, kidney transplant, and bone marrow transplant, and are below 12 years of age.

“A camp will be organized every month on 10th for everyone to avail the scheme. The state government will fund the scheme which is named- ‘Sneha Sparsh’,” he added.

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