Coming soon: NCERT books in UP madrasas
The Uttar Pradesh madrasa board has started preparation to introduce books by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in the Islamic seminaries to standardise and improve the curriculum in sync with job requirements.
The move comes close on the heels of the state government directing all madrasas in the state to register with the UP state madrasa board.
“We are in the process of standardising and integrating the syllabus, especially for subjects like science, mathematics and English. We plan to introduce NCERT books,” registrar of UP Madrasa Shiksha Parishad, Rahul Gupta told HT.
So far students, after completing their education from a madrasa used to become alims or maulvis which are low paying jobs.
Most madrasas primarily impart religious teaching with some big ones introducing modern subjects in the last few years.
The registrar said the plan is in a formative stage and officials are working on how to go about it. The board will not touch upon the religious teaching (Deen-e-Taalimi) that is a common practice in madrasas. Only formal education part will be revised soon.
“In the religious part only bifurcation of books will be done. Like what will be taught to class 1 student and what in class 5. Our soul aim is to introduce NCERT books for subjects like mathematics and science,” he said.
There are more than 16,000 madrasas in the state, of which 560 are governmentaided while 4500 are partially funded by the state. The change in syllabus will be introduced in all madrasas in the state.
Eidgah imam Khalid Rasheed Firangi Mahli who runs one of the oldest madrasas in
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