Kolkata: Bengal govt is planning to amend existing madrasa legislation to introduce a mandatory registration and affiliation framework, following a field inspection that found 2,396 madrasas operating across Bengal without registration or affiliation with any govt board.
We want students studying in madrasas to pursue modern, mainstream education and shine in life just like students from other schools,” a Nabanna official said. BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya said the action was overdue, invoking former CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s own concerns about Khareji madrasas. “We are planning to come up with a proposal for amendment to the existing madrasa law and issuance of an appropriate notification to address existing regulatory gaps and put in place a mechanism for registration, verification, inspection and regulation of madrasas.
Because of isolated cases, trinamool MLA Kunal Ghosh argued the entire system should not be stigmatised. Because it involves religious education,” he said, it is wrong to stigmatise an entire education system simply.
Had the Left Front heeded his words, the dangerous situation currently prevailing in the border districts would not have arisen,” he said. Madrasa education dates back several years and needs modernisation — closing them down is not a solution,” he said. “He was forced to back down at the time, yielding to pressure from within the party. Former CPM MLA Sujan Chakraborty rejected what he called a false narrative. “The CPM had tried to impart madrasa education in a manner that earned accolades from across the country. “We have diverse educational traditions such as the ‘Tol’ system.