C’garh Waqf Board Wants Abolition Of State Madrassa Body, Constitution Of Minority Education Authority, Mulls Deliberation With Maulvis To Set Norms For Interfaith Nikah
The madrassa education shunned the modern education system denying the students to become doctors, engineers and professionals in other fields: The letter to the chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai stated
RAIPUR: The Chhattisgarh Waqf Board has appealed to the Vishnu Deo Sai government to replace the state madrassa board with a minority education authority to expose the madrassa students to modern education, besides religious teachings.
In a letter to chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai, Chhattisgarh State Waqf Board chairman Dr. Salim Raj said that the madrassas only teach religious education to the students and can produce only clerics and maulvis.
The madrassa education shunned the modern education system denying the students to become doctors, engineers and professionals in other fields, the letter said.
The chief of the board cited the case of Uttarakhand which has replaced the madrassa board of that state with the minority education authority providing exposure to the Muslim students to the current modern education system, saying that a similar system should be introduced in Chhattisgarh.
According to Dr. Raj, there are 418 madrassas in Chhattisgarh.
But, some of these madrassas are non-functional, while some others have no students.
The state government gives grants to the madrassas which does not benefit the community, he said.
Meanwhile, Dr. Raj said that the board has set in process a move to reform the prevailing marriage system in the Muslim community in consultation with the qazis who solemnize weddings in the community.
He said that the board is planning to introduce certain norms such as making it mandatory for registration of marriages, done by the qazis, with it, besides getting clearance from the board by the qazis before solemnizing the interfaith marriages.