‘Madrasas in Assam will be dissolved, to operate as regular schools’: Himanta Biswa Sarma

The Assam Cabinet has on Sunday approved a proposal to close down all close all government-run Madrasas and Sanskrit tols in the State. As per the cabinet decision, the State Madrasa Board shall stand dissolved from the declaration of the result of examination to be held in 2021-22 and all their academic and administrative authority will […]

Assam govt to shut down state-run madrasas

Assam Education and Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday annonced the government will shut down all state-run Madrasas and Sanskrit tols (schools) as it cannot allow teaching religious education with public money. The minister said the government will issue a formal notification in this regard in November. Talking to media persons Sarma said, “In […]