Mumbai: Claiming that students studying in madrasas are 'out-of-school' children, Maharashtra Minorities Minister Dilip Kamble has said that madrasas do not offer formal education. Government wants to pull out the children from the madrasas so that they can be given formal education.
On July 4, a massive survey will be carried out to count the number of children studying in madrasas. The department of school education has planned a massive survey to identify out-of-school children in the state and bring them into mainstream education. The government has claimed that their intention is to help impart formal education.
However, a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the state education department's one-day general survey to identify out-of-school children was filed in the Bombay High Court. But the Nagpur bench of the HC on Wednesday refused to pass an interim order over the survey.
PIL has argued that students under open and non-formal education cannot be considered out of school children. It also raises objection to education department's move to ink fingers of students during survey saying it's a violation of children's rights.
The data published by the state directorate of minorities in 2013 stated that 1.48 lakh students were enrolled in 1,889 madrasas in the state. Admissions in madrasas are admitted at the age of 10 and are taught Arabic, Hindi, Urdu, Maths and Science. After that, they can opt to continue with the madrasas and finish a post-graduation in five years.
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