The Assam Repealing Bill 2020 that was passed in the state’s legislative assembly yesterday, will enable the conversion of 600 state-funded madrasas to be converted to regular schools from1 April 2020
While the 614-odd government madrasas will be converted to high schools where admissions will happen as per regular students’ protocols, the Sanskrit schools will be handed over to the state university
As Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that Madrasas cannot run on state-funds, here is a look at some constitutional provisions with regard to the same