Lucknow Press
New Delhi. Madrasas will continue to receive government funding. The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the NCPCR’s recommendation to stop funding to government-recognized madrasas. Along with this, a ban has been imposed on sending children from unrecognized madrasas to government schools.
The Supreme Court has also issued notices to all states and union territories. This decision has been given by a bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Mishra. This bench of three judges has refused to take action on the NCPCR’s recommendation.
Let us tell you that the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights had expressed serious concern over the functioning of madrasas in its recent report. It had recommended stopping the funds given to them by the government. While hearing this case today, the Supreme Court has put a stay on the recommendation of NCPCR.
Yogi government’s decision was also stayed
The Supreme Court has also stayed the UP government’s decision to transfer students of unrecognized madrasas to government schools. In fact, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) had recommended the closure of government-funded and aided madrasas for not complying with the Right to Education Act. Let us tell you that the Yogi government had issued instructions to transfer non-Muslim students studying in unrecognized and government-aided madrasas to government schools. Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind had filed a petition against this order of the Uttar Pradesh government.
Know what NCPCR recommended?
Let us tell you that 8 days ago, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) had written a letter to all the states saying that the funds given to madrasas should be stopped. They do not follow the Right to Education (RTE) rules. The commission had made this suggestion after preparing a report titled ‘Protector of faith or opponent of rights: Constitutional rights of children vs. madrasas’. NCPCR had said – The entire focus in madrasas is on religious education, due to which children are not able to get the necessary education and they lag behind other children.
Recommended to stop funding of madrasas, not to shut them down: NCPCR
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights chairman Priyank Kanungo said that he never asked to close down madrasas but recommended stopping the government funding to these institutions because these institutions are depriving poor Muslim children of education. He said that we have recommended enrolling children in normal schools instead of madrasas.
