UP set to introduce NCERT textbooks in madrasas

Earlier, UP Government had also launched a dedicated portal for making online registration mandatory for the madarsas

Moving ahead with a plan for modernising madrasas in Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi Adityanath government has cleared a proposal for introducing books by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in these educational institutions from the next academic session. 

The government is also planning to make science a compulsory subject up to Class X.

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma made the government decision public through a post on social networking site Twitter. Sharma said such a move would help madrasa students to compete with students from other educational systems. 

The decision to introduce NCERT textbooks is