After the Centre announced scholarships for 50 million minority students over the next 5 years, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has issued directives to improve the quality of education in madarsas.
The CM has also directed officials to introduce a curriculum, based on the NCERT pattern, in state madarsas. At present, there are about 19,000 recognised and 560 aided madarsas operating across UP.
Besides, Adityanath, while reviewing the progress of the minorities’ welfare department in Lucknow, ordered the raising of qualification/eligibility criteria for madarsa teachers and making the recruitment process transparent.
Further, he stressed on efficient distribution of scholarships