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| + | [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com//Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=BREAKING-TRADITION-BJP-govt-makes-madrassas-junk-holiday-10122016010009 Prabin Kalita & BB Goswami, BREAKING TRADITION - BJP govt makes madrassas junk holiday, Dec 10, 2016: The Times of India] | ||
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| + | Breaking a British-era tradition, majority of madrassas in the state remained open on Friday after the BJP-led state government declared the weekday holiday as illegal. | ||
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| + | Education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who brought to the fore this tradition followed by madrassas in the state without government sanction, on Thursday said, “From next Friday , if any madrassa remains shut, the head teacher will be placed under suspension immediately .“ According to the state go vernment portal, there are 707 recognised and provincialised madrassas in the state. It was during the British rule in 1934 when the provincial govern ment of Assam established Madrassa Education Board in Sylhet (undivided India) with nine madrassas to educate the Muslims. Friday has been a holiday since then. After Independence, the institution was renamed as State Madrassa Education Board, Assam. | ||
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| + | Sarma said governmentrun madrassas will only have an hour's break for the `jumma namaz' (Friday prayers) instead of a day's holiday . | ||
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Friday holiday
2017: Assam breaks a British-era tradition
Breaking a British-era tradition, majority of madrassas in the state remained open on Friday after the BJP-led state government declared the weekday holiday as illegal.
Education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who brought to the fore this tradition followed by madrassas in the state without government sanction, on Thursday said, “From next Friday , if any madrassa remains shut, the head teacher will be placed under suspension immediately .“ According to the state go vernment portal, there are 707 recognised and provincialised madrassas in the state. It was during the British rule in 1934 when the provincial govern ment of Assam established Madrassa Education Board in Sylhet (undivided India) with nine madrassas to educate the Muslims. Friday has been a holiday since then. After Independence, the institution was renamed as State Madrassa Education Board, Assam.
Sarma said governmentrun madrassas will only have an hour's break for the `jumma namaz' (Friday prayers) instead of a day's holiday .
