Guwahati, Dec 14: Assam education minister Ranoj Pegu has announced that 1281 madrassas in Assam have been renamed to ME schools.
Speaking to reporters, Ranoj Pegu said that the process was executed to promote uniformity and inclusivity within Assam’s education system.
Ranoj Pegu in an X (Twitter) post wrote, “Consequent to the conversion of all government and provincialized madrasas into general schools under SEBA, @SchoolEdnAssam has changed the names of 1281 ME madrasas into ME schools by a notification today.”
Here is the link to the list of schools. This decision comes after Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma previously expressed his intention to close all madrasas in the state.
Consequent to conversion of all Govt and Provincialised Madrasa’s into general schools under SEBA, @SchoolEdnAssam has changed the names of 1281 ME Madrasas into ME School by a notification today. Here is the link for the list of schools. @himantabiswa @Samagra_Assam…
— Ranoj Pegu (@ranojpeguassam) December 13, 2023
It may be mentioned that Madrassa run under government has been a controversial topic ever since the BJP came into power in Assam.
“The Directorate of Elementary Education, Assam, oversaw the conversion of these government and provincialized madrasas into regular schools,” an official said.
The Assam government earlier stated that the state government annually incurs Rs 500 crore in running this madrassa. In 2020, the Assam Madrassa Education (Provincialization) Act 1995 and the Assam Madrassa Education (Provincialization) of Services of Employees and Re-organisation of Madrassa Education Institutions Act 2018 were passed by the state assembly.
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