Uttarakhand Waqf Board to implement NCERT syllabus, teach Sanskrit in madrassas

NEW DELHI: Uttarakhand Waqf Board has decided to implement NCERT syllabus and teach Sanskrit in 117 madrassas of the state. The announcement was made by the state Waqf Board chairman Shadab Shams on Wednesday, as per the ANI report.

"The Waqf Board in Uttarakhand has decided to implement NCERT syllabus in 117 Waqf Board madrassas of the state. NCERT syllabus also includes Sanskrit,” he said.

“When our children learn Hindi, English, mathematics, science, physics, chemistry, biology and Arabic, they can also study Sanskrit. The chief minister has assured us that the state government will help educate the children. They (students) will also follow the path of APJ Abdul Kalam…we are moving ahead with positive feelings," ANI quoted him as saying.

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The decision to implement the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) syllabus was taken in November last year. The board also said it will introduce a dress code from this academic year 2023.

In a step to modernise madrassa education in the state, the board had said that the religious education will be taught to students for just an hour from 6:30 AM to 7:30 AM and will be conducting classes of general subjects from 8 AM to 2 PM.

The efforts to modernise of madrassas are being taken to help students join the academic mainstream, the Waqf board said earlier.