Lucknow: There has been an uproar over teaching non-Muslim children in madrassas in Uttar Pradesh. There is a tussle between the UP Madarsa Board and the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on this dispute. In fact, NCPCR President Priyank Kanoongo has said, ''UP Madrassa Board made a controversial and silly statement that it will continue to admit non-Muslim students in madrassas. We have written a letter to the Special Secretary of the Minorities Department that imparting Islamic education to non-Muslim students is a violation of Article 28(3) and have sought a reply from him within 3 days.''

We received complaints from various places about non-Muslim students attending madrassas funded or recognized by the govt. We issued notices to all state chief secretaries to identify such madrassas & shift non-Muslim students from these madrassas to schools: NCPCR chief (20.01) pic.twitter.com/tilDkcU1Wn

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A few days ago, the NCPCR had written a letter to the Yogi Adityanath government in UP, asking it to conduct a survey of non-Muslim children studying in madrasas and get them admitted to other schools. However, this recommendation of the Children's Commission was rejected by the Madrasa Board. After this, NCPCR issued a notice to the Special Secretary of UP's Minority Welfare and Waqf Department. In the notice, the Children's Commission has asked to take action in this matter. NCPCR chairman Priyank Kanoongo has said in the notice that no action has been taken by the Minority Welfare and Waqf Department on the letter sent on December 8, 2022.

At the same time, UP State Madrasa Education Board chief Dr. Iftikhar Ahmed Javed has advocated the education of children of other religions in madrasas. Javed had said that after receiving the letter from NCPCR, it has been decided that arrangements will not be made to remove non-Muslim children from madrasas and get them to other places. The UP Madarsa Education Board will not take any such action. Reacting to Javed's statement, the NCPCR said it did not agree with the madrassa education board chairman's statement. Teaching non-Muslim children in madrasas not only violates the constitutional rights of children but also despises the commission's mandate.

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