The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to introduce a dress code for students attending madrasas in the state. According to reports, the government will take a final call after discussing the matter with all stakeholders. According to the government, the decision would modernize the madrasa education in the state.
Further speaking on the matter, Minority Affairs Minister in the Yogi Adityanath-led government, Mohsin Raza said that decision on the dress code in madrasas will only be implemented after taking all stakeholders into the confidence. He added that the main objective of this decision is to bring the children attending madrasas into the mainstream.
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The minister added that a new formal dress code will be introduced in the madrasas to replace traditional kurta-payjama. The development came weeks after UP government introduced the NCERT textbooks in Madarasas board schools.
He further said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants every Muslim child of this country to hold a Quran in one hand and laptop in the other.
The government had approved this decision a year after it proposed to introduced NCERT textbooks in all educational institutions. However, textbooks in several languages like Urdu, Hindi and English were included in the madrasas education.
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