Word 'madrasa' should not exist: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma
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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the word 'madarsa' shouldn't exist anymore and that emphasis should be on normal education for all at schools.
The word ‘madrasa’ should cease to exist, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said as he stressed "normal education" in schools for all.
He was responding to a former chancellor of the Hyderabad Maulana Azad University who hailed the Assam government’s decision to dissolve all madrasas and turn them into general schools.
“Till the time this word (madrasa) exists, children will not be able to think about becoming doctors and engineers. If you tell children that they will not become doctors or engineers if they study in madrasas, they themselves will refuse to go,” he said amid roaring applause from the crowd.
“Teach the Quran to your children, but at home,” the chief minister said, adding that children are admitted to madrasas “in violation of their human rights”.
“The stress should be on science, maths, biology, botany, zoology. There should be normal education in schools. Religious texts can be taught at home. But in schools, they should study to become doctors, engineers, professors and scientists,” Sarma said when asked how he plans to help put more Muslim students in colleges and universities.
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