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In BJP-led Assam government’s bid not to spend money on religious institutions, it has taken
the decision to convert madrassas into regular schools or transfer their teachers to other
schools and shut them down.

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“In my opinion, teaching of Quran can’t happen at the cost of government money. If we have
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to do so then we should also teach both the Bible and Bhagavad Gita. So, we want to bring
uniformity and stop this practice,” the minister told news agency ANI.

There are 614 recognised madrassas in Assam, according to State Madrassa Education Board
(SMEB). As many as 400 out of these are high madrassas,112 are junior high madrassas and
the remaining 102 are senior madrassas, the SMEB website said.

Out of total recognized madrassas, 57 are for girls, 3 are for boys and 554 are co-
educational.Seventeen madrassas are running under Urdu medium, it added.

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