Madrasas

October 22, 2024

NCPCR’s focus on madrasas: SC asks whether other religious schools face similar scrutiny

Advocate Swarupama Chaturvedi, representing the NCPCR, argued that madrasas should not be viewed as a substitute for mainstream education.

October 21, 2024
Shifting students from unrecognised madrassas to govt schools: SC stays NCPCR order

A bench led by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra considered the arguments presented by the Muslim organisation Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind.
October 14, 2024
Kerala Muslim community & political leaders condemn Child Rights panel's order on madrassas

Though the madrassas in the state are less likely to be affected by directions on funding given the present structure, representatives of organisations said that the move is against minorities.
October 13, 2024
Madrassas must comply with RTE Act or lose state funding, says child rights body

According to the report, the exemption of madrassas from the RTE Act has deprived children attending these institutions of quality education.
May 14, 2023
Teenager found dead in religious school at Balaramapuram; family alleges foul play

The girl was lodging on the campus of the institution to continue her studies and complained of harassment when she visited home last Bakrid festival
December 22, 2022
Madrasa teacher sentenced to 26 years in prison for molesting 11-year-old Kannur girl

Taliparamba POCSO fast-track court judge C Mujeeb Rahman on Wednesday found madrasa teacher Muhammed Rafi (36) of Udyagiri in Kannur's Alakode guilty on four counts of aggravated non-penetrative sexual assault.
November 07, 2019
Scramble for the 'Muslim Messiah' title, LDF and UDF battle it out in Assembly

Jaleel said the formation of a committee to study the educational, social and economic conditions of Muslims in India was the Left's contribution to the UPA's common minimum programme.

September 18, 2018
Keralite Anna Malhotra, India's first woman IAS official, dies

The Ernakulam native had cleared the civil services exam with high marks in 1950 and joined the civil services in 1951.