Muslim Community Raises Concerns Over Uttar Pradesh Plan to Centralise Madrasa Teacher Recruitment
Muslim Community Raises Concerns Over Uttar Pradesh Plan to Centralise Madrasa Teacher Recruitment
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India’s Muslim community has expressed concern following a move by the Uttar Pradesh government to take control of teacher recruitment in government-funded madrasas, a step critics say could undermine the autonomy of minority educational institutions, Muslim Mirror reported.
On December 7, Minority Welfare Minister O. P. Rajbhar announced that future teacher appointments would be handled by a state-level commission rather than madrasa management committees. The existing system, governed by the Madrasa Regulations 2016, allows committees to oversee recruitment in line with constitutional protections for minority institutions under Articles 28 to 30.
Two days later, the Directorate of Minority Welfare and the Madrasa Board issued a circular instructing district minority officers to submit details of teachers working in aided madrasas within three days. The government cited findings from a May 2025 legislative audit that alleged irregularities, including cases of nepotism.
Community leaders and madrasa administrators have rejected these claims, saying the current process already includes safeguards and oversight. They argue the proposed changes, following earlier closures of unregistered madrasas, could affect about 560 institutions, 8,400 teachers, and thousands of students, and represent increased state control rather than reform.
