The government in India’s Assam has renamed at least 1281 Madrasas across 31 districts in the state and turned them into general schools under the name ‘Middle English’, Muslim Mirror reported on Thursday.
A legislation was passed by the Assam government in January 2021, opening the door for all government-run Madrasas in the state to become general schools.
At a rally in Karnataka in March this year, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma declared that his government had closed 600 Madrasas and that he intended to close all Madrasas because he preferred educational institutions over Islamic religious centers.
