Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: Moving a step further towards the abolition of the Madrasa Board, the Uttarakhand Government has set up a State Minority Education Authority that will preside over all minority educational institutions and regulate their functions, ranging from formulating the course curriculum to setting guidelines, reported IANS. According to officials, the Pushkar Dhami Government is set to abolish the Madrasa Board from July 2026, and all its functions will be taken over by the new minority education body.
Special Secretary Parag Madhukar Dhakate stated that the Chief Minister had announced the abolition of the Madrasa Board in the last Assembly session, and added that all minority institutions would be brought under the umbrella of the Uttarakhand State Minority Education Authority from July this year. Their recognition would be done through the Uttarakhand Board of School Education, he added. Parag further informed that eminent professors and scholars have been nominated to this Authority, who will determine the academic curriculum for minority students. Educators from all minority communities have been included in it.