Saharanpur: According to a government poll, the prominent Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband and the other 305 madrasas in the Saharanpur area are not recognised by the Uttar Pradesh Madarsa Education Board. Madrasas that are not approved by the Board are not eligible for government programmes like teacher salaries and scholarships, among others.
There are 754 registered madrasas in Saharanpur, according to Bharat Lal Gaur, the district’s minorities welfare officer, who spoke to PTI on Saturday. He added that there are 306 unrecognised madrasas in the area and that the administration has been informed of this as part of a survey it is doing on madrasas in the state. He claimed that the Madarsa Board does not recognise Darul Uloom Deobad.
According to Gaur, the government set 12 points as the foundation for the survey of madrasas. The institution has never accepted any type of aid or grant from any government, according to a statement from the vice chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband, Mufti Abul Qasim Nomani.
Despite not being registered with the Board, the seminary, according to him, carries out educational work in accordance with the Indian Constitution. According to Nomani, the Darul Uloom’s “Shura Society” is registered under the Societies Act and the seminary functions in accordance with the Constitution’s guarantee of religious freedom.
He claimed that despite providing educational services and serving the nation for more than 150 years, Darul Uloom Deoband has never accepted funding or grants from any government. On September 30, 1866, the Islamic Institute of Deobad, Saharanpur, was founded.
