By Maktoob
The Uttarakhand Cabinet has approved the discontinuation of budgetary grants to ‘Arabic madrasas’ from the 2027–28 financial year, effectively ending government financial assistance to nearly 500 registered madrasas following the abolition of the state’s Madrasa Board.
The decision comes months after the Pushkar Singh Dhami-led BJP government dissolved the Uttarakhand Madrasa Education Board and replaced it with the Uttarakhand State Minority Education Authority (USAME), a common regulatory body for educational institutions run by all six notified minority communities, including Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, and Parsis.
According to the government, the Madrasa Board formally ceased functioning on July 1, after which all recognised minority educational institutions were brought under the new authority.
Officials said the move aims to integrate minority institutions into the mainstream education system while continuing religious instruction alongside the state curriculum.
Additional Secretary to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, Bansidhar Tiwari, said the state currently has 452 registered madrasas with nearly 50,000 students enrolled.
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