Madrassas reject non-Muslim survey, UP gets NCPCR notice

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
LUCKNOW: Two days after UP Madrassa Education Board unanimously rejected the recommendations of National Commission for Protection of Child
Rights (NCPCR) to inspect recognised madrassas in order to trace non-Muslim students and shift them to other educational institutes, the
commission on Friday served a notice on the state government seeking a compliance report within three days.In the notice, NCPCR chairperson
different sources about non-Muslim students attending government-funded or recognised madrassas
the UP government to conduct a detailed inquiry into all government-funded or recognised madrassas that had admitted non-Muslim children
The commission demanded physical verification of non-Muslim children attending madrassas and their shifting to schools for formal
education.On Wednesday, UP madrassa education board chairperson Iftikhar Ahmed Javed had announced that the Board had unanimously rejected
the NCPCR recommendations