Assam tables bill to convert madrassas into general schools

BJP-led coalition government in Assam introduced a bill in the Assembly on December 28th to convert the state-run madrassas into general educational institutes from the next financial year. The Assam Repealing Bill, 2020 seeks to repeal the Assam Madrassa Education (Provincialization) Act, 1995 and the Assam Madrassa Education (Provincialization of Services of Employees and Re-Organisation of Madrassa Educational Institutions) Act, 2018.