Subject to building consensus among all stake-holders, there is a proposal to set up a Central Madrasa Board. The proposal is that the Central Madrasa Board could affiliate volunteering Madarsas and could be given a mandate to provide assistance to conduct examinations, award qualifications, design curriculum and syllabi as well as develop infrastructure in order to introduce uniformity in standards of the non-theological aspects of Madrasa education.

While there is no Central institutional arrangement at present to monitor quality of education in non-theological subjects in Madrasas, State Madrasa Boards exist in the State of Assam, Bihar, West Bengal Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh established by State legislatures, which monitor the functioning of Madrasas under their respective jurisdiction.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development Smt. D. Purandeswari, in a written reply to a question, in the Lok Sabha today.

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