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Uttarakhand madrasa regulatory crackdown

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2026-09-06 02:13 UTC → 2026-09-06 07:52 UTC · added removed

The Uttarakhand government has intensified its regulatory crackdown on madrasas, specifically targeting institutions lacking official accreditation. Following the dissolution of the state’s Madrasa Board and the repeal of the 2016 Madrasa Board Education Act, the newly established Uttarakhand State Authority for Minority Education (USAME) now oversees institutions for six notified minority communities: Muslims, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Christians, and Parsis. Under these new regulations, madrasas must affiliate with the Uttarakhand Board of School Education or District Chief Education Offices and adopt the National Curriculum Framework as prescribed by the National Education Policy 2020. Authorities have begun sealing institutions that fail to meet these requirements. In Udham Singh Nagar, several Recent enforcement actions in Dehradun and Haldwani have resulted in the closure of 20 unrecognised institutions. Specifically, authorities sealed 17 madrasas, including Madrasa Jamia Hanafia Razaut Uloom Jamia-Tus-Salam Al-Islamia in Dehradun and Madrasa Jamia Fatima, have been sealed. In Dehradun and Haldwani, officials reported that 17 madrasas were sealed Nooria Barkate Amina in Haldwani. Three other institutions, including Madrasa Dar-e-Arqam and three others ceased Madrasa Darul Uloom Rahimia, voluntarily submitted written undertakings to cease operations after failing to produce necessary documentation. Parag Madhukar Dhakate, Special Secretary of the Minority Welfare Department, confirmed that 20 unrecognised institutions have discontinued operations so far. valid recognition documents. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has maintained that the state will operate according to constitutional norms and the rule of law, asserting that the era of “appeasement for the sake of votes” has ended. He has directed that no educational institution operate without fulfilling prescribed rules and recognition requirements to ensure academic standards.

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  1. 2026-09-06 07:52 UTC Uttarakhand madrasa regulatory crackdown
  2. 2026-09-06 02:13 UTC Uttarakhand madrasa regulatory crackdown
  3. 2026-08-31 20:29 UTC Uttarakhand madrasa regulatory crackdown

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