TET must for madrassa appointments: Himanta
ASSAM TET, ATET
Silchar: State education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) is compulsory for the appointment of teachers at madrassas in the state.
"Teachers won't be appointed in madrassas unless they have cleared TET," the minister said.
Sarma said the TET questionnaires for madrassas will be prepared on the basis of contents of the Quran and the Hadit.
He said this while addressing the 49th annual conference of the North-East India Emarate Sharria Nadwatut Tamir (a Muslim socio-religious organization) and the 62th convocation of Aljamiatul Arbiatul Islamia, a senior madrassa at Badarpur in Karimganj district on early Monday.
Sarma said that different segments of the Muslim community had made repeated demands over the years to streamline the appointment of teachers in madrassas in Assam through TET. The state government has decided to do so, he said.
Madrassa education in the state is run by State Madrassasa Education Board, Assam. The numbers of Madrassa are 707 in the state. They include 524 Pre-Senior Madrassas, 164 Senior Madrassas, 14 Title Madrassas and 5 Arabic Colleges, sources said.
The education minister said the Assam government has decided to make available necessary land and infrastructure for setting up an office of the North-East India Emarate Sharria Nadwatut Tamir in Guwahati. Besides this, a Madrassa will also be set up in the state capital under the organization. Besides this, he announced funds of Rs 20 lakh for completion of ongoing work at the central office of the organization at Mission Road in Badarpur.
In a resolution adopted at the massive conglomeration attended by thousands of Muslims from all over the northeast, they demanded setting up of a passport office branch in Silchar and granting of three days government holiday during Eid.
Besides this, the community demanded early completion of work on the Lumding-Silchar broad gauge and Silchar-Saurashtra East-West Corridor projects and controlling the skyrocketing prices of essential commodities, among others.
News Source / Sabhaar : timesofindia.indiatimes.com (18.2.2014)
