Sanskrit will be taught in madrasas in Uttarakhand: Waqf Board chief

Uttarakhand Waqf Board's chairman Shadab Shams has said that Sanskrit will be taught in madrasas in the state.

He added that students will be able to learn both Sanskrit and Arabic along with English and that the curriculum will be an amalgamation of scientific learning and Islamic studies

He further said that the NCERT syllabus will be implemented in madrasas and their infrastructure will be upgraded.

“The people of Devbhoomi are different from others. If our language, culture, and traditions are different from others, then our education pattern should also be different from others. Our children should learn our languages and prioritise that. We will appoint Sanskrit Acharyas and Arabic teachers in our madrasas so that we can teach both languages. Our children will speak Sanskrit, Arabic and English too,” Shams was quoted as saying by The Indian Express.

Out of 117 madrasas under the board, it will develop four - one each in Dehradun, Haridwar, Udham Singh Nagar and Nainital districts — into model madrasas in the first phase.

“There will be namaz five times in the model madrasas. After the early morning namaz at around 6.30 am, an hour will be designated for Quran studies. From 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., the madrasa will run like a proper school. During that time, a school uniform would be mandatory just like any English-medium school,” Shams said.

He said spiritual leaders favour the implementation of Sanskrit in madrasas and appealed to them to adopt madrasas with less funds.

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