More madrassas in Malda

Statesman News Service

MALDA, June 10: The Madrassa education board has planned to set up atleast 10 more new madrassa in Malda district to distribute the load of increasing enrolment in some existing institutions.At present the directorate of Madrassa has planned to ‘bifurcate’ some identified madrassa where students’ enrolment is too high. Malda has 69 madrassas at present.According to the district inspector of schools, total number of students will be proportionately divided and a certain number of students will study in the morning shift in the existing building.“The object of this plan is to arrange proper class teaching system where class room is overcrowded”, Mr Chinmay Sarkar, the DI in Malda, said. “The morning section will be getting a madrassa within two to three years. Right now it is very difficult to set new madrassa but the government can afford more teachers to ease the situation”, he said.The district education department has prepared a report of bifurcation of 10 to 12 madrassa here and the district inspector of schools have recommended it to the director of madrassa.Official sources said the Madrassa has set up regional board office in Malda for the development of madrassa education in adjoining districts including Murshidabad. The board has also allotted funds for development of infrastructure. During inspection, the education officials found that enrolment minority girls students in some blocks including Kaliachak higher than boys aged between 12 and 14.Huge numbers of girl students are getting admitted to secondary schools and madrassa in minority dominated areas in this district.A total of 850 girls are studying in class V in Kaliachak Girls’ High School and there is no capacity to extend its building in the existing school premises.