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Lucknow: Science graduate Mohammed Rahman Khan, along with his friend Mohammed Rafi, started running a madrasa from his family home in Uttar Pradeshs Malihabad, with roughly 40 students soon after the central government, in 2009, implemented the Scheme for Providing Quality Education in Madrasas (SPQEM)...
Under the SPQEM, graduate and postgraduate or BEd teachers imparting science, maths, social studies, languages, and computer lessons in government-recognised madrasas received monthly salaries of Rs 6,000 and Rs 12,000 respectively, with the Centre paying 60 percent and the state 40 percent..
The Akhilesh Yadav-led UP government, in 2016, started providing an additional Rs 2,000 and Rs 3,000 honorarium to graduate and postgraduate teachers respectively, giving another impetus to madrasas...
As reasons, madrasa owners cite the lack of government support and funding, COVID-19, a high dropout rate among students due to limited opportunities after graduation, and an environment of uncertainty created by the Yogi Adityanath-led UP governments inquiries into the functioning of madrasas...
In Lucknow, of the eleven madrasas wanting to give up their recognition, six have closed, three are no longer operational at their addresses, and two are now converting into government schools...
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