Singing of national anthem has been made compulsory in all madrasas of Uttar Pradesh from Thursday. SN Pandey, Registrar of the Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Board, issued an order in this regard to all the District Minority Welfare Officers on May 9.
According to the decision taken in the board meeting, the national anthem has been made mandatory at the time of prayer in all madrasas from the new academic session. Pandey said that during the month of Ramzan, a holiday was declared in madrasas from March 30 to May 11 and regular classes started from May 12, so this order has come into effect from today.
It has been said in the order that before the commencement of classes from the upcoming academic session in all recognized aided and non-aided madrasas of the state, teachers and students will have to compulsorily sing the national anthem along with other prayers. The District Minority Welfare Officers will have to monitor regularly to ensure compliance of this order.
At present, there are a total of 16461 madrassas in Uttar Pradesh, out of which 560 receive grants from the government.