Gandhinagar: Acting on a directive from the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), the Gujarat education department conducted a survey and found that over 7,000 children enrolled in madrassas were not receiving conventional schooling. The statewide survey of 1,300 madrassas revealed that more than 80,000 students were receiving madrassa education. Among them, approximately 7,000 attended only madrassas, while the rest were enrolled in both madrassas and regular schools. ...Read More

Surat: The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) on Thursday razed a madrassa near Gopi Talav that was deemed as an encroachment of SMC’s land by the Gujarat High Court. Local people had encroached on 850 square meters of government land just adjacent to the parking lot of Gopi Talav that is under the SMC on the pretext of conducting religious activities. The controversy erupted after the madrassa constructed the first floor. The system went into overdrive after the encroachment came to ligh...Read More