New Delhi: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has responded in the Supreme Court in favor of the demand to close down madrasas. The commission has told the Supreme Court that children studying in madrasas are not getting good education. NCPCR says that madrasas do not come under the purview of the Right to Education (RTE) Act, due to which these children are not getting education like schools. Under the RTE Act, children get mid-day meals, uniforms and good teachers in schools, but madrasas do not have these facilities.
'Children are being deprived of their basic right to education'
NCPCR believes that because of this, children studying in madrasas are deprived of the right to education. Madrasas have been excluded from the Right to Education (RTE) Act. In such a situation, children studying in madrasas are not only being deprived of quality education, but also formal education taught in schools. Along with this, they are also being deprived of the fundamental right to education. NCPCR has also raised questions on the method of education in madrasas. He said that giving corporal punishment to children there is against the Right to Education (RTE) Act.
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What is the matter?
This case is related to an appeal filed against an order of the Allahabad High Court. The High Court had repealed the 'Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Board Act'. NCPCR presented its side in the Supreme Court against this decision. NCPCR said that children do not get good education in madrasas. The teachers here are also not qualified. This law is depriving children of education. NCPCR also said that madrasas are giving Islamic education to non-Muslim children. This is against the Constitution.
'This is discrimination against children'
NCPCR further said, 'These institutions with minority status are depriving children of the right to education. This is discrimination against children. They are not getting the right to equality before the law (Article 14). The prohibition of discrimination on the basis of religion, caste, sex or place of birth (Article 15 (1)) is also being violated. NCPCR said that madrasas do not have the facilities available under RTE.