New Delhi

Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind has established 'Jamiat Open School' for the madrasa students. It will give an alternative educational system to the Muslims seeking modern Madrasa education.

The open school was established in collaboration with eminent religious scholars and madrasa authorities.

Under the open school system, there will be a system of education and examination of students of class X in the open school. Under this, there is a plan to enroll 50,000 students in the tenth in the next five years.

For this, a training program was organized at the headquarters of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind on Friday. Representatives of about one hundred madrasas from UP and Delhi attended the training program. The seminary coordinators attended the training session. Maulana Mahmood Madani, General Secretary of Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Hind presided the function.

Madani said that many thinkers had opposed the Government Madrasa Board and their apprehensions came true. He said the case of Assam, where the government has banned Madrasas was one such fear that has come true.

President of Maulana Azad University, Jodhpur, Prof. Akhtarulwase, Kamal Farooqui -both of them are members of the Central Education Council of Jamia’s Open School - Ikram Rizvi, M A Khan, Mujtaba Farooq, Maulana Niaz Ahmed Farooqui, Secretary, Jamiat Ulema-e -Hind also spoke on the occasion.