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Most people have a misconception that students of madrasa can only become Hafiz or Maulana. Breaking this myth two Hafiz-e-Quran (Degree in memorizing Quran) in Assam have cracked the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test 2025, (NEET) examinations, 2025, and are on their way to joining Medical college to fulfill their dream of becoming doctors.

Hafiz Momtazul Hassan Choudhury and Hafiz Huzaifa Laskar proved that one can become a doctor even after enrolling themselves in a Madrasa.

Thanking his parents and teachers, Momtazul Hassan Choudhury said: "If anyone works selflessly behind their children's success, it is their parents. At first, when I was weak in studies and did not even know the basic formulae of Mathematics, my brothers Noor Ahmed and Anwar Hussain Laskar helped me.”

Hafiz Huzaifa with other successful candidates of Ajmal Super40's andd their guardians and Ajmal Foundation officials

"I want to go further. I want to crack higher examinations. Please pray for me. And I will work tirelessly to be successful," he added.

Momtazul Hassan Choudhury took the NEET examination after attending coaching classes at the Anfar Super 50 at Hojai in central Assam. This is the second year of the center preparing students for the NEET examination.

This year, Momtazul Hassan Choudhury and seven other students from the centre have cleared the NEET examinations.

Maulana Mustaq Anfar, founder of the coaching center had waived off the fee for Hafiz Momtazul Hassan Choudhury.

On the other hand, Hafiz Huzaifa Laskar of Ganirgram Shantipur in Katigora area of the Cachar district wrote the NEET examinations after preparing at the Ajmal Super 40, another Hojai-based coaching institute. Huzaifa Laskar, son of Abdullah Laskar and Fatima Bilkis Laskar, cleared the NEET with distinction with 547 marks. Huzaifa's brother Muyaz Laskar recently cracked the JEE examination and is studying at NIT Silchar.

Hafiz Huzaifa Laskar being felicitated along with other successful NEET at Ajmal Super40 in Hojai

Talking to Awaz –The Voice, Islamic scholar Maulana Nurul Amin Qasimi said: "One can pursue general education along with madrassa education. People may not have understood this. Those who want to study for Hafiz, they enroll themselves in madrassas after studying general school till class five or six. A good student completes the Hafiz course in three years. He also pursues general education alongside the standard of Class IX. Once they clear Hafiz, they are promoted to Class IX where they are registered for the High School Leaving Certificate examinations and they concentrate on the rest of their general education from there.”

"There are many examples of students educated in madrasas who have secured good jobs or got good positions in society. So, nowadays people are understanding it and preparing accordingly to become doctors, engineers, professors, etc after completing Hafiz or Maulana courses in madrassas," Qasimi added.

A total of 22,76,069 students from across India applied for the NEET UG examination this year out of which 22,09,318 took the examinations. 12,36,531 students emerged successful in the examination.

Mohammad Musa Kalim of Assam secured the All India 509th rank in the NEET 2025 examination. Musa Kalim has topped the list of students in Assam. Musa Kalim secured the 99.97 percentile.

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From Assam, 41,848 candidates wrote the examination in 2025 and 19,809 cleared it.