• By Imran Zafar
  • Wed, 16 Oct 2024 11:58 AM (IST)
  • Source:JND

Sanskrit will soon be taught in madrasas registered under the Uttarakhand Madarsa Education Board. The Board's Chairman, Mufti Shamoon Qasmi, announced that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Board and the state Sanskrit Education Department will be signed shortly. Initially, Sanskrit will be introduced in modern madrasas as part of the first phase of the project.

Mufti Shamoon Qasmi highlighted the significance of both Sanskrit and Arabic as ancient languages. "If a Maulvi knows Sanskrit and a Panditji knows Arabic, what could be better than this?" he remarked. He also confirmed ongoing discussions with the Sanskrit Education Department, stating the importance of signing the MoU soon.

Qasmi also informed that the NCERT curriculum has been implemented across 416 madrasas registered with the board. The Board is making consistent efforts to modernise these institutions, to help madrasa students pursue careers as engineers, doctors and civil servants. Over the past year, students have been linked with various national programs, Qasmi added.

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Addressing questions on ongoing conservation efforts, Qasmi noted a positive shift in the conservation efforts of Ganga river and the Himalayas. According to Qasmi, Muslim communities living along the riverbanks have become increasingly conscious of maintaining the Ganga's cleanliness.

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Meanwhile, the Uttarakhand government approved Rs 13.89 crore for development projects in Kedar Valley, as directed by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. Of this, Rs 5.35 crore has been allocated for improving and tarring the five-kilometre-long Chandrapuri-Jaykaran motor road in Agastyamuni. 

Additionally, Rs 17.71 lakh has been sanctioned for the construction of a 95-metre steel girder motor bridge and a 2.50 km approach road on the Alaknanda Padi. Further funding includes Rs 4.71 crore for the improvement of the Devar motor road in Ukhimath and Rs 3.65 crore for the Andargadhi to Dhartoliyan motor road.