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Daily News ‘Madrasas ‘unfit’ for proper education, NCPCR tells SC’: 12 September

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), has told the Supreme Court that Madrasas are ‘unsuitable or unfit’ places for children to receive “proper education”.

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More about the News:

  • Concerned raised by National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR):
    • Issues of curriculum, eligibility of teachers, opaque funding, violation of land laws, and failure to provide children a holistic environment are problems associated with Madrasas.
    • Providing Islamic religious education to non-Muslims was a violation of Article 28(3) of the Constitution, which upholds the right against forced participation in religious instruction or worship.
      • Article 28 (3): No one attending a school or college that is recognized by the State or funded by the State has to participate in religious teachings or attend religious worship conducted at the institution or nearby, unless the person, or their guardian (if they are a minor), has given their consent to do so.

About National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR):

    • 2007: Established as a statutory body by the Commission for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005, under the aegis of the Ministry of Women and Child Development. 
    • Objective: To ensure that all laws, policies, programs and administrative systems conform to the vision of the rights of the child as enunciated in the Constitution of India as well as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
  • As per the Commission, protection of all children in the 0 to 18 years age group is of equal importance.

Why in News?

  • The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), has told the Supreme Court that Madrasas are ‘unsuitable or unfit’ places for children to receive “proper education”.