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Now, Centre responds fast on UP Minority Institutions Bill
This is one issue on which the Akhilesh Yadav Government isn’t differing with the erstwhile Mayawati regime. The only difference is that while Mayawati’s efforts drew a naught, the Akhilesh dispensation’s move has evoked an instant response.
It relates to the approval to ‘The Uttar Pradesh State Authority for Minority Educational Institutions Bill 2011’ pending with the Centre since last year.
With the Uttar Pradesh Government shooting off a strongly-worded letter to the Union Home Ministry over the long pending legislation, the latter has promptly moved to seek the opinion of its HRD counterpart.
The letter said that in the past too the State Government had sent several reminders to the Home Ministry but in vain. The Centre should now wake up to the fact that there is an immediate need for the Bill to be enacted in the State, the letter stated. The Bill is pending with the Judicial Division of the MHA for approval since March 2011.
The Bill, which provides for a greater say of the minority institutions in the State in issuing academic certificates and vocational certificates, is pending for approval by the Home Ministry after it was cleared by the Mayawati Government. Besides reminders, Mayawati had even written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in this regard.
The Bill was has duly passed by the UP Assembly and sent for approval as provided in the Article 201 of the Constitution.
The Government has empowered States to issue minority certificates to educational institutions run by the religious and linguistic minorities. Maharashtra and Rajasthan are the only two States which have enacted provisions in this regard and are now popularly known as the Maharashtra model.
Uttar Pradesh hosts 6,000 madarsas and 6,500 minority schools. Keeping the sentiments about independence of the minorities’ institutions, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal has already clarified and assured the State Government that minority educational institution would be kept out of the ambit of the RTE Act.
An HRD Ministry official said that till now the minority education institutions had to obtain recognition from the NCMEI. But the State Government, as part of the simplification of the procedure, is making attempts to adopt the Maharashtra model that has authorised the principal secretary of the minority department as a competent authority to issue such certificates in minority educational institutes within the State. “This would also save time and efforts of the minority institution to get involved in recognition process etc,” added the official.
This is one issue on which the Akhilesh Yadav Government isn’t differing with the erstwhile Mayawati regime. The only difference is that while Mayawati’s efforts drew a naught, the Akhilesh dispensation’s move has evoked an instant response.
It relates to the approval to ‘The Uttar Pradesh State Authority for Minority Educational Institutions Bill 2011’ pending with the Centre since last year.
With the Uttar Pradesh Government shooting off a strongly-worded letter to the Union Home Ministry over the long pending legislation, the latter has promptly moved to seek the opinion of its HRD counterpart.
The letter said that in the past too the State Government had sent several reminders to the Home Ministry but in vain. The Centre should now wake up to the fact that there is an immediate need for the Bill to be enacted in the State, the letter stated. The Bill is pending with the Judicial Division of the MHA for approval since March 2011.
The Bill, which provides for a greater say of the minority institutions in the State in issuing academic certificates and vocational certificates, is pending for approval by the Home Ministry after it was cleared by the Mayawati Government. Besides reminders, Mayawati had even written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in this regard.
The Bill was has duly passed by the UP Assembly and sent for approval as provided in the Article 201 of the Constitution.
The Government has empowered States to issue minority certificates to educational institutions run by the religious and linguistic minorities. Maharashtra and Rajasthan are the only two States which have enacted provisions in this regard and are now popularly known as the Maharashtra model.
Uttar Pradesh hosts 6,000 madarsas and 6,500 minority schools. Keeping the sentiments about independence of the minorities’ institutions, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal has already clarified and assured the State Government that minority educational institution would be kept out of the ambit of the RTE Act.
An HRD Ministry official said that till now the minority education institutions had to obtain recognition from the NCMEI. But the State Government, as part of the simplification of the procedure, is making attempts to adopt the Maharashtra model that has authorised the principal secretary of the minority department as a competent authority to issue such certificates in minority educational institutes within the State. “This would also save time and efforts of the minority institution to get involved in recognition process etc,” added the official.
