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Amid protests from opposition members, Assam’s 126-member Assembly passed a bill on Wednesday to convert state madrasas into regular schools. The Assam Repeal Bill of 2020 seeks to repeal the Assam Madrassa Education (Provincialization) Act of 1995 and the Assam Madrassa Education Act (Provincialization of Employee Services and Reorganization of …

Assam’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA and state education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said a notification will be issued in November regarding the closure of all state madrassas. About 100 Sanskrit tols will also be closed in the state, he added. “All state madrassas will become regular schools or, in …