Madrasas are in discussion all over the country after the Assam Government announced the conversion of madrasas into regular schools. Most of the madrasas were recognized in the SP Government.
31 madarsas opened in the BSP Government. Yogi Government has not allowed any new madrasas after 2017.
There are 121 madrasas in the district of which 4 are semi-Government, 33 madrasas operates under modernization scheme and the rest are being privately run. The central and state government give budget in madrasas included in the modernization scheme and the semi-government which include the salary of teachers and other expenses. More than 20,000 students are enrolled in these madrasas.
There were 12 madrasas before 2007. During the period of BSP government in state, 31 new madarsas got recognition and 78 during the Samajwadi Party government.
Yogi Government formed in the state in 2017. The government closed the recognition permission portal. The district has not received any new recognition in the last three years. More than a dozen proposals pending at the district level.
Smita Singh, District In-charge Minority Officer said that some madrasas in the district are included in the semi-government modernization scheme. The Portal of new recognition has been closed since 3 years. No new madrasas are recognized so far since 2017.