2 Bengal madrasas turn a chapter, more Hindus than Muslims on rolls

2 Bengal madrasas turn a chapter, more Hindus than Muslims on rolls

Shiv Sahay Singh

“It is not that lack of school facilities has forced the Hindu students in the village to fall back on the madrasa,” says Md Younus Ali Baidya, a teacher at Orgram. The Orgram High School, which is Bengali-medium, up to Class XII and affiliated to the West Bengal State Board, is in fact just a stone’s throw away. “It is the secular ambience and excellent standard of teaching which draw students,” he says. Students leaving the madrasa have a degree equal to higher secondary status.

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