‘Pakistan-published books’: NCPCR chief flags ‘radical’ curriculum in Bihar madrasas

• The chief of India’s National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), Priyank Kanoongo, has raised concerns over the curriculum in Bihar’s madrasas, alleging it promotes radicalism and includes books published in Pakistan.

• He also questioned UNICEF India’s role in preparing this curriculum, calling it a misuse of funds and a breach of the Indian Constitution and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

• Kanoongo has called for an investigation by the United Nations in India and the dissolution of the Madrasa Board.

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Concerns raised over madrasa curriculum in Bihar

What’s the story

Priyank Kanoongo, the chairperson of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), has raised serious concerns about the curriculum being taught in government-funded madrasas in Bihar.

He claimed that certain books used in these institutions, notably “Talimul Islam,” label non-Islamic individuals as “Kafirs” (infidels).

Kanoongo also expressed concern over Hindu children attending these madrasas and accused the Bihar government of withholding official data on such enrollments.

Kanoongo questions UNICEF’s involvement in madrasa curriculum

Kanoongo further questioned the involvement of UNICEF India in preparing the curriculum for these madrasas, describing this as the “height of appeasement” by both the Bihar Madrasa Board and UNICEF.

The NCPCR chief argued that it is not within UNICEF’s mandate to create a radical curriculum using funds received as donations and grants from governments, in the name of child protection.

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बिहार राज्य में सरकारी फ़ंडिंग से चलने वाले मदरसों में तालिमुल इस्लाम व ऐसी ही अन्य किताबें पढ़ाई जा रहीं हैं,इस किताब में ग़ैर इस्लामिकों को काफ़िर बताया गया है।
इन मदरसों में हिंदू बच्चों को भी दाख़िला दिए जाने की सूचना मिली है परंतु बिहार सरकार संख्या अनुपात की अधिकारिक… pic.twitter.com/vjySGSjxrQ

— प्रियंक कानूनगो Priyank Kanoongo (@KanoongoPriyank) August 18, 2024

Kanoongo alleges violation of Indian Constitution, UNCRC

He alleged that this misuse of funds for activities outside the scope of the Right to Education (RTE) Act is a breach of both the Indian Constitution and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).

He has called for an investigation into these allegations by the United Nations in India.

The NCPCR chief alleged that many books included in this curriculum are published in Pakistan and called for the dissolution of Madrasa Board.

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