<p>New Delhi: The BJP government in Uttarakhand on Sunday cleared a bill to regulate minority educational institutions in the state by setting up an authority that will also decide on the academic curriculum to be followed by these institutions.</p>.<p>A Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami cleared the Uttarakhand Minority Education (UME) Bill that is slated to be introduced in the upcoming Assembly session this week.</p>.<p>Uttarakhand is also the first state to have introduced a law to implement a Universal Civil Code (UCC) to regulate personal laws including marriages, divorce and adoption. </p>.<p>Like the UCC, the bill on minority education also proposes to bring all minority community-run institutions under the ambit of the regulatory authority. Until now, only institutions run by the Muslim community have been recognised as minority educational institutions.</p>.Uttarakhand Cabinet approves amendments to anti-conversion law.<p>With the enactment of the law, the Uttarakhand Madrasa Education Board Act, 2016, and the Uttarakhand Non-Government Arabic and Persian Madrasa Recognition Rules, 2019, will stand repealed.</p>.<p>The other key features of the bill include mandatory approval from the authority to qualify as a minority educational institution. The authority has, however, been authorised to decide the curriculum for the institutions and ensure that education is imparted in accordance with the Board of School Education. </p>.<p>There are around 450 madrasas registered in Uttarakhand, mostly in Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar. In recent months, the state government has acted against 237 illegal madrasas.</p>.<p>Uttarakhand is also home to some of the top Christian minority-run educational institutions and schools in Mussoorie, Dehradun and Nainital. </p>
<p>New Delhi: The BJP government in Uttarakhand on Sunday cleared a bill to regulate minority educational institutions in the state by setting up an authority that will also decide on the academic curriculum to be followed by these institutions.</p>.<p>A Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami cleared the Uttarakhand Minority Education (UME) Bill that is slated to be introduced in the upcoming Assembly session this week.</p>.<p>Uttarakhand is also the first state to have introduced a law to implement a Universal Civil Code (UCC) to regulate personal laws including marriages, divorce and adoption. </p>.<p>Like the UCC, the bill on minority education also proposes to bring all minority community-run institutions under the ambit of the regulatory authority. Until now, only institutions run by the Muslim community have been recognised as minority educational institutions.</p>.Uttarakhand Cabinet approves amendments to anti-conversion law.<p>With the enactment of the law, the Uttarakhand Madrasa Education Board Act, 2016, and the Uttarakhand Non-Government Arabic and Persian Madrasa Recognition Rules, 2019, will stand repealed.</p>.<p>The other key features of the bill include mandatory approval from the authority to qualify as a minority educational institution. The authority has, however, been authorised to decide the curriculum for the institutions and ensure that education is imparted in accordance with the Board of School Education. </p>.<p>There are around 450 madrasas registered in Uttarakhand, mostly in Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar. In recent months, the state government has acted against 237 illegal madrasas.</p>.<p>Uttarakhand is also home to some of the top Christian minority-run educational institutions and schools in Mussoorie, Dehradun and Nainital. </p>