Questions raised on minority status of Uttarakhand's non madarsa educational institutions

Prithviraj SinghDehradun, Oct. 15 -- Going by the Uttarakhand education department's figures, the state's minority educational institutions lack the requisite qualification for the same. Except for madarsas none of the minority educational institutions have the mandatory 85 percent student enrollment from minority communities.

The Uttarakhand education department's record available with the newly-formed State Minority Education Authority (SMEA) shows that none of the 91 non-madarsa minority educational institutions fulfill the condition requiring 85 percent registration of minority community students.

According to SMEA officials, most of the institutions in the state have not yet approached the authority to seek its recognition following ...