Assam to close down all state-run madrasas, Sanskrit tols

The Assam government will close down all state-run madrasas and Sanskrit tols (schools) as it can't afford to teach religious scriptures with public funds, state Education and Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday. "Our government's policy we had announced earlier in the state Assembly. There should be no religious education with the government's funding," he told the media. "We have nothing to say about privately-run madrasas and Sanskrit tols," he added.

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