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A check on 'madrassas'

Kolkata June 17. The Centre had directed the West Bengal Government to find out whether or not `madrassas', applying for Central grants, were involved in anti-national activities, the Minister for Primary Education and Madrassas, Kanti Biswas, told the Assembly today.

Replying to a question, he said the Government had received the Centre's written directive last month.

Stating that the Government had given recognition to 88 `madrassas' in the State over the last 10 years and the number of recognised ones now stood at 507, he said there were many non-recognised primary schools, junior high schools and `madrassas', but the Government did not have a record of them. — PTI

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