Cabinet okays bill recognising Qawmi Dawrae Hadith

The Cabinet approved on Monday in principle the draft of a bill framed to recognise Dawrae Hadith (Takmil) Certificate in Qawmi Madrasah with the status of post-graduate degrees of Islamic Studies and Arabic, reports UNB.

The approval came at the Cabinet meeting held with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair at her office in the city.

Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam briefed reporters at the Bangladesh Secretariat after the meeting.

He said the bill titled 'Making Dawrae Hadith (Takmil) Certificate in Qawmi Madrasah Equivalent to Master's Degree (Islamic Studies and Arabic)' was framed to bring some 1.5 million students of the country's Qawmi Madrasah to the mainstream.

The Cabinet Secretary said the proposed law was designed on the basis of the gazette notification the Education Ministry published on April 13, 2017 recognising the Dawrae Hadith degree equivalent to master's degrees.

The bill will have retrospective effectiveness and those who have so far acquired Dawrae Hadith degrees after the recognition in April, 2017 will be considered as having the master's degree, he said.

The Cabinet Secretary said there will be a board named 'Al-Haiyatul Ulia Lil-Jamiatil Qawmia Bangladesh' integrating the existing six Qawmi Madrasah education boards in the country.