Thousands of madrassa students in Uttar Pradesh are reconsidering their academic plans after the Supreme Court declared Kamil and Fazil degrees unconstitutional. Many are preparing to enrol in university programmes, while teachers and associations seek a legal solution to regularise their qualifications

Lucknow: Several students enrolled in Kamil and Fazil courses at madrassas in Uttar Pradesh are now exploring new academic options after the Supreme Court struck down the state madrassa board’s authority to award these degrees, calling it a contravention of the UGC Act.

Around 32,000 students were enrolled in these courses across the state when the Supreme Court, on November 5 last year, deemed the Uttar Pradesh madarsa education board’s practice of awarding Kamil (graduate-level) and Fa

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