Al-Haiatul Ulya Lil-Jamiatil Qawmia Bangladesh
Al-Hayʼat al-ʿUlyā lil-Jāmiʿāt al-Qawmiyyah Bangladesh (Arabic: الهيئة العليا للجامعات القومية ﺑﻨﻐﻼدﻳش, romanized: Supreme Authority to Qawmi universities of Bangladesh) is the government-recognized combined Qawmi Madrasah Education Board of Bangladesh, having the authority to arrange central examinations and to issue certificates.[1][2] It consists of six Qawmi Madrasah Education Boards: Befaqul Madarisil Arabia Bangladesh, Befaqul Madarisil Qawmia Gauhordanga Bangladesh, Anjumane Ittehadul Madaris Bangladesh, Azad Deeni Edaraye Talim Bangladesh, Tanjeemul Madarisid Diniya Bangladesh, and Jatiya Deeni Madrasa Shikkha Board Bangladesh.
আল-হাইআতুল উলয়া লিল-জামিয়াতিল কওমিয়া বাংলাদেশ | |
| Formation | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Purpose | Educational |
Region served | Bangladesh |
Official language | Bengali, Arabic |
Chairman | Mahmudul Hasan |
Co-Chairman | Sajidur Rahman |
| Website | alhaiatululya |
Background
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced on 11 April 2017 that, on the basis of the principles of the Darul Uloom Deoband, a Dawra-e-Hadith certificate issued by a Qawmi Madrasah would be treated as equivalent to a master's degree in Islamic studies and Arabic.[3] Two days later the Ministry of Education published a gazette elaborating on the decision. It gave a committee formed by the Qawmi Madrasah boards the authority to supervise the Dawrah-e-Hadith examinations.[4]
On 19 September 2018, parliament passed a bill putting the decision into law, retrospective to April 2017. It recognized Al-Haiatul Ulya Lil-Jamiatil Qawmia Bangladesh as a board that integrates the six existing Qawmi Madrasa education boards:[5] Befaqul Madarisil Arabia Bangladesh, Befaqul Madarisil Qawmia Gauhordanga Bangladesh, Anjumane Ittehadul Madaris Bangladesh, Azad Deeni Edaraye Talim Bangladesh, Tanjeemul Madarisid Diniya Bangladesh and Jatiya Deeni Madrasa Shikkha Board Bangladesh.[6] The chairman of Befaqul Madarisil Arabia Bangladesh will be the ex officio chairman of the combined board.[5]
Objectives and functions
The Haiatul Ulya was founded to ensure a standardized curriculum and to provide centralized examinations for all of the institutions under six Qawmi Madrsa Education Board, and hence to be able to get government recognition.[7] The main functions of the federation are: creation of syllabus, checking standard of education, arrangement of examination and issuance of degrees.[1][2]
Notable institutions
The following are some of the notable Qawmi Madrasahs in Bangladesh:
- Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam
- Jamia Tawakkulia Renga Madrasah
- Jamiatul Uloom Al-Islamia Lalkhan Bazar - also known as Lalkhan Bazar Madrasah
- Jamia Qurania Arabia Lalbagh
- Al-Jamiah Al-Islamiah Patiya
- Jamia Shariyyah Malibagh, Dhaka
- Jamia Rahmania Arabia Dhaka
- Jamia Darul Ma'arif Al-Islamia
- Jamia nuria islamia bharthokhola, sylhet
See also
References
- "Dawra-e-Hadith degree exams from May 15". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- "First Dawra-e-Hadith exams May 15". The Independent. Dhaka. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- "Qawmi Madrasa Dawrae Hadith gets recognition". The Daily Star. BSS. 11 April 2017.
- "Govt publishes gazette on highest Qawmi madrasa degree recognition". bdnews24.com. 13 April 2017.
- "Dawrae Hadith gets master's degree status". The Daily Star. UNB. 20 September 2018.
- Harun Ur Rashid (21 July 2018). "Law on cards to recognise Dawra-e-Hadith certificates". The Independent. Dhaka.
- "Qawmi degree recognised". The Daily Star. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
Further reading
- Sakurai, Keiko; Adelkhah, Fariba (7 March 2011). The Moral Economy of the Madrasa: Islam and Education Today. Taylor & Francis. pp. 76–. ISBN 978-1-136-89401-5.
- Harrison, Frances (June 2013). Political Islam and the Elections in Bangladesh (PDF) (Report). Institute of Commonwealth Studies. pp. 126–130.