Educational certificates issued by State Madrasa Boards will be considered at par with the ones issued by the Central Board of Secondary Education or any other board, the Minority Affairs Ministry has recently said in its response to an RTI query. Mr. Saleem Beg, an RTI activist based in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, had sought information from the Ministry of the Minority Affairs regarding the steps taken by the Union Government to improve conditions of Muslims post-Sachar Committee report. The Ministry informed that in places where the number of Urdu-speaking people is more than 25 per cent, Urdu teachers should be arranged in Government schools there. As per the RTI reply, of the 88 Muslim-dominated districts in the country, commercial education will be provided in 33 districts.
The Ministry has also stated that steps such as providing financial assistance for increasing the salaries of the teachers of Madrasas have also been taken.