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WEST BENGAL BOARD OF MADRASAH EDUCATION

The Madrasah Education system in Bengal was grown up and flourished with the foundation of the Calcutta Madrasah in 1780 by the British East India Company. In 1915, the new scheme of Madrasah Education was introduced by the initiatives of Moulana Abu Nasar Mohammad Waheed, I.E.S., the renowned educationist and administrator and the then Principal of Dacca Senior Madrasah. The East Bengal Secondary Education Board (1921), the Board of Islamic Intermediate and Secondary Education Dacca for High Madrasah Education (1922) and the Central Madrasah Examination Board for Senior Madrasah Education (1927) were established to conduct the Madrasah Examinations till 1947. As per recommendation of the Moazzamuddin Committee (1946), the Central Madrasah Examination Board was converted to the Madrasah Education Board, Bengal and later, in 1950 it was renamed as the West Bengal Madrasah Education Board, the oldest Board of Madrasah Education in our Country.

In the year 1994, the Board had been given the status of a statutory autonomous body by passing the West Bengal Board of Madrasah Education Act 1994 (West Bengal Act, XXXIX of 1994) in the West Bengal State legislature. Now the Board is allowed to function with the same academic, administrative and financial powers, facilities, status and privileges as enjoyed by the other Education Boards, Councils and similar Bodies in the State Government. Board’s activities are regulated by the relevant Acts, Rules, Regulations and guidelines of the Department of Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education Department in the Government of West Bengal. The responsibilities of the Board is not only to direct, supervise and control of all types of Madrasahs but also to make these institutions as centre of excellence.

During the pandemic, a Life Skills module, one Science Guidebook (Classes VII and VIII) and one Mathematics Guidebook (Classes VII and VIII ) have been prepared with the help of UNICEF, kolkata and Vikramshila Education Resource Society. Online sessions were conducted with the teachers and HMs of the 20 madrasahs of Malda during this period on Wellbeing, prevention of violence, and stress among students and with the students on Science and mathematics subjects .
During the period of Lockdown the Board has prepared Assignments for the students of all classes and after collection from the students the same have been evaluated by the teachers. Audio Visual Classes ( for classes IX & X) have been recorded with the help of subject experts and the same have been uploaded to Youtube for the interest of the students. Also classes in Audio mode have been recorded and those have been broadcasted through AIR Kolkata, Murshidabad and Malda.
Considering the need of the Examinees the Board has prepared ‘Sample Questions’ with the help of subject experts so that the examinees of 2021 may solve the questions at home and make themselves prepared for the upcoming examinations. The curriculum and syllabus has been reduced for examinees of High Madrasah, Alim and Fazil Examination-2021. The tasks of reducing the Syllabus has been completed.
Alim, Fazil and High Madrasah Examination for the year 2020 has been completed successfully on 12 March, 2020 and result was declared on 16 July, 2020. PPS,PPR and registration for the examinees of 2022 has been completed.
In accordance with National Curriculum Frame work -2005 & Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009, the Board has published 91 (Ninety One) Text books including 7(Seven) new Text Books for the Academic session-2021 with the help of Subject Teachers and experts.
Meritorious students of High Madrasah, Alim & Fazil Examination 2020 including the meritorious students from SC and ST were felicitated by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of West Bengal through webinar on October 17, 2020 from virtual event platform, Nabanna. Fifty-six number of Students including 10 number of SC candidates and 18 number of ST candidates were felicitated on that day.
The 132^nd Birth Anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was observed on January 21, 2021 at the Auditorium of the Administrative Building of West Bengal Board of Madrasah Education, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Bhawan, DD-45,Sector-I, Salt lake city,Kolkata-700064.
The Memorial lecture was delivered by Professor Swapan Kumar Datta, Vice Chancellor, Biswa Bangla University. Dr. Chitralekha Sardar, Medical officer, Jaynagar Rural Hospital, Kultali Block, South 24 Parganas, was the recipient of ‘Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Award-2020’. Mitra Institution, Bhawanipore Branch, Kolkata-700025 was the recipient of ‘Begum Rokeya Award-2020’.

Designation	Name of the Officer	Contact No.
President	Dr. Sk Abu Taher Kamruddin	(033)29524000
Secretary	Rejanul Karim Tarafdar	(033)29524001
Deputy Secretary	Dr. Azizar Rahman	(033)29524002
Deputy Secretary	Shabana Shamim	(033)29524003
Finance Officer	Nadim Akhtar Hossain	(033)29524004
Law Officer	Sk. Nazimuddin	(033)29524005
Assistant Secretary	Asif Equebal	(03512)254845

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