: In UP, madrasa teachers are slipping into financial distress because the state won’t pay honorariums #IndiaNEWS “My husband was a teacher at a madrasa� in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur district,

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In UP, madrasa teachers are slipping into financial distress because the state won’t pay honorariums #IndiaNEWS
“My husband was a teacher at a madrasa� in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur district, said Razia Azam, 36. The government has not paid her husband Mohammad Azam’s monthly honorarium, leading to dues of Rs 4 lakh over four years, she said. In May 2021, Mohammad tested positive for Covid-19 and was admitted to the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in Lucknow. “He passed away on May 24,� she said. “Had we received the honorarium, probably we would have been able to save him by getting him better treatment.�Over the years, nearly 20,000 teachers at government-aided madrasas, under Minority Welfare and Waqf Department, across UP have protested the non-payment of their honorariums. Some payments have been pending since 2013 – that is, for the past eight years.“In the absence of funds, madrasa teachers and their families have not been able to pay for their medical expenses,� said Ahmad Idrisi, an advisor at the Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Shikshak Ekta Samiti (Uttar Pradesh Union of Madrasa Teachers). “Around 100 madrasa teachers in the state have died [of Covid-19 and other medical issues], several because they were unable to avail medical treatment due to the financial crunch. We have been staging protests, and have been to Lucknow and even...Read more

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