| বাংলাদেশ মাদ্রাসা শিক্ষা বোর্ড Alia Madrasah Education Board | |
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| Formed | 1979; 46 years ago (1979) |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Bangladesh |
| Headquarters | 2 Orphanage Road, Baksibazar,Dhaka |
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| Parent department | Ministry of Education |
| Website | bmeb |
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Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board (Bengali:বাংলাদেশ মাদ্রাসা শিক্ষা বোর্ড) orAlia Madrasah Education Board started its activity independently in 1979.[1][2] With the passage of time in Bangladeshimadrasah education several amendments have come to pass. In 1978humanities andscience faculties were included at theAlim (عالِم) level. In 1980Fazil (فاضل) degrees were granted the same standard of education asHigher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) degrees but this was changed in later years withDakhil (داخل) level having the equivalency ofSecondary School Certificate (SSC) since 1985, andAlim being considered as the HSC equivalent since 1987.[3][4][self-published source?][5]
Humanities, science, business andtechnical education has been included with madrasah education. Meanwhile, a law has been passed forFazil andKamil (کامل) levels to be considered equivalent with bachelor's and master's degrees in general education.
Alia Madrasah was established inCalcutta in 1780 by theEast India Company through HeadteacherMajduddin and this later formed theMadrasah Education Board ofBengal. Madrasah education was then started formally. LateA. K. Fazlul Huqdeclared in a prize giving ceremony inAliah University in 1939, "I want the spread of Madrasah Education and itshould be modernized and anIslamic Arabic University should be established".[citation needed]
To materialize this declaration of sher-E-Bangla a committee named Moula Box was formed. This committee advises on the development of madrasah education. In 1947, after the independence ofPakistan, many commissions were formed for the development of madrasah education. Among them in 1949 the "West Bengal Educational System Reconstruction Committee" was formed and in 1963-64 the name ofArabic University was mentioned.[citation needed]
In 1971, after the independence ofBangladesh, steps were taken for the modernization of madrasah education.Bengali,mathematics,English,social science,general science were made compulsory. In 1978 the Madrasah Education Board was formed under Ordinance for the Modernization of Madrasah Education. The board has faced difficulties in recruiting teachers for science related classes.[6] In 2017 Bangladesh government removed references to Jihad from books of Madrasah Education Board.[7]