The federal government on Thursday declared registration of religious seminaries mandatory.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood said that the religious seminaries across the country would be registered and warned that unregistered seminaries would be shut down.
The minister further said that government would set up directorates and regional offices across the country to assist and train the administration of seminaries. He said that the government would also provide financial assistance to the religious seminaries.
Shafqat Mahmood said that compulsory subjects in matriculation examination would also be taught in the seminaries and added that the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education would take the examination of the compulsory subjects of the seminary students.
The minister said efforts were underway to implement uniform curriculum in the entire country after revising it according the needs. He said efforts were being made to streamline religious seminaries while keeping them independent. He said the government would not interfere in the internal matters of the seminaries, but they will be brought in the mainstream through a process of registration.
