They operate under five boards with the Bangladesh Qawmi Madrasa Education Board (Befaq), based in Dhaka, being the main one. Hasina urged those running Qawmi madrasas to sink their differences and help prepare the curriculum so that the government can give the students certificate. The education minister announced in 2013, months after Hifazat’s violent agitations in May that year, that the government would recognise Qawmi madrasa certificates. Bangladesh Qawmi Madrasa Education Commission was formed in 2012 to make recommendations on the management of these institutions, a uniform curriculum and government-approved certificates for the students. A stalled commissionThe Qawmi madrasas have been asking for government recognition of the certificates they award since the past BNP-led government's tenure.

Source: bd News24 August 11, 2016 13:52 UTC