more-inA 16-year-old Hindu girl sprang a surprise by making it to the merit list in the results of the West Bengal Board of Madrasah Education Examination 2017, which were declared here on Tuesday. Of the 33 students who appeared in the Class X examination from the madrasa Prashama is studying in, about 9 students were Hindu, including six girls and three boys. ‘Rare instance’Another interesting factor of the Madrasah Board examination in West Bengal is girls outnumbering boys by a large number. Abid Hussain, president of Madrasah Board, described the feat achieved by Prashama Sasmal as a rare instance in which a non-Muslim girl student made it to the merit list. In 2014, a girl, Mou Halder from Bogdhara Siddikiya High Madrasah in Bankura district, made it to merit list of the Madrasah board exams.

Source: The Hindu May 16, 2017 17:03 UTC