West Bengal has shuttered 252 unaided and unrecognised madrasas in a massive state education overhaul. Triggered by a comprehensive district survey under the Suvendu Adhikari administration, the sweeping closures target institutions plagued by severe infrastructural and regulatory irregularities. With hundreds more facing show-cause notices and sweeping policy shifts like ‘One State, One Education’ underway, the crackdown has ignited an intense political firestorm over institutional oversight, uniformity, and the future of independent schooling.
