Alia Madrasah was established in
Calcutta in 1780 by the
East India Company through Headteacher
Majduddin and this later formed the
Madrasah Education Board of
Bengal. Madrasah education was then started formally. Late
A. K. Fazlul Huqdeclared in a prize giving ceremony in
Aliah University in 1939, "I want the spread of Madrasah Education and itshould be modernized and an
Islamic Arabic University should be established". 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 of
Pakistan, 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 of
Arabic University was mentioned. In 1971, after the independence of
Bangladesh, 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. In 2017 Bangladesh government removed references to Jihad from books of Madrasah Education Board. ==See also==