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The commission wants the report on functioning of madrassas as per Juvenile Justice Act guidelines and NCERT syllabus in detailed format within 30 days.” The notice reads, “On being asked who gave freedom to India, one of the students said Tipu Sultan. Ensure that across all the educational institution, including madrasas, only NCERT syllabus is taught. Dehradun: The state child rights panel has directed the social welfare and education department to conduct inspection of all the madrassas of Uttarakhand to find out their adherence to Juvenile Justice Act and submit the report within a month.The move comes after class VII students of a madrassa had during an inspection by a team of the commission failed to answer basic questions. One of the students had named Uttar Pradesh as the country where we are living in, and described Tipu Sultan as a freedom fighter who helped India gain independence in 1947.Following which, the director general of education and principal secretary of social welfare department had on September 22 directed to conduct separate inspection across all madrassas of the state.The notice by the child rights panel reads, “We inspected one of the madrassas on September 19 in Sahaspur area and found that the living standards and food facilities for the students are below average.” Inspections should be carried out to find if the madrassas are adhering to Juvenile Justice Act, the notice adds.While the other notice given to the education department pulls up the authorities for failing to ensure that the level of knowledge among the students is in sync with their age..