Befaqul Madarisil Arabia Bangladesh ( bn, বেফাকুল মাদারিসিল আরাবিয়া বাংলাদেশ, ar, وفاق المدارس العربية بنغلاديش) is the largest

Qawmi madrasa Qawmi Madrasah ( bn, কওমী মাদ্রাসা, ar, المدرسة القومية, al-Madrasah al-Qawmiyyah) is an adjective describing one of the two major madrasah educational categories in Bangladesh. The Qawmi madrasahs are not ...

education board in Bangladesh. it was founded in April, 1978 after a seminar of Islamic scholars. This organization of

Qawmi Qawmi Madrasah ( bn, কওমী মাদ্রাসা, ar, المدرسة القومية, al-Madrasah al-Qawmiyyah) is an adjective describing one of the two major madrasah educational categories in Bangladesh. The Qawmi madrasahs are not ...

Madrasahs of Bangladesh is also known as the "Befaqul Madaris" (also transliterated as Wafaq ul Madaris). It is an extension of the process that formed the Wafaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan in 1957. "Bangladesh Qawmi Madrasah Education Board" is the largest federation of

Islamic seminaries Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

. Qawmi educational system practices originate from the traditional Muslim educational system of Bangladesh. At present, there are more than 65,000 Qawmi Madrasahs in Bangladesh. As of 2013, more than 20,000 Seminaries across the People's Republic of Bangladesh are affiliated with "Befaqul Madaris". It controls all the seminaries which are run by Deobandi School of thought. Deobandi School of thought is supposed to be the most powerful and dominated school of thought in Bangladesh.

Objectives and functions

The board was founded to assure a standardized curriculum and to provide centralized examination. Membership with the board is voluntary, though required for degree accreditation by the Befaqul Madaris. The main functions of the federation are: registration of Madrasahs, creation of syllabus, checking standard of education, arrangement of examination and issuance of degrees.

Notable institutions

The following are some of the notable Qawmi Madrasahs in

: * Al-Jamiatul Arabia Kachemul Uloom Kazirhat Hifz Madrasah and Orphanage *

Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam Al-Jāmiʿah al-Ahliyyah Dār al-ʿUlūm Muʿīn al-Islām ( ar, الجامعة الأهلية دار العلوم معين الإسلام), popularly known as the Hāṭhazārī Madrasa ( bn, হাটহাজারী মাদ্রাসা) ...

Al-Jamiatul Arabia Haildhar Madrasa Al-Jamiatul Arabia Lil Baneena Wal Banaat Haildhar ( ar, الجامعة العربية للبنين والبنات هائلدهر), popularly known as the Haildhar Madrasa ( bn, হাইলধর মাদ্রাসা) is the first Qawmi madr ...

Jamia Tawakkulia Renga Madrasah Jamia Tawakkulia Renga ( ar, الجامعة التوکلية رنغا), or simply Renga Madrasah ( bn, রেঙ্গা মাদ্রাসা), is a madrasah located in the village of Renga, near Mogla Bazar, in South Surma Upazila, about sou ...

* Jamiatul Uloom Al-Islamia Lalkhan Bazar - also known as ''Lalkhan Bazar Madrasah'' *

Jamia Qurania Arabia Lalbagh Al-Jāmiʿah al-Qurʼāniyyah al-ʿArabiyyah Lālbāgh ( ar, الجامعة القرآنية العربية لالباغ), better known simply as Lalbagh Madrasah ( bn, লালবাগ মাদ্রাসা), is a Qawmi madrasa providing hi ...

Al-Jamiah Al-Islamiah Patiya Al-Jāmiʿah Al-Islāmiyyah Patiya ( ar, الجامعة الإسلامية فتية, bn, আল জামিয়া আল ইসলামিয়া পটিয়া), better known simply as Patiya Madrasa ( bn, পটিয়া মা� ...

* Jamia Shariyyah Malibagh, Dhaka * Jamia Rahmania Arabia Dhaka *

Jamia Darul Ma'arif Al-Islamia Al-Jāmiʿah Dār al-Maʿārif al-Islāmiyyah ( bn, জামেয়া দারুল মা’আরিফ আল্ ইসলামিয়া, ar, الجامعة دار المعارف الإسلامية), popularly known as ''Darul Marif' ...

Objectives and functions

Notable institutions

See also

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